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Recent Publications of Interest from the USGS

Hubbard, L.E., C.E. Givens, D.W. Griffin, L.R. Iwanowicz, M.T. Meyer, D.W. Kolpin, 2020.  Poultry litter as potential source of pathogens and other contaminants in groundwater and surface water proximal to large-scale confined poultry feeding operations.  Science of The Total Environment, Volume 735, 15 September 2020, 139459

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969720329764?via%3Dihub

Stokdyk, J. P.; A. D. Firnstahl, J. F. Walsh, S. K. Spencer, J. R. de Lambert, A. C. Anderson, Lih-In W. Rezania, B, A. Kieke Jr., M. A. Borchardt, 2020.  Viral, bacterial, and protozoan pathogens and fecal markers in wells supplying groundwater to public water systems in Minnesota, USA.  Water Research, Volume 178, 1 July 2020, 115814

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0043135420303511

Baldwin, A.K., S. R. Corsi, S. K. Oliver, P. L. Lenaker, M. A. Nott, M. A. Mills, G. A. Norris, P. Paatero, 2020.  Primary Sources of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons to Streambed Sediment in Great Lakes Tributaries Using Multiple Lines of Evidence.  Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Volume 39, Number 7—pp. 1392–1408, 2020

https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.4727

Smith, E.A., R. L. Kiesling, and E. J. Hayter, 2020.  Simulation of Discharge, Water-Surface Elevations, and Water Temperatures for the St. Louis River Estuary, Minnesota-Wisconsin, 2016–17.  Scientific Investigations Report 2020–5028

https://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2020/5028/sir20205028.pdf?from=DigestNotification&e=Rhwj1Tp4f0S22nOKGzsuJQ&at=9

Johnson, T.D., Belitz, K., Lombard, M.L., 2019, Domestic well locations and populations served in the contiguous U.S. for 2000 and 2010: Science of the Total Environment, v. 687, p. 1261-1273 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.036

And — not USGS but big groundwater news certainly worth a mention in the newsletter: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/scotus-clean-water?MvBriefArticleId=46&from=DigestNotification&e=Rhwj1Tp4f0S22nOKGzsuJQ&at=9

‘Hydrologists should be happy.’ Big Supreme Court ruling bolsters groundwater scienceUnderground flows protected by Clean Water Act in many instanceswww.sciencemag.org
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