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Appendix B
Documents Reviewed by the Committee
Plan for External Evaluation of the USGS Pilot
National Water Quality Assessment Program, April 29,
1987.
The Quality-Assurance Plan for the Pilot National
Water-Quality Assessment Program by H.C. Mattraw, Jr.,
W.G. Wilber, & W.M. Alley, August 1989, USGS Open
File Report 88-726.
National Water-Quality Assessment Program- National
Coordinating Workgroup, Charter and report of first
meeting, 1986.
Planning Elements, P. Leahy, 1988.
5.
6.
Concepts for a National Water-Quality Assessment
Program, Draft Executive Summary, R. Hirsch, W.
Alley, & W. Wilber, 1987.
Conceptual Design of a National Water-Quality
Assessment Program, Draft, December 15, 1987, by R.
Hirsch, W. Alley, & W. Wilber.
Water-Quality Trends in the Nation's Rivers by R. A.
Smith, R. Alexandria, M. G. Wolman, March 27, 1987,
Science magazine.
Letter to R. Engelbrecht from V. Schneider dated
August 1, 1988 consisting of information on the
NAWQA Program.
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10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
NAWQA Pilot Program
Resources for the Future report "Water Quality
Information for Policy Purposes: Evaluating NAWQA
as a Tool for Policy Design and Assessment", September
1 987.
Water Fact Sheet, USGS, Department of the Interior,
National Water-Quality Assessment Pilot Program, 1988.
USDA Research Plan for Water Quality, January 1989.
The National Stream Quality Accounting Network
(NASQAN) - Some Questions and Answers, Geological
Survey Circular 719, 1975.
The National Hydrologic Bench-Mark Network by
Ernest D. Cobb and J.E. Biesecker, U.S. Geological
Survey Circular 460-D, 1971.
NASQAN/Benchmark Program Description, 1988.
Water Resources Division in the 1980's: A Summary of
Activities and Programs of the USGS' Water Resources
Division 1986, USGS Circular 1005.
16. Availability and Suitability of Existing Information on
Municipal Wastewater-Treatment Practices and Effluent
Characteristics for Use in the National Water-Quality
Assessment Program, Executive Summary, USGS,
September 21, 1989.
17.
18.
19.
Discussion Paper: National Water-Quality Assessment
Program--Approach for Providing an Improved Under-
standing of the Effects of Changes in Municipal
Wastewater-Treatment Practices on Water Quality and
Ecosystem Health, USGS, September 21, 1989.
Brief descriptions on water quality assessment activities
conducted by USGS and other federal agencies, by W.
Wilber, 1989.
Well Installation and Documentation, and Ground Water
Sampling Protocols for the Pilot National Water Quality
Assessment Program, by M. Hardy, P. Leahy, and W.
Alley. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-396,
1989.
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Appendix B
20.
24.
26.
30.
31.
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Water-Quality Data-Collection Activities in Colorado
and Ohio: Phase 1--Inventory and Evaluation of 1984
Programs and Costs, U.S. Geological Survey Water
Supply Paper 2295-A, 1987.
Water-Quality Data-Collection Activities in Colorado
and Ohio: Phase II--Evaluation of 1984 Field and
Laboratory Quality-Assurance Practices, U.S. Geological
Survey Open-File Report 87-33, 1987.
Tables of the inorganic constituents and organic
compounds currently being analyzed in the surface and
ground water components of the NAWQA program, sent
to M. Conditt by W. Wilber, October 30, 1989.
NAWQA Draft Protocol - Synoptic Survey to Determine
the Occurrence and Distribution of Synthetic Organic
Compounds in Streams, March 1988.
NAWQA Draft Protocol - Synoptic Survey of Trace
Elements in Streams, August 1987.
NAWQA Draft Protocol - Synoptic Survey of Dissolved
Oxygen in Streams, May 1987.
NAWQA Draft Protocol - Synoptic Survey of Nutrients
in Streams, July 1987.
27. Changes to NAWQA Concepts Since Publication of
Circular 1021, 2 pp., October 25, 1989.
NAWQA Program Proposed Study Units for a Full-
Scale Program, October 25, 1989.
Biological Component of the National Water-Quality
Assessment Program--Goals, Development and Present
Status, and Plans for Implementation, October 31, 1989.
