Tualatin River Basin Water Quality Assessment - Reports

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Published Reports

• Sullivan, A.B. and Rounds, S.A., 2006, Modeling water-quality effects of structural and operational changes to Scoggins Dam and Henry Hagg Lake, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5060, 36 p.
  [Available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2006/5060/]
   
• Rounds, S.A. and Sullivan, A.B., 2006, Development and use of new routines in CE-QUAL-W2 to blend water from multiple reservoir outlets to meet downstream temperature targets, in Proceedings of the Third Federal Interagency Hydrologic Modeling Conference, April 2-6, 2006, Reno, NV: Subcommittee on Hydrology of the Interagency Advisory Committee on Water Information, ISBN 0-9779007-0-3.
  (full text [PDF, 198 Kbytes])
   
• Johnston, M.W., and Williams, J.S., 2006, Field comparison of optical and Clark cell dissolved oxygen sensors in the Tualatin River, Oregon, 2005: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1047, 11 p.
  [Available ONLY online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1047/]
   
• Sullivan, A.B. and Rounds, S.A., 2005, Modeling hydrodynamics, temperature and water quality in Henry Hagg Lake, Oregon, 2000-2003: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5261, 38 p.
  [Available online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2004/5261/]
   
• Doyle, M.C. and Rounds, S.A., 2003, The effect of chamber mixing velocity on bias in measurement of sediment oxygen demand rates in the Tualatin River Basin, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4097, 16 p.
  (abstract [HTML], full text [PDF, 1.0 Mbytes])
   
• Anderson, C.W. and Rounds, S.A., 2003, Phosphorus and E. coli and their relation to selected constituents during storm runoff conditions in Fanno Creek, Oregon, 1998-99: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4232, 34 p.
  (abstract [HTML], full text [PDF, 1.8 Mbytes])
   
• Rounds, S.A., 2002, Development of a neural network model for dissolved oxygen in the Tualatin River, Oregon, in Proceedings of the Second Federal Interagency Hydrologic Modeling Conference, July 29 - August 1, 2002, Las Vegas, NV: Subcommittee on Hydrology of the Interagency Advisory Committee on Water Information.
  (full text [PDF, 178 Kbytes])
   
• Rounds, S.A., 2001, Modeling water quality in the Tualatin River: Achievements and limitations, in AWRA Annual Spring Specialty Conference Proceedings, "Water Quality Monitoring and Modeling," Warwick, John J. (ed.), American Water Resources Association, Middleburg, Virginia, TPS-01-1, p. 115-120.
  (full text [PDF, 340 Kbytes])
   
• Rounds, S.A. and Wood, T.M., 2001, Modeling water quality in the Tualatin River, Oregon, 1991-1997: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4041, 53 p.
  (abstract [HTML], full text [PDF, 2.8 Mbytes])
   
• McCarthy, K.A., 2000, Phosphorus and E. coli in the Fanno and Bronson Creek subbasins of the Tualatin River Basin, Oregon, during summer low-flow conditions, 1996: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4062, 31 p.
  (abstract [HTML], full text [PDF, 780 Kbytes])
   
• Risley, J.C., 2000, Effects of Hypothetical Management Scenarios on Water Temperatures in the Tualatin River, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4071 (supplement to Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4071), 110 p.
  (abstract [HTML], full text [PDF, 2.6 Mbytes])
   
• Kelly, V.J., Lynch, D.D., and Rounds, S.A., 1999, Sources and transport of phosphorus and nitrogen during low-flow conditions in the Tualatin River, Oregon, 1991-1993: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2465-C, 94 p.
  [Available online at http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/wsp/wsp2465C]
   
• Rounds, S.A., 1999, Investigations of water quality in the Tualatin River Basin, Oregon, and their role in the TMDL process, in Proceedings of the Seventh Biennial Watershed Management Conference, C.W. Slaughter, Ed., Water Resources Center Report No. 98, University of California, Davis, p. 7-19.
  (proceedings available in PDF format, 1.3 Mbytes)
   
• Rounds, S.A., Wood, T.M., and Lynch, D.D., 1999, Modeling discharge, temperature, and water quality in the Tualatin River, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2465-B, 121 p.
  [Available online at http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/wsp/wsp2465B]
   
• Kelly, V.J., Lynch, D.D., and Rounds, S.A., 1999, Sources and transport of phosphorus and nitrogen during low-flow conditions in the Tualatin River, Oregon, 1991-1993: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-232, 111 p.
  (superseded by Water-Supply Paper 2465-C, above)
   
• Bonn, B.A., 1999, Selected elements and organic chemicals in bed sediment and fish tissue of the Tualatin River Basin, Oregon, 1992-96: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4107, 61 p.
  (abstract [HTML], full text [PDF])
   
• Rounds, S.A., Wood, T.M., and Lynch, D.D., 1998, Modeling discharge, temperature, and water quality in the Tualatin River, Oregon: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-186, 122 p.
  (abstract)
  (superseded by Water-Supply Paper 2465-B, above)
   
• Rounds, S.A. and Wood, T.M., 1998, Using CE-QUAL-W2 to assess the ammonia assimilative capacity of the Tualatin River, Oregon, in Proceedings of the First Federal Interagency Hydrologic Modeling Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 19-23, 1998: U.S. Geological Survey, p. 2-133 - 2-140.
  (full text)
   
• Wood, T.M. and Rounds, S.A., 1998, Using CE-QUAL-W2 to assess the effect of reduced phosphorus loads on chlorophyll-a and dissolved oxygen in the Tualatin River, Oregon, in Proceedings of the First Federal Interagency Hydrologic Modeling Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 19-23, 1998: U.S. Geological Survey, p. 2-149 - 2-156.
  (full text)
   
• Kelly, V.J., 1997, Dissolved oxygen in the Tualatin River, Oregon, during winter flow conditions, 1991 and 1992: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2465-A, 68 p.
  [Available online at http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/wsp/wsp2465A]
   
• Rounds, S.A. and Doyle, M.C., 1997, Sediment oxygen demand in the Tualatin River Basin, Oregon, 1992-1996: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4103, 19 p.
  (full text)
   
• Risley, J.C., 1997, Relations of Tualatin River water temperatures to natural and human-caused factors: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4071, 143 p.
  (abstract [HTML], full text [PDF, 2 Mbytes])
   
• Risley, J.C. and Doyle, M.C., 1997, Water-temperature, specific-conductance, and meteorological data for the Tualatin River Basin, Oregon, 1994-95: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-315, 124 p.
  (abstract)
   
• Kelly, V.J., 1997, Dissolved oxygen in the Tualatin River, Oregon, under winter low-flow conditions, November, 1992, in Laenen, A. and Dunnette, D.A., eds., River Quality - Dynamics and restoration: New York, CRC Press, p. 151-162.
   
• Doyle, M.C. and Caldwell, J.M., 1996, Water-quality, streamflow, and meteorological data for the Tualatin River Basin, Oregon, 1991-93: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-173, 49 p., CD-ROM
   
• Kelly, V.J., 1996, Dissolved oxygen in the Tualatin River, Oregon, during winter flow conditions, 1991 and 1992: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-451, 74 p.
  (superseded by Water-Supply Paper 2465-A, above)
   

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