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USGS Director Dr. Marcia McNutt today announced that the National Incident Command’s Flow Rate Technical Group (FRTG) has developed an independent, preliminary estimate of the amount of oil flowing from BP’s leaking oil well....Flow Rate Group Provides Preliminary Best Estimate Of Oil Flowing from BP Oil Well
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More than 20 percent of untreated water samples from 932 public wells across the nation contained at least one contaminant at levels of potential health concern, according to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey...Contaminants in Groundwater Used for Public Supply
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Atrazine, one of the most commonly used herbicides in the world, has been shown to affect reproduction of fish, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) study...Commonly Used Atrazine Herbicide Adversely Affects Fish Reproduction
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Osterman, Lisa E.; Campbell, Pamela L.; Swarzenski, Peter W.; Ricardo, John P. (2010), Open-File Report 2007-1024.

This paper presents the benthic foraminiferal census data, magnetic susceptibility measurements, vanadium and organic geochemistry (carbon isotope, sterols, and total organic carbon) data from the MRD05-04 gravity and box cores. The MRD05-04 cores were ...Biological, Physical and Chemical Data From Gulf of Mexico Gravity and Box Core MRD05-04
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Osterman, Lisa E.; Swarzenski, Peter W.; Hollander, David (2010), Open-File Report 2006-1012.

This paper presents benthic foraminiferal census data, and magnetic susceptibility, 210Pb , radiocarbon, and geochemical measurements from gravity core PE0305-GC1 (=GC1). Core GC1 was collected from the Louisiana continental shelf as part of an initiative to investigate the...Biological, Physical, And Chemical Data From Gulf of Mexico Core PE0305-GC1
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Sloto, Ronald A. (2010), Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5054.

The 38-acre Fischer and Porter Company Superfund Site is in Warminster Township, Bucks County, Pa. Historically, as part of the manufacturing process, trichloroethylene (TCE) degreasers were used for parts cleaning. In 1979, the Bucks County Health Department detected TCE and other volatile organic...Changes in Groundwater Flow and Volatile Organic Compound Concentrations at the Fischer and Porter Superfund Site, Warminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1993-2009
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More than a third of the Nation receives drinking water from public wells. The USGS has released new information on contaminants in these wells. In this USGS podcast Kara Capelli talks to USGS Scientist Patricia Toccalino, who led the study on contaminants in these wells
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A USGS technician collects a water sample at the Faka Union Canal Weir #1, Collier County, Florida. The sample was used to help determine the source of the warm water responsible for the site’s popularity among manatees as a warm water refuge....

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will use Recovery Act funds for five projects at Dexter National Fish Hatchery and Technology Center in Chaves County, New Mexico, designed to rehabilitate, upgrade and improve efficiency at the fishery. This slideshow provides an overview of the activities that...

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NEWSC Director Bob Swanson talks with Rachael Hoagland about the Center's foray into social media as another means to communicate water science to the public and others....

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