NAWQA Draft Protocol - Synoptic Survey to Determine
the Occurrence and Distribution of Waters
Contaminated by Fecal Material, December 1987.
NAWQA Protocol for Determining the Occurrence,
Distribution, and Trends in Concentrations of Trace
Elements and Synthetic Organic Compounds in Tissues,
U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1021, Attachment 3,
Draft, October 13, 1989.
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32.
34.
38.
39.
40.
41.
43.
NAWQA Pilot Program
Applicability of Ambient Toxicity Testing to National
or Regional Water-Quality Assessment, U.S. Geological
Survey Open-File Report 89-55, April 17, 1989.
Design of Ecological Surveys for the National Water-
Quality Assessment Program by Martin E. Gurtz,
November 13, 1988, U.S. Geological Survey Circular
1021-X?.
Memorandum to NAWQA team leaders from H. Leland,
USGS, Water Resources Division, Ecological Assessments
- Habitat Description, September 15, 1989.
Memorandum of Agreement between the U.S. Geological
Survey and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, October
18, 1989.
Draft Plans for the Implementation of a Full-Scale
National Water Quality Assessment Program, November
3, 1989.
NAWQA Program Planned Interpretive Reports from
NAWQA Pilot Projects, November 2, 1989.
Concepts for a National Water-Quality Assessment
Program, USGS Circular 1021, 1988.
NASQAN/NAWQA: A Comparison of Objectives and
Approach, 1988.
Draft Applicability of Ambient Toxicity Testing to
National Regional Water Quality Assessment by John
Elder, December 22, 1988.
Draft Conceptual Plan for an Environmental
Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, April 8, 1989.
U.S. Department of Agriculture's 1990 Water Quality
Initiative from Water Quality and Agricultural
Chemicals Data, USDA, 1989.
A Scientifically Based Nationwide Assessment of
Ground-Water Quality in the United States by W. Alley
and P. Cohen, presented at the 28th International
Geological Congress, July 10, 1989.
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45.
46.
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Publications on statistical procedures developed by the
USGS Water Resources Division's Branch of System
Analysis sent to S. Stafford, November 1, 1989 by W.
Wilber. List of enclosures: Advantages of
nonparametric procedures for analysis of water-quality
data, 1987; Statistical methods and sampling design for
estimating step trends in surface-water quality,l988;
Technique of trend analysis for monthly water-quality
data, 1982; A nonparametric trend test for seasonal data
with serial dependence, 1984; Estimating constituent
loads, 1989; Mean square error of regression-based
constituent transport estimates, 1989; Effect of
censoring trace-level water-quality data on trend-
detection capability, 1984; and Estimation of descriptive
statistics for multiply censored water-quality data, 1988.
Reports from the quality-assurance reviews of the seven
projects in the NAWQA pilot program sent to K.C.
Bishop from W. Wilber, March 12, 1990.
Draft papers from USGS: National Water-Quality
Assessment Program--Concepts and plans for providing
an improved understanding of the effects of changes in
municipal wastewater treatment by W. Wilber et al.,
1990; Availability, suitability, and enhancement of
existing wastewater treatment information in the Upper
Illinois River Basin for the National Water-Quality
Assessment Program by Zogorski et al; and Availability,
suitability, and enhancement of existing wastewater
effluent information in the Upper Illinois River Basin
for the National Water-Quality Assessment Program by
Zogorski et al., March 1990.
Unner Illinois Basin
Draft Report: An Inventory and Evaluation of
Biological Investiations that Relate to Stream-Water
Quality in the Upper Illinois River Basin of Illinois,
Indiana, and Wisconsin, USGS, Water-Resources
Investigations Report 89-4041, by Don Steffeck, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service and Robert Striegl of U.S.
Geological Survey, 1989.
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48.
49.
51.
55.
56.
57.
NAWQA Pilot Program
Surface-Water Quality Assessment of the Upper Illinois
River Basin, Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin: Project
Work Plan, USGS, Water Resources Division, Urbana,
Illinois, Draft, March 1988.
NAWQA Program, Upper Illinois River Pilot Project,
An Analysis of Existing Information, Status and Plans,
June 29, 1987.
Quality Assurance--Review of the Upper Illinois River
Basin National Water Quality Assessment Project,
Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, May 4-5, 1989.
