Project Description

Project Chief

GW Stations--Maintaining a network of ground-water wells in which water levels are measured bimonthly or more frequently

Socolow

Cape Cod Ground-Water Contamination--Conducting research on the transport and fate of contaminants in the subsurface

LeBlanc

Connecticut Basin NAWQA--Assessing regional water quality 

Grady

Pomperaug Ground-Water Model--Simulating ground-water flow in a representative subbasin of the CT Basin

New England Coastal Basins NAWQA--Assessing regional water quality

Robinson

MMR Technical Assistance--Assisting the Installation Restoration Program of the Massachusetts Military Reservation in their investigations of ground-water contamination

LeBlanc

MMR Impact Area--Modeling ground-water flow in the vicinity of the live-fire impact area on the Massachusetts Military Reservation in support of the Army National Guard's investigations of ground-water contamination

Walter

RI Zones of Contribution--Evaluating zones contributing recharge to public-supply wells, RI

Friesz

MidCape Ground-Water Resources--Assessing ground-water resources on the mid portion of Cape Cod using numerical models

Great Sandy Bottom Pond--Assessing the areas contributing recharge to Great Sandy Bottom Pond, Pembroke, MA, and to other nearby ground-water fed kettle-hole ponds that serve as water-supply reservoirs

Firm Yields II--Developing algorithm to enhance the Firm Yield Estimator used by MDEP to account for the effects of ground-water discharge to water-supply reservoirs

Springs--Assessing the sources of water to public water-supply springs throughout Massachusetts

Big River--Assessing ground-water resource in the Big River Basin, RI

Granato

Pawcatuck River Watershed--Cataloging water use in basin, including an assessment of impacts of ground-water withdrawals on streamflow, RI

Wild

Blackstone River Watershed--Cataloging water use in basin, including an assessment of impacts of ground-water withdrawals on streamflow, RI

Barlow, Lora

Pawtuxet River Watershed--Cataloging water use in basin, including an assessment of impacts of ground-water withdrawals on streamflow, RI

Quinebaug River Watershed--Cataloging water use in basin, including an assessment of impacts of ground-water withdrawals on streamflow, RI

Woonasquatucket Watershed

Lower Cape Cod--Assessing ground-water resources on the Lower portion of Cape Cod using numerical models

Masterson

Nashoba Bedrock--Assessing the fracture patterns in the Nashoba Bedrock Terrain

Namskaket Marsh--Assessing ground-water septage plume discharge to a saltwater coastal marsh

Weiskel

USEPA Technical Assistance--Providing assistance to USEPA Region I primarily on issues of ground-water contamination

Lyford

Nutrient Loads to Cape Cod Ponds--Estimating the nutrient loads from ground water to ponds on the Lower portion of Cape Cod

Perennial and Intermittent Streams--Assessing the status of Massachusetts streams and the ground-water baseflow that sustains the streams

Bent

Usquapaug-Queen Watershed Model--Using HSPF modeling techniques to assess water resources in the Usquapaug-Queen River Basin, RI, including temporal impacts of ground-water withdrawals; pilot project to link HSPF watershed and MODFLOW ground-water-flow modeling

Bent

Pawcatuck Watershed Model--Using HSPF modeling techniques to assess water resources in the Pawcatuck River Basin, RI, including temporal impacts of ground-water withdrawals; plan to link HSPF watershed and MODFLOW ground-water-flow modeling

Assabet Basin Water Resources and Optimization--Assessing ground-water resources in the Assabet River Basin using numerical models and applying simulation-optimization techniques to assess water-management strategies

Big River Water Management Area (RI) Optimization--Using simulation-optimization modeling techniques to assess surface-water impacts of ground-water withdrawals

Upper Charles River Basin Optimization--Using simulation-optimization modeling to assess surface-water impacts of ground-water withdrawals

Blackstone River Basin Optimization--Using simulation-optimization modeling to assess surface-water impacts of water withdrawals

Diffusion Sampling in Wells--Assessing the applicability of using diffusion-type samplers for monitoring of volatile organic compounds at remediation sites

Surficial Geology--Updating electronic resources presenting information on the distribution of surficial geologic deposits in Massachusetts

MMR Transient Modeling--Modeling transient ground-water conditions on Western Cape Cod for the Massachusetts Military Reservation

Masterson

Diffusion Sampling--Summarizing work done throughout New England using diffusion sampling techniques to detect discharge of ground-water contaminants to surface water

Upper Charles River--Modeling interaction of ground-water and surface-water resources in the Upper Charles River Aquifers, MA

DeSimone

Atlantic Coastal Zone--Compiling and summarizing previous work on saltwater intrusion problems along the Atlantic Coast

Barlow, Paul

Zones of Contribution in Complex Terrains--Modeling the recharge zones contributing water to several public supply wells in fractured bedrock and confined aquifers, MA

Lyford

U.S. Geological Survey 
Water Resources Discipline
USGS Massachusetts-Rhode Island Water Science Center
10 Bearfoot Road
Northborough, MA 01532