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Appendix A: U.S. Geological Survey Programs That Support Ground-Water Resources Studies
Pages 133-137

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From page 133...
... Because of its Tong history of conducting groundwater studies as well as its expertise in hydrology, geology, biology, and mapping, the USGS is in a unique position to provide comprehensive evaluations of groundwater systems. The USGS has responded to changing groundwater issues by designing and implementing programs that target those issues.
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From page 134...
... In general, the RASA Program did not examine many of the shallower or less-productive aquifers that are important to ecosystem studies and to many rural and small community water users as well as for sustaining flow in streams. in addition to about 1,100 published reports, the RASA Program published a National GroundWater Atias that used RASA data and data from other agencies as a general source of information on groundwater resources (http://capp.water.usgs .
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From page 135...
... For example, two of the prototype areas chosen for the National Aquifer Data Base are the High Plains and North Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifer systems. These aquifers are also included in NAWQA study units.
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From page 136...
... Program matches funds from state and local agencies to support data collection and investigations that serve both federal interests and the needs of the state and local agencies. For over 100 years, this arrangement has been a valuable means of building a national database of information that contains water quality, water-use, surface water, and groundwater data to develop a more complete understanding of hydrologic conditions including groundwater conditions.
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From page 137...
... The direct linkage of the program with other water resources programs of the USGS ensures that the research remains relevant to current water resources needs. NRP scientists interact with all USGS programs in the Water Resources Division (WRD)
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