Availability and Suitability of Municipal Wastewater-
Treatment-Plant Information in the Upper Illinois
River Basin, Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin for Use in
the NAWQA Program, U.S. Geological Survey Draft
Open File Report, Urbana, Illinois, 1989.
A photo-report of the riparian woody vegetation of
each of the ten test study reaches of the Upper Illinois
River Basin Biological Survey from Richard L. Phipps
(USGS, Reston, VA) to Harry Leland (USGS, Menlo
Park, CA), August 22, 1989.
Upper Illinois River Ecological Survey, Work Plan for
Ecological Survey Field Test in Upper Illinois River
Basin, Martin E. Gurtz, July 10, 1989.
Memorandum from Martin E. Gurtz on EPA Report on
Fish Community Sampling in the Upper Illinois River
Basin, October 4, 1989.
An Inventory and Evaluation of Biological
Investigations that Relate to Stream-Water Quality in
the Upper Illinois River Basin of Illinois, Indiana, and
Wisconsin, Water Resources Investigations Report 89-
404 1, 1 989.
Upper Illinois River Basin Liaison Committee Meeting
Minutes held April 27, 198S, Morris, Illinois; September
24-25, 1986, Morris, Illinois; and April 23, 1987, Morris,
Illinois.
Availability and Suitability of Municipal Wastewater
Information for Use in a National Water-Quality
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Appendix B
Assessment: A Case Study of the Upper Illinois river
Basin--Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin, U.S. Geological
Survey Open File Report, Urbana, Illinois, 1990.
KentuckY River Basin
58.
60.
119
NAWQA Program, Kentucky River Basin, Status and
Plans, June 29, 1987.
Surface Water Quality Assessment of the Kentucky
River Basin, Kentucky, Project Work Plan, USGS, Water
Resources Division, Louisville, Kentucky, Draft,
October 1988.
Surface Water Quality Assessment of the Kentucky
River Basin, Kentucky: Analysis of Available Water-
Quality Data Through 1986, U.S. Geological Survey
Draft Open-File Report, Louisville, Kentucky,
November 1989.
61. Summary of Biological Investigations Relating to
Surface-Water Quality in the Kentucky River Basin,
Kentucky by Arthur D. Bradfield and Stephen D.
Porter, U.S. Geological Survey, 1988.
Lower Kansas River Basin
62.
Surface Water-Quality Assessment of the Lower Kansas
River Basin, Kansas and Nebraska: Project Work Plan,
USGS Geological Survey, Water Resources Division,
Lawrence, Kansas, Draft, August 1988.
63. NAWQA Program, Lower Kansas River Pilot Project,
Status and Plans, June 29, 1987.
64.
Surface Water-Quality Assessment of the Lower Kansas
River Basin, Kansas and Nebraska: Project Description,
USGS Open File Report 87-105, Lawrence, Kansas, 1987.
Yakima River Pilot Project
65. NAWQA Program, Yakima River Pilot Project, Status
and Plans, June 29, 1987.
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67.
68.
69.
70.
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72.
74.
75.
NAWQA Pilot Program
Surface Water-Quality Assessment of the Yakima River
Basin, Washington, Project Work Plan, USGS, Water
Resources Division, Tacoma, Washington, Draft,
September 1988.
Design of Ecological Surveys for the National
Water-Quality Assessment Program, USGS Circular
1021-X?, November 13, 1988.
Pre-pubication presentation of two chapters from the
report: Surface Water-Quality Assessment of the
Yakima River Basin, Washington: Analysis of Available
Water-Quality Data, USGS, Water Resources
Investigations Report 89-XXX, Portland, Oregon, 1989.
Surface-Water Quality Assessment of the Yakima River
Basin, Washington: Areal Distribution of Escherichia
Coli, A Fecal Coliform Bacterium, in the Yakima River
Basin by S. S. Embrey, U.S. Geological Survey Draft
Water Resources Investigations Report, 1989.
Yakima River Ecological Survey, Preliminary Field
Test, May 1-5, 1989.
Yakima River Ecological Survey, Work Plan for
Ecological Survey Field Test in Yakima River Basin,
Martin E. Gurtz, March 22, 1989.
Yakima NAWQA Liaison Committee Minutes from
meeting held: October 30, 1986, Yakima, Washington;
March 11, 1987, Ellensburg, Washington; October 7,
1987, Naches, Washington; and March 23, l9SS, Yakima,
Washington.
