Estimated water use in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, July 1983 - June 1984

Torres-Sierra, Heriberto; Dacosta, Rafael

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“…The Caribbean Water-Use Information Program began in 1980 to provide data to government agencies in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, water resources managers and planners, and the general public. Since 1980, seven reports have been prepared: "Estimated water use in Puerto Rico, 1980" (Gomez-Gomez andothers, 1983), "Estimated water use in Puerto Rico, 1980-82" (Torres-Sierra andAviles, 1986), "Estimated water use in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, July 1983-June 1984" (Torres-Sierra and Dacosta, 1984, "Estimated water use in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, October 1983-September 1985" (Torres-Sierra, 1987, "Estimated water use in Puerto Rico, 1986-87" (Molina and Dopazo, 1995), "Estimated water use in Puerto Rico, 1988-89" (Dopazo and, and "Public-supply water use and wastewater disposal during 1990" (Molina, 1996).…”

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Quality-assurance plan for water-use program activities of the Caribbean District

Molina-Rivera

1998

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The U.S. Geological Survey Caribbean District Water-Use Information Program was implemented in 1980 for the management of water-resources data in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Island and to meet the need for a uniform accounting system of water-use data and categories. The water-use data are obtained from a variety of sources. Large amounts of the data collected were developed by the water users (typically, Commonwealth agencies in Puerto Rico, local government agencies in the U.S. Virgin Islands, federal agencies, or private entities), whereas other data collected are based on a variety of estimation techniques. The quality-assurance plan for the wateruse program activities in the Caribbean District presented in this report includes a description of the Caribbean Water-Use Information Program, responsibilities of the U.S. Geological Survey Caribbean District personnel, reports, training, forms, documentation, data entry and checking procedures, methods of estimating water use, and corrective actions.

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Quality-assurance plan for water-use program activities of the Caribbean District

Molina-Rivera

1998

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“…Groundwater withdrawals from aquifers in the U.S. Virgin Islands (fig. 2A) average 1.7 Mgal/d (million gallons per day) (Torres-Sierra and Dacosta, 1984;Torres-Sierra, 1986, p. 11); however, less than 10 percent of these withdrawals can be classified as freshwater (dissolved-solids concentration less than 1,000 mg/L). The remaining saline ground-water withdrawals are either treated with reverse-osmosis desalination units or used for toilets, swimming pools, laundry, or wash water.…”

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National water summary 1986: Hydrologic events and ground-water quality

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Chase³

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National Water Summary 1986 Hydrologic Events and Ground-Water Quality is the fourth in a series of annual reports that describe the conditions, trends, availability, quality, and use of the Nation's water resources. This year's report continues a discussion, begun in the 1984 National Water Summary, of principal aquifers in each State by assembling available information about the existing water quality of each aquifer, the location of major areas of known contamination and potential sources of contamination, and steps being taken by the States to manage their ground water. This subject is particularly timely because of the growing national awareness and concern that this important source of water supply is vulnerable to contamination by toxic industrial, domestic, and agricultural wastes.The U.S. Geological Survey has been engaged in the study of the quantity and quality of ground-water resources of the United States for more than a century. Survey geologists early noted the importance of hydrogeologic information to the search for ground-water supplies in the plains country around Denver, Colo. S.F. Emmons, Geologist-in-Charge of the Division of the Rocky Mountains, included the following observation in his 1884 annual report to Director John Wesley Powell:The practical bearing of this study [of the Denver water supply] is not confined to Denver, but extends to the whole region of the great plains. While the existence of a synclinal basin has long been known to us from the hasty observations one makes in simply passing over the country, accurate and reliable maps and profiles are an indispensible basis for the observations which shall determine the true source of the water supply, the amount and quality that may be expected from different geologic horizons, and the most favorable points for sinking artesian wells; it is in large degree owing to the want of this accurate preliminary knowledge that the money already appropriated by Congress and spent in sinking artesian wells upon the plains of Colorado has been so barren of practical and definite results. (U.

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“…Long-term monitoring of groundwater levels at 25 wells is being done by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Department of Public Works of the Virgin Islands. A water-use inventory for St. Thomas was completed in 1984 (Torres-Sierra andDacosta, 1984). The research, data collection, and analyses collected by the cooperative water resources program provide a basis to assist the Government of the U.S. Virgin Islands in the management of the ground-water resources.…”

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“…quantities of water CH2M Hill Southeast, Inc., 1983;Torres-Sierra and Dacosta, 1984] Population served by ground water, 1982…”

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National water summary 1984: Hydrologic events, selected water-quality trends, and ground-water resources

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Estimated water use in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, July 1983 - June 1984

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Quality-assurance plan for water-use program activities of the Caribbean District

Quality-assurance plan for water-use program activities of the Caribbean District

National water summary 1986: Hydrologic events and ground-water quality

National water summary 1984: Hydrologic events, selected water-quality trends, and ground-water resources

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