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South Atlantic Water Science Center - Georgia Publications

Papers, Posters, and Exhibit by U.S. Geological Survey Personnel at then Georgia Water Resources Conference 2003

The University of Georgia, Center for Continuing Education
Athens, Georgia
April 23-24, 2003

Published in Kathryn J. Hatcher, editor, Proceedings of the 2003 Georgia Water Resources Conference, April 23-24, 2003, University of Georgia

Contents

Water Resources Discipline, Georgia District

Abu Rumman, Malek, and Dorothy F. Payne, Model framework and Preliminary results of the regional MODFLOW ground-water flow model of coastal Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida (4,477 kb PDF file)

Addison, Adrian D., Characterization of a crystalline-bedrock aquifer using borehole geophysics, Marietta, CobbCounty, Georgia (1,065 kb PDF file)

Albertson, Phillip N., Naturally occurring radionuclides in Georgia water supplies: implications for community water systems (1,994 kb PDF file)

Alhadeff, S.J., D.V. Alhadeff, T.R. Dyar, and J.W. Musser, Topographic map viewer for Georgia (Note: The topographic map viewer has been significantly modified from the description given in this paper. For more information, please contact Jonathan Musser.)

Ankcorn, Paul D., Clarifying turbidity--the potential and limitations of turbidity as a surrogate for water-quality monitoring (201 kb PDF file)

Black, Deirdre D., W. Brian Hughes, and M. Brian Gregory, Water-quality and ecological assessment of Rottenwood and Sope Creeks, Marietta, Georgia, 2002 (539 kb PDF file)

Calhoun, Daniel L., Elizabeth A. Frick, and Gary R. Buell, Effects of urban development on nutrient loads and streamflow, upper Chattahoochee River Basin, Georgia, 1976-2001 (393 kb PDF file)

Chasar, Lynda C., and Deirdre D. Black, Mercury in aquatic ecosystems in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain of Georgia and Florida, 2002 (1,072 kb PDF file)

Cherry, Gregory S., Precipitation, ground-water use, and ground-water levels in the vicinity of the Savannah River site, Georgia and South Carolina, 1992-2002 (660 kb PDF file)

Clarke, John S., The surficial and Brunswick aquifer systems--alternative ground-water resources for coastal Georgia (241 kb PDF file)

Cochran, Brian L., Brian E. McCallum, Timothy C. Stamey, and Caryl J. Wipperfurth, Flood-tracking chart, Flint River Basin, Georgia (1,072 kb PDF file)

Crilley, Dianna M., and Lynn J. Torak, Physical and hydrochemical evidence for lake leakage in Lake Seminole, Georgia (551 kb PDF file)

Fanning, Julia L., Water use in Georgia, 2000; and trends, 1950-2000 (388 kb PDF file)

Frick, Elizabeth A., M. Brian Gregory, Daniel L. Calhoun, and Evelyn H. Hopkins, Water quality and upland wetland aquatic communities of Cumberland Island, Georgia, 1999-2000 (419 kb PDF file)

Frick, Elizabeth A., and Steven D. Zaugg, Organic wastewater contaminants in the upper Chattahoochee River Basin, Georgia, 1999-2002 (684 kb PDF file)

Gonthier, Gerard J., and Gregory C. Mayer, Slug-test results from a well completed in fractured crystalline rock, U.S. Air Force Plant 6, Marietta, Georgia (226 kb PDF file)

Gotvald, Anthony J., Field monitoring of bridge scour at four bridge sites in Georgia (103 kb PDF file)

Gregory, M. Brian, and Wade L. Bryant, Effects of urbanization on stream ecosystems in the Piedmont Ecoregion of Georgia and Alabama--a study design (621 kb PDF file)

Hopkins, Evelyn H., Using a geographic information system to rank urban intensity of small watersheds for the Chattahoochee, Flint, Ocmulgee, and Oconee River Basins in the Piedmont Ecoregion of Georgia and Alabama (2,024 kb PDF file)

Hughes, W. Brian, and Marian P. Berndt, National water-quality assessment in Georgia--2001-2011 (640 kb PDF file)

Joiner, John K., New water-quality monitoring efforts in Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia (418 kb PDF file)

Jones, L. Elliott, and Lynn J. Torak, Simulated effects of impoundment of Lake Seminole on surface- and ground-water flow in southwestern Georgia and adjacent parts of Alabama and Florida (418 kb PDF file)

Khallouf, Donna D., and Lester J. Williams, Structural and lithologic controls on ground-water availability in a granite and biotite gneiss in the Conyers, Georgia, area (204 kb PDF file)

