Effect of Urbanization on the Water Resources of Warminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania (open access)

Effect of Urbanization on the Water Resources of Warminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Purpose: This investigation by the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Warminster Municipal Authority, has three purposes: (1) to determine how urbanization has affected ground water and low streamflow in Warminster Township and parts of the surrounding municipalities; (2) to describe the hydrologic system; and (3) to assess the availability of ground water.
Date: January 1983
Creator: Sloto, Ronald A. & Davis, Drew K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Water-Quality Assessment of Francis E. Walter Reservoir, Luzerne and Carbon Counties, Pennsylvania (open access)

Water-Quality Assessment of Francis E. Walter Reservoir, Luzerne and Carbon Counties, Pennsylvania

Objectives and scope: The principal objectives of this study were to assess the past and current water quality of the impoundment, its major tributaries, and its discharge, and to address the environmental impact of raised pool levels. Data collection was directed toward documenting the temporal and spatial variations in physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of the water, to estimate annual nutrient and suspended sediment loading, and to determine the algal biomass, dominant genera, algal growth potential, and limiting nutrient.
Date: June 1983
Creator: Barker, James L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Specific Land Uses on Nonpoint Sources of Suspended Sediment, Nutrients, and Herbicides - Pequea Creek Basin, Pennsylvania 1979-80 (open access)

Effects of Specific Land Uses on Nonpoint Sources of Suspended Sediment, Nutrients, and Herbicides - Pequea Creek Basin, Pennsylvania 1979-80

From abstract: The purpose of this intensive watershed investigation was to determine the effects of various land uses on water quality of receiving streams.
Date: 1983
Creator: Lietman, Patricia L.; Ward, Janice R. & Behrendt, T. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library