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West Virginia Water Science Center Publications

Bulletins for WV

Bulletins  From The West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey
Bulletin B-46 Hydrogeology, Groundwater Flow, and Groundwater Quality of an Abandoned Underground Coal-Mine Aquifer, Elkhorn Area, West Virginia

Journal Articles for WV

Journal Articles for West Virginia
Journal Article Temporal changes in taxonomic and functional diversity of fish assemblages downstream from mountaintop mining
Journal Article Determination of (4-methylcyclohexyl)methanol isomers by heated purge-and-trap GC/MS in water samples from the 2014 Elk River, West Virginia, Chemical Spill

OFR for WV

Open-File Reports
Open-File Report 2009-1199 Summary of West Virginia Water-Resource Data through September 2008 West Virginia
Open-File Report 2008-1304 Generalized Skew Coefficients of Annual Peak Flows for Rural, Unregulated Streams in West Virginia
Open-File Report 2008-1087 Basin Characteristics for Selected Streamflow-Gaging Stations In and Near West Virginia
Open-File Report 2007-1107 Presumptive Sources of Fecal Contamination in Four Tributaries to the New River Gorge National River, West Virginia, 2004
Open-File Report 2007-1358 Hydrogeology and Water Quality of the Leetown Area, West Virginia
Open-File Report 2007-1038 Water-Use Estimates for West Virginia, 2004
Open-File Report 2006-1393 A Reconnaissance for Emerging Contaminants in the South Branch Potomac River, Cacapon River, and Williams River Basins, West Virginia, April-October 2004
Open-File Report 2005-1407 Fracture Trace Map and Single-Well Aquifer Test Results in a Carbonate Aquifer in Jefferson County West Virginia
Open-File Report 2005-1040 Fracture Trace Map and Single-Well Aquifer Test Results in a Carbonate Aquifer in Berkeley County West Virginia

SIR for WV

Scientific Investigation Reports
Scientific Investigations Report 2016-5048 Assessment of hydrogeologic terrains, well-construction characteristics, groundwater hydraulics, and water-quality and microbial data for determination of surface-water-influenced groundwater supplies in West Virginia
Scientific Investigations Report 2015-5106 Hydrologic budget and conditions of Permian, Pennsylvanian, and Mississippian aquifers in the Appalachian Plateaus physiographic province
Scientific Investigations Report 2014-5061 Correlations of Daily Flows at Streamgages in and near West Virginia, 1930-2011, and Streamflow Characteristics Relevant to the Use of Index Streamgages
Scientific Investigations Report 2013-5182 Estimation of Traveltime and Longitudinal Dispersion in Streams in West Virginia
Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5186 Groundwater Quality in West Virginia, 1993-2008
Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5185 Estimation of Selected Seasonal Streamflow Statistics Representatives of 1930-2002 in West Virginia
Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5033 Estimation of Flood-Frequency Discharges for Rural, Unregulated Streams in West Virginia
Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5242 Regional Curves for Bankfull Channel Characteristics in the Appalachian Plateaus, West Virginia
Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5153 Hydrogeology and Groundwater Flow in the Opequon Creek Watershed area, Virginia and West Virginia
Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5145 Hydrogeologic Factors Affecting Base-Flow Yields in the Jefferson County Area, West Virginia, October-November 2007
Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5105 Estimating Selected Streamflow Statistics Representative of 1930-2002 in West Virginia
Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5066 Hydrogeologic Setting and Groundwater Flow in the Leetown Area, West Virginia
Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5221 Relation of Chlorofluorocarbon Groundwater Age Dates to Water Quality in the Aquifers of West Virginia
Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5198 Hydrogeology, Aquifer Geochemistry, and Groundwater Quality in Morgan County, West Virginia
Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5059 Groundwater Quality in Unmined Areas and Relation of Chlorofluorocarbon Groundwater Ager Dates to Water Quality in the Aquifers of West Virginia
Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5002 Low-Flow Analysis and Selected Flow Statistics Representative of 1930-2002 for Streamflow-Gaging Stations In or Near West Virginia
Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5099 Calibration Parameters Used to Simulate StreamFlow from Application of the Hydrologic Simulation Program-FORTRAN Model (HSPF) to Mountainous Basins Containing Coal Mines in West Virginia
Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5076 Development and Analysis of Regional Curves for Streams in the Non-Urban Valley and Ridge Physiographic Province, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia
Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5045 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Bottom Sediment and Bioavailability in Streams in the New River Gorge National River and Gauley River National Recreation Area, West Virginia, 2002
Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5088 Geohydrology and simulation of groundwater flow in Ohio River alluvial aquifers near Point Pleasant, Lubeck, Parkersburg, Vienna, Moundsville, and Glendale,West Virginia
Water-Resources Investigations Reports for WV Water-Resources Investigations Reports for WV Water-Resources Investigations Reports 2000-4270 Groundwater quality and geohydrology of the Blue Ridge physiographic province, New River basin, Virginia and North Carolina Water-Resources Investigations Reports 2001-4036 Aquifer Characteristics Data for West Virginia                                  Water-Resources Investigations Reports 99-4269 Groundwater quality in the Appalachian Plateaus, Kanawha River basin, West Virginia Water-Resources Investigations Reports 90-4118 Water Resources Data West Virginia Water Year 2004 Water-Resources Investigations Reports 93-4073 Geohydrology, groundwater availability, and groundwater quality of Berkeley County, West Virginia, with emphasis on the carbonate-rock area

Fact Sheets for WV

Fact Sheets
Fact Sheet 2006-3011 Methane in West Virginia Groundwater

Water Data Reports for WV

Water Data Reports
Water-Data Report WV-05-1 Water Resources Data West Virginia Water Year 2005
Water-Data Report WV-04-1 Water Resources Data West Virginia Water Year 2004

Data Series Reports For WV

Data Series
U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 944 Annual and average estimates of water-budget components based on hydrograph separation and PRISM precipitation for gaged basins in the Applachian Plateaus Region, 1900-2011
Water Data Report 2006-216 Base-Flow Yields of Watersheds in the Berkeley County Area, West Virginia
Water Data Report 2006-179 Channel Gains and Losses in the Opequon Creek Watershed of West Virginia, July 25-28, 2005
Data Series 156 Dissolved-gas concentrations in groundwater in West Virginia, 1997-2005

Circular

Circular
Circular 1204 Water quality in the Kanawha-New River basin; West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina, 1996-98

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