Yakima River Basin NAWQA Pilot Project Status of
Major Work Items, 1989.
Central Oklahoma Aquifer Pilot Project
l
NAWQA Program, Central Oklahoma Aquifer Pilot
Project, Status and Plans, June 29, 1987.
Ground Water-Quality Assessment of the Central
Oklahoma Aquifer, Oklahoma: Project Work Plan,
USGS Water Resources Division, Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma, Draft, October 1988.
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Appendix B
78.
79.
80.
81.
82.
83.
84.
85.
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Ground Water-Quality Assessment of the Central
Oklahoma Aquifer, Oklahoma: Analysis of Available
Water-Quality Data, USGS Open-File Report 88-XXXX,
Draft, 1988.
Ground-Water Quality Assessment of the Central
Oklahoma Aquifer, Oklahoma--Analysis of Available
Water-Quality Data Through 1987, U.S. Geological
Survey, Open-File Report 88-728, 1989.
Quality Assurance--Review of the Central Oklahoma
Aquifer NAWQA Review Report, December 1, 1988.
NAWQA Program Status of Central Oklahoma Aquifer
Pilot Project, November 28, 1988.
Delmarva Peninsula River Basin
NAWQA Program, Delmarva Peninsula Pilot Project,
Status and Plans, June 29, 1987.
Ground-Water Quality Assessment of the Delmarva
Peninsula, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia--Analysis
of Available Water-Quality Data through 1987, USGS
Open-File Report 89-34, 1989.
Ground-Water Quality Assessment of the Delmarva
Peninsula, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, Project
Work Plan, USGS, Water Resources Division, Towson,
Maryland, DRAFT, September 1988.
Relations Between Land Use and Nitrate Concentration
in Shallow Ground Water, Delmarva Peninsula by, Pixie
A. Hamilton and Robert I. Shedlock, 1989.
Carson River Basin
NAWQA Program Carson Basin Pilot Project, Status and
Plans, June 29, 1987.
Water-Quality Assessment of the Carson River
Ground-Water Basin, Nevada and California: Project
Description, USGS Open File Report 87-104, 1987.
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86.
87.
88.
89.
NAWQA Pilot Program
Assessment of Ground-Water Quality in the Carson
River Basin, Western Nevada and Eastern California:
Project Work Plan, USGS Water Resources Division,
Carson City, Nevada, March 1988.
Ground-Water Quality in the Carson River Basin,
Nevada and California--Basin Overview and Analysis
of Available Data Through 1987, USGS Open File
Report X8-xxxx, Carson City, Nevada, 1989.
Water-Quality Assessment of the Carson River
Ground-Water Basin, Nevada and California:
Field-Trip Guide, May 1988, USGS.
Land Use/Land Cover Classification
A Land Use and Land Cover Classification System for
Use with Remote Sensor Data, USGS Professional Paper
964, 1983.
90. National Mapping Division, Land-Use and Land-Cover
Program Review, Summary Document, Revised April
1987.
91. Mapping Irrigated Cropland from Landsat Data for
Determination of Water Use from the High Plains
Aquifer in Parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New
Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming,
USGS Professional Paper 1400-C, 1987.
92.
A Computerized Data-Base System for Land-Use and
Land-Cover Data Collected at Ground Water Sampling
Sites in the Pilot National Water Quality Assessment
Program, U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources
Investigations Report 89-4172, 1989.
Hand Outs - October 24-25th Meeting
93. Regional Aquifer-System Analysis Program of the USGS
Bibliography, 1978-1986, Water Resources Investigations
Report 87-4138, 1987.
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94. Quality-Assurance Plan for the Pilot National Water
Quality Assessment Program, USGS Open File Report
88-726, 1989.
95. Table 7--Water-quality constituents to be included in
sample analyses for all three ground-water pilot
projects, National Water-Quality Assessment Program,
1989.
96. Discussion Paper by W. Wilber, National Water-Quality
Assessment Program--Approach for Providing an
Improved Understanding of the Effects of Changes in
Municipal Wastewater-Treatment practices on Water
Quality and Ecosystem Health, September 21, 1989.
Hand Outs/JanuarY 25-26. 1990 Meeting
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97. Guides for the Preparation of the 1990 State Water
Quality Assessment (305(b) Report, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, February 1989.
Representative terms from entire chapter:
quality assessment