Water quality in the Denver Basin aquifer system, Colorado, 2003-05 / by Nancy J. Bauch, MaryLynn Musgrove, Barbara J. Mahler, and Suzanne S. Paschke ; National Water-Quality Assessment Program.

Author/creator Bauch, Nancy J. author.
Format Electronic
PublicationReston, Virginia : U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 2014.
Description1 online resource (vii, 100 pages) : color illustrations, color maps + 1 spreadsheet.
Supplemental Contenthttps://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo56699
Subjects

Other author/creatorMusgrove, MaryLynn, 1964- author.
Other author/creatorMahler, B. J. (Barbara June), 1959- author.
Other author/creatorPaschke, S. S. (Suzanne Smith), author.
Other author/creatorGeological Survey (U.S.) issuing body.
Other author/creatorNational Water-Quality Assessment Program (U.S.) sponsoring body.
Variant title At head of title: Quality of our nation's waters
SeriesCircular / U.S. Geological Survey ; 1357
U.S. Geological Survey circular 1357. ^A367656
Contents Overview of major findings and implications -- NAWQA approach to assessing groundwater quality -- Environmental setting and water-resource characteristics -- Natural and human factors that affect groundwater flow and quality -- Quality of groundwater used for drinking and irrigation -- Understanding where and why key contaminants occur in groundwater -- Vulnerability of groundwater to contamination.
Abstract Major findings: 1) The quality of groundwater used for drinking water generally is very good. 2) Most constituents at a concentration of concern for human health were from geologic sources. 3) Nitrate concentrations in shallow groundwater were low despite widespread fertilizer use. 4) Irrigation of agricultural and urban lands has adversely affected the quality of shallow groundwater. 5) High-volume pumping of groundwater can increase the vulnerability of the Denver Basin bedrock aquifers to contamination.
General noteOnline resource consists of PDF report and supplemental Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 77-81).
Technical detailsSystem requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Source of descriptionTitle from title screen (viewed on February 17, 2015).
Issued in other formPrint version: Bauch, Nancy J. Water quality in the Denver Basin aquifer system, Colorado, 2003--05
GPO item number0620-A (online)
Govt. docs number I 19.4/2:1357