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Great Salt Lakes Basins and Southwest Principal Aquifers NAWQA Publications

USGS CIRCULAR

CIRC 1236—Water quality in the Great Salt Lake Basins, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming, 1998-2001, by K.M. Waddell, S.J. Gerner, S.A. Thiros, E.M. Giddings, R.L. Baskin, J.R. Cederberg, and C.M. Albano, 2004. 36 p. Available online at http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/circ/2004/1236/

USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER

PP 1781—Conceptual understanding and groundwater quality of selected basin-fill aquifers in the southwestern United States, by S.A. Thiros, L.M. Bexfield, D.W. Anning, and J.M. Huntington, 2010. 288 p. Available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1781/

USGS SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS REPORTS AND WATER-RESOURCES INVESTIGATIONS REPORTS

SIR 2011-5020—Effects of natural and human factors on groundwater quality of basin-fill aquifers in the southwestern United States—Conceptual models for selected contaminants, by L.M. Bexfield, S.A. Thiros, D.W. Anning, J.M. Huntington, and T.S. McKinney, 2011. 90 p. Available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5020/

SIR 2008-5239—Geospatial data to support analysis of water-quality conditions in basin-fill aquifers in the southwestern United States, by T.S. McKinney and D.W. Anning, 2009. 16 p. Available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2008/5239/

SIR 2007-5179—Effects of agriculture and urbanization on quality of shallow ground water in the arid to semiarid western United States, 1993-2004, by A.P. Paul, R.L. Seiler, T.G. Rowe, and M.R. Rosen, 2007. 57 p.
Available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2007/5179/

SIR 2006-5315—Dissolved solids in basin-fill aquifers and streams in the southwestern United States, by D.W. Anning, N.J. Bauch, S.J. Gerner, M.E. Flynn, S.N. Hamlin, S.J. Moore, D.H. Schaefer, S.K. Anderholm, and L.E. Spangler, 2007. 168 p.
Available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2006/5315/

SIR 2006-5300—Characterization of habitat and biological communities at fixed sites in the Great Salt Lake Basins, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming, water years 1999-2001, by C.M. Albano and E.M.P. Giddings, 2007. 82 p. Available online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/sir20065300

SIR 2006-5292—Water quality in the Bear River Basin of Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming prior to and following snowmelt runoff in 2001, by S.J. Gerner and L.E. Spangler, 2006. 66 p. Available online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/sir20065292

SIR 2005-5232— Ground-water quality in the carbonate-rock aquifer of the Great Basin , Nevada and Utah, 2003, by D.H. Schaefer, S.A. Thiros, and M.R. Rosen, 2006. 32 p. Available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2005/5232

WRIR 03-4325—Quality and sources of ground water used for public supply in Salt Lake Valley, Salt Lake County, Utah, 2001, by S.A. Thiros and A.H. Manning, 2004. 107 p. Available online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/wri034325

WRIR 03-4283—Trace elements and organic compounds in sediment and fish tissue from the Great Salt Lake Basins, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming, 1998-99, by K.M. Waddell and E.M. Giddings, 2004. 45 p. Available online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/WRI034283

WRIR 03-4236—Water quality at fixed sites in the Great Salt Lake Basins, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming, Water years 1999-2000, by S.J. Gerner, 2003. 56 p. Available online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/wri034236

WRIR 03-4029—Hydrogeology of shallow basin-fill deposits in areas of Salt Lake Valley, Salt Lake County, Utah, by S.A. Thiros, 2003. 24 p. Available online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/wri034029

WRIR 03-4028—Quality and sources of shallow ground water in areas of recent residential development in Salt Lake Valley, Salt Lake County, Utah, by S.A. Thiros, 2003. 74 p. Available online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/wri034028

WRIR 02-4276—Hydrology and water quality of an urban stream reach in the Great Basin—Little Cottonwood Creek near Salt Lake City, Utah, water years 1999-2000, by S.J. Gerner and K.M. Waddell, 2003. 46 p. Available online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/wri024276

WRIR 02-4115—Water-quality assessment of the Great Salt Lake Basins, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming—Environmental setting and study design, by R.L. Baskin, K.M. Waddell, S.A. Thiros, E.M. Giddings, H.K. Hadley, D.W. Stephens, and S.J. Gerner, 2002. 47 p. Available online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/wri024115

WRIR 01-4213—Trace-metal concentrations in sediment and water and health of aquatic macroinvertebrate communities of streams near Park City, Summit County, Utah, by E.M. Giddings, M.I. Hornberger, and H.K. Hadley, 2001. 26 p. Available online at http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/wri/wri014213

