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Water Quality in the Trinity River Basin,
Texas, 1992--95
By Larry F. Land, J. Bruce Moring, Peter C. Van Metre,
David C. Reutter, Barbara J. Mahler, Allison A. Shipp,
and Randy L. Ulery
Coordination among agencies and organizations is an integral part of the NAWQA Program. We thank the following agencies and organizations who contributed through their participation in the Study Unit Liaison Committee.
Federal Agencies:
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources
Conservation Service
- U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Reclamation
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
State Agencies:
- Railroad Commission of Texas
- Texas Department of Agriculture
- Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
- Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board
- Texas Water Development Board
Local Organizations:
- City of Arlington
- City of Fort Worth
- City of Irving
- Dallas Water Utilities Department
- Tarrant County Water Control and Improvement
District No. 1
- Trinity River Authority
Universities and other organizations:
- Galveston Bay National Estuary Program
- North Central Texas Council of Governments
- Texas Water Resources Institute
- University of North Texas
- University of Texas at Austin
Summary of compound detections and concentrations tables (p. 30--35) were provided by Sarah J. Ryker, Jonathon C. Scott, and Alan L. Haggland.
Editing, graphics, and report-processing support were provided by Gloria J. Smith, Stanley H. Crenwelge, Peter W. Bush, Gail J. Sladek, and Judy A. Voigt.
For additional information on the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program:
Trinity River Basin Study Unit, contact:
District Chief
U.S. Geological Survey
Water Resources Division
8011 Cameron Rd.
Austin, TX 78754
or
Chief, NAWQA Program
U.S. Geological Survey
Water Resources Division
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, M.S. 413
Reston, VA 20192
Information on the NAWQA Program is also available on the Internet via the World Wide Web. You may connect to the NAWQA Home Page using the Universal Resources Locator (URL): http://wwwrvares.er.usgs.gov/nawqa/nawqa_home.html
The Trinity River Basin Study Unit's Home Page is at URL: http://tx.usgs.gov/trin/index.html
Front cover: Dallas skyline at dusk. The channelized Trinity River is in foreground. (Photograph courtesy of TEXAS HIGHWAYS Magazine. \xa9 by Richard Stockton. Used with permission.)
Back cover: Longhorns grazing north of Denton. (Photograph by Larry F. Land, U.S. Geological Survey.)
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BRUCE BABBITT, Secretary
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Thomas J. Casadevall, Acting Director
The use of firm, trade, and brand names in this report is for identification purposes only and does not constitute endorsement by the U.S. Government.
1998
Free on application to the
U.S. Geological Survey
Information Services
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publications Data
Water quality in the Trinity River Basin, Texas, 1992--95 / by Larry F. Land ... [et al.].
p. cm.--- (U.S. Geological Survey circular ; 1171)
ISBN 0--607--89233--1 (pbk.)
1. Water quality---Texas---Trinity River watershed. I. Land, Larry F.
II. Series.
TD224.T4W378 1998
363.739'42'0976414---dc21 98--4639
98-4639
CIP