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National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Project
Our surface water, groundwater, and aquatic ecosystems are priceless resources, used by people across the Nation for drinking, irrigation, industry, and recreation. The... -
Hydrogeologic Framework of the Village of Peña Blanca, New Mexico - Open-file...
The New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources serves as the state’s geologic survey, and has been working in Peña Blanca since March 2016 at the request of the NM... -
A hydrogeologic investigtion of groundwater-fed springs and wetland at La Cie...
La Cienega’s springs and wetlands are important hydrologic, ecologic and cultural resources, and provide many beneficial water-related functions. The wetlands discharge... -
Aquifer mapping program technical document: Water sampling procedures, analys...
Groundwater and surface water sampling is often done under the auspices of the Aquifer Mapping Program and other related hydrogeologic studies at the New Mexico Bureau of... -
Overview of Fresh and Brackish Water Quality in New Mexico - Open-file Report...
Access to adequate supplies of fresh water is becoming an increasingly critical issue in many parts of the world. In arid regions of the southwestern United States, diminishing... -
Brackish Water Assessment in the Eastern Tularosa Basin, New Mexico - Open-fi...
Communities in the Tularosa Basin, including Tularosa and Alamogordo, face serious challenges related to water resources, both in terms of water quantity and quality. An arid... -
Geology and hydrogeology of the southern Taos Valley, Taos County, New Mexico...
The study was designed to collect new surface geologic data in the southern Taos valley, and to synthesize surface and subsurface geologic and hydrogeologic data into geologic... -
Multi-tracer investigation of groundwater residence time in a karstic aquifer...
Several natural and anthropogenic tracers have been used to evaluate groundwater residence time within a karstic limestone aquifer in southeastern New Mexico, USA. Natural... -
USGS Albuquerque Region Nitrate Map Viewer
This study seeks to use extensive geochemical analyses of groundwater and surface water to differentiate between various sources of nitrate contamination on Kirtland Air Force... -
USGS Geochemical Database for the Brackish Groundwater Assessment of the Unit...
Brackish groundwater (BGW), defined for this assessment as having a dissolved-solids concentration between 1,000 and 10,000 milligrams per liter is an unconventional source of...