WRIR 00-4043—Analysis of nitrate and volatile organic compound data for ground water in the Great Salt Lake Basins, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming, 1980-98, by S.A. Thiros, 2000. 20 p. Available online at http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/wri/wri004043

WRIR 99-4132—Selected aquatic biological investigations in the Great Salt Lake Basins, 1875-1998, by E.M. Giddings and Doyle Stephens, 1999. 42 p. Available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/wri994132

USGS FACT SHEETS

FS 2010-3073—Decadal-scale changes in dissolved-solids concentrations in groundwater used for public supply, Salt Lake Valley, Utah, by S.A. Thiros and L.E. Spangler. 6 p. Available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2010/3073/

FS 2009-3015—Southwest principal aquifers regional ground-water quality assessment, by D.W. Anning, S.A. Thiros, L.M. Bexfield, T.S. McKinney, and J.M. Green, 2009. 4 p. Available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2009/3015/

FS 164-00—Reconstructing historical changes in the environmental health of watersheds by using sediment cores from lakes and reservoirs in Salt Lake Valley, Utah, by D.L. Naftz, D.W. Stephens, Edward Callender, and P.C. Van Metre, 2000. 6 p. Available online at http://tx.usgs.gov/coring/pubs/utah_lakes_fs.pdf

FS 161-00—Water quality and macroinvertebrate communities of Emigration and Red Butte Creeks, Salt Lake County, Utah, by Elise Giddings, 2000. 6 p. Available online at http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/djvu/FS/2000_0161.pdf

FS 106-00—Quality of shallow ground water in areas of recent residential and commerical development in Salt Lake Valley, Utah, 1999, by S.A. Thiros, 2000. 6 p. Available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2000/0106/report.pdf

FS 132-99—National Water-Quality Assessment Program Great Salt Lake Basins study unit, by K.M. Waddell and R.L. Baskin, 1999. 4 p. Available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/1999/fs132-99/

USGS OPEN FILE REPORTS

OFR 01-43—Nutrient, suspended sediment, and total suspended-solids data for surface water in the Great Salt Lake Basins study unit, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming, 1980-95, by H.K. Hadley, 2001. 29 p. Available online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/OFR0143

OTHER PUBLICATONS

Cuffney, T. F., Zappia, Humbert, Giddings, E. M. P., and Coles. J. F. , 2005, Urbanization effects on benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages in contrasting environmental settings: Boston, Birmingham, and Salt Lake City, in Brown, L.R., Gray, R.H., Hughes, R.M., and Meador, M.R., eds., Effects of urbanization on stream ecosystems: American Fisheries Society, Symposium 47, Bethesda, Maryland, p. 361-407.

Giddings, E.M., Brown, L.R., Short, T.M., and Meador, M.R., 2006, Relation of fish communities to environmental conditions in urban streams of the Wasatch Front, Utah, Western North American Naturalist, vol. 66, p. 155-168.

Manning, A. H., Solomon, D. K., and Thiros, S. A., 2005, 3 H/ 3 He age data in assessing the susceptibility of wells to contamination: Ground Water, v. 43, no. 3, p. 353-367.

Potapova, Marina, Coles, J. F., Giddings, E. M., and Zappia, Humbert , 2005, A comparison of the influences of urbanization on stream benthic algal assemblages in contrasting environmental settings, in Brown, L.R., Gray, R.H., Hughes, R.M., and Meador, M.R., eds., Effects of urbanization on stream ecosystems: American Fisheries Society, Symposium 47, Bethesda, Maryland, p.333-359.  

Short, T. M., Giddings, E. M. P., Zappia, Humbert, Coles, J. F. , 2005, Urbanization effects on habitat characteristics of streams in Boston, Massachusetts, Birmingham, Alabama, and Salt Lake City, Utah, in Brown, L.R., Gray, R.H., Hughes, R.M., and Meador, M.R., eds., Effects of urbanization on stream ecosystems: American Fisheries Society, Symposium 47, Bethesda, Maryland, p. 317-332.

Tate, C. M., Cuffney, T. F., McMahon, Gerard, Giddings, E. M. P., Zappia, Humbert , 2005, Use of an urban intensity index to assess urban effects on streams in three contrasting environmental settings, in Brown, L.R., Gray, R.H., Hughes, R.M., and Meador, M.R., eds., Effects of urbanization on stream ecosystems: American Fisheries Society, Symposium 47, Bethesda, Maryland, p. 291-315.

Thiros, S. A. and Manning, A. H., 2004, Sources of ground water used for public supply in Salt Lake Valley, Utah, and relation to water quality in L. E. Spangler, ed., Ground water in Utah–resource, protection, and remediation: Utah Geological Association Publication 31, 2004 Field Symposium September 24 - 25, 2004, p. 143-159.