Knaak, Andrew E., and Paul D. Ankcorn, Quality-assurance and quality-control procedures for an urban water-quality monitoring program, Gwinnett County, Georgia (191 kb PDF file)

Landers, Mark N., and Paul D. Ankcorn, Effects of land use on streamflow yields of selected constituents for watersheds in Gwinnett County, Georgia (103 kb PDF file)

Landers, Mark N., and Paul D. Ankcorn, Stormflow and baseflow concentrations and yields of total nitrogen for watersheds in Gwinnett County, Georgia (1,859 kb PDF file)

Leeth, David C., and John S. Clarke, Ground-water levels in Georgia, 2001 (350 kb PDF file)

Mosner, Melinda S., and Brent T. Aulenbach, Comparison of methods used to estimate lake evaporation for a water budget of Lake Seminole, southwestern Georgia and northwestern Florida (682 kb PDF file)

Musser, J.W., T.R. Dyar, and S.J. Alhadeff, Floodplain mapping in Georgia using digital orthophoto quarter quadrangle base maps (5,800 kb PDF file)

Payne, Dorothy F., Alden M. Provost, and Clifford I. Voss, Parallel development of MODFLOW and SUTRA Models in coastal Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida: an approach to study regional ground-water flow and local saltwater intrusion (287 kb PDF file)

Peck, Michael F., and Dorothy F. Payne, Development of an estimated water-table map for coastal Georgia and adjacent parts of Florida and South Carolina (1,043 kb PDF file)

Priest, Sherlyn, and John S. Clarke, Stream-aquifer relations in the coastal area of Georgia and adjacent parts of Florida and South Carolina (1,037 kb PDF file)

Rashleigh, B., and Kennen, J.G., 2003, Beyond the indices: relations of habitat and fish characteristics in the Georgia Piedmont , in Kathryn J. Hatcher, ed., Proceedings of the 2003 Georgia Water Resources Conference, April 23-24, 2003, at the University of Georgia. (PDF)

Smith, Kristin Ling, M. Brian Gregory, and B. Joel Wood, Active learning--water-quality education for youth at the annual Natural Resources Conservation Workshop field day, Tifton, Georgia (160 kb PDF file)

Taylor, Da'Vette A., Jaime A. Painter, and Dorothy F. Payne, Development of a water-use database for use in coastal region ground-water models, Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida, 1980-2000 (1,428 kb PDF file)

Torak, Lynn J., Assessment of karst features underlying Lake Seminole, southwestern Georgia and northwestern Florida, using orthorectified photographs of preimpoundment conditions and hydrographic maps (3,069 kb PDF file)

Waddell, Jonathan P., and Gregory C. Mayer, Effects of Fenton's Reagent and potassium permanganate applications on indigenous subsurface microbiota: a literature review (144 kb PDF file)

Walls, Christopher B., and Michael D. Hamrick, Delineating karst features underlying Lake Seminole, southwestern Georgia, using historical aerial photographs (840 kb PDF file)

Warner, Debbie, and Virgil Norton, An overview of water-resource issues in the middle and lower Flint River subbasins, southwest Georgia (226 kb PDF file)

Williams, Lester J., Influence of foliation fracture systems on water availability in the Lawrenceville, Georgia, area (279 kb PDF file)

Water Resources Discipline, Florida District

Hughes, W. Brian, and Marian P. Berndt, National water-quality assessment in Georgia--2001-2011 (640 kb PDF file)

Marella, Richard L., Ground-water withdrawals from the Floridan aquifer system in the Southeastern United States during 2000 (177 kb PDF file)

Pittman, John R., and Marian P. Berndt, Occurrence of herbicide degradation compounds in streams and ground water in agricultural areas of southern Georgia, 2002 (1,082 kb PDF file)

Biological Resources Discipline

Duncan, William W., Mary C. Freeman, Cecil A. Jennings, and J. Tavis McLean, Considerations for Flow Alternatives That Sustain Savannah River Fish Populations (28 kb PDF file)

Marcinek, Paula A., Mary C. Freeman, and Byron J. Freeman, Distribution and Abundance of Three Endemic Fishes in Shoals of the Upper Flint River System (100 kb PDF file)

Roy, Allison H., Mary C. Freeman, Judy L. Meyer, and David S. Leigh, Patterns of Land Use Change in Upland and Riparian Areas in the Etowah River Basin (36 kb PDF file)

Storey, Jesslyn C., Carrie A. Straight, Byron J. Freeman, James Peterson, Elise R. Irwin, and Mary C. Freeman, Distribution of Endemic and Imperiled Fauna of the Tallapoosa River System of Georgia (188 kb PDF file)


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