Hydrologic and water-quality conditions in the lower Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint and parts of the Aucillasuwannee-Ochlockonee River basins Georgia, Florida and Alabama, during drought conditions, July 2011
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Gordon, Debbie Warner
Peck, Michael F.
Painter, Jaime E.
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Abstract
As part of the U.S. Department of the Interior
sustainable water strategy, WaterSMART, the U.S. Geological
Survey documented hydrologic and water-quality
conditions in the lower Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint
and western and central Aucilla-Suwanee-Ochlockonee
River basins in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia during
low-flow conditions in July 2011. Moderate-drought conditions
prevailed in this area during early 2011 and worsened
to exceptional by June, with cumulative rainfall departures
from the 1981-2010 climate normals registering
deficits ranging from 17 to 27 inches. As a result,
groundwater levels and stream discharges measured below
median daily levels throughout most of 2011. Waterquality
field properties including temperature, dissolved
oxygen, specific conductance, and pH were measured at
surface-water sites.
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Sponsored by: Georgia Environmental Protection Division; U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service; Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Water Resources Institute; The University of Georgia, Water Resources Faculty.
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2013-04
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