BIOLOGY OF THE RIO GRANDE BORDER REGION:
A BIBLIOGRAPHY






M. Water Quality

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1686. Davis JR. [1989]. Results of intensive priority pollutant monitoring in Texas, phase II: Sabine River near Longview, upper San Antonio River, Corpus Christi Bay/Inner harbor, Arroyo Colorado, Sabine/Neches River tidal. Austin (TX): Texas Water Commission. LP 89-07. 333 p.

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1688. DeVries RN. 1974. Pollution, environment of the Arkansas, White, Red and Rio Grande rivers and the Texas gulf coast area. In: Energy, environment and water resources. Proceedings Universities Council on Water Resources annual meeting; 1974 Jul 28-31; Utah State University, Logan (UT). [Lincoln (NE)]: Universities Council on Water Resources. p 277-83.

1689. Dupuy AJ, Manigold DB, Shulze JA (U.S. Geological Survey). 1970. Biochemical oxygen demand, dissolved oxygen, selected nutrients and pesticide records of Texas surface waters, 1968. Austin (TX): Texas Water Development Board. (Texas Water Development Board. Report: 108) 37 p.

1690. Earhart J, Vaughan T, Montemayor A. 1995. Assessing water quality in the Rio Grande upstream and downstream of the sister cities, Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. Report to the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission. 22 p.

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1693. Geological Survey (U.S.). [1993]. National water-quality assessment program: water use in the Rio Grande valley, 1990. [Reston (VA)]: Geological Survey. (U.S. Geological Survey open-file report: 93-456) 2 p.

1694. Geological Survey (U.S.). Water Resources Division. 1965-. Water resources data for Colorado, water year ___. Volume 1, Missouri River Basin, Arkansas River Basin, and Rio Grande Basin. Annual report. [Lakewood (CO)]: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey. (U.S. Geological Survey water-data report). Available from: National Technical Information Service (NTIS); 22161.

1695. Geological Survey (U.S.). Water Resources Division. 1965-. Water resources data for Texas. Volume 3, Colorado River basin, Lavaca River basin, Guadalupe River basin, Nueces River basin, Rio Grande basin,and intervening coastal basins. Annual report. [Austin (TX)]: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey. (U.S. Geological Survey water-data report). Available from: National Technical Information Service (NTIS) 22161.

1696. Hernandez JW. 1976. Rio Grande water quality base line study, 1974-75, for the Rio Grande canals and associated drains from San Marcial, New Mexico to Fort Quitman, Texas. Las Cruces (NM): New Mexico State University, New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute. 154 p.

1697. Hernandez JW. 1978. Interrelationship of ground and surface water quality in the El Paso-Juarez and Mesilla valleys. Nat. Resour. J. 18:1-9.

1698. Herrera H, Classen NW. 1966. Arroyo Colorado water quality survey. [Austin (TX)]: Tex. Dep. Health, Water Pollut. Control Div. 38 p.

1699. Hopkins J. 1995. Evaluation of ground-water quality in Texas counties bordering the Rio Grande. Austin (TX): Texas Water Development Board. LP-214. 26 p.

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1705. Lind OT, Bane CA. 1975. A limnological survey of aquatic resources of the Rio Grande valley in Big Bend National Park between Hot Springs and Boquillas Canyon. Report to National Park Service, Southwest Region, Off. Nat. Sci., project order nr PX700 3 0502. 102 p. In: Investigator's annual report, appendix. Located at: Big Bend National Park.

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1710. Ottmers DD. 1979. Intensive surface water monitoring survey for segment no. 2308, Rio Grande: Riverside Diversion Dam to New Mexico state line. Austin (TX): Texas Dept. of Water Resources. (Report (Texas. Dept. of Water Resources): IMS 82) 31 p.

1711. Oyarzabal F. 1982. La calidad de las aguas del Bajo Río Bravo [The quality of water of the Rio Bravo basin]. Nat. Resour. J. 22(4):925-37.

1712. Paul Garza and Associates. 1971. Regional water pollution control plan. Laredo (TX): South Texas Development Council. 2 v.

1713. Phillips JD. 1989. Non-point pollution control effectiveness of riparian forest along a coastal plain river. J. Hydrol. 110:221-37.

1714. Popp CJ. 1980. Trace metal transport and partitioning in the suspended sediments of the Rio Grande and tributaries in central New Mexico. Chemosphere 9:89-98.

1715. Preston RD. [1983]. Occurrence and quality of ground water in the vicinity of Brownsville, TX. Austin (TX): Texas Department of Water Resources. (Report (Texas. Dept. of Water Resources): 279) 98 p.

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1717. Roberts JL. 1989. An environmental evaluation of the Rio Grande water quality in the Big Bend area [MSc thesis]. Alpine (TX): Sul Ross State University. 100 p.

1718. Roberts JL. 1989. Survey of constituents in the Rio Grande river from above the Rio Conchos confluence to Horse Canyon, Black Gap Wildlife Management Area. 3 v. Located at: Big Bend National Park.

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1720. Salinity Laboratory (U.S.). 1946-. Discharge and salt burden of the Rio Grande above Fort Quitman, Texas and salt-balance conditions of the Elephant Butte Project. Annual report. Riverside (CA): U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Soil and Water Conservation Division.

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1722. Texas Department of Agriculture, Texas Rural Water Quality Network Project. 1986. Challenge of the colonias: small community wastewater management in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. [Austin (TX)]: Texas Dept. of Agriculture, National Demonstration Water Project. 13 p.

1723. Texas Natural Resource Conservaton Commission. 1991. Texas surface water quality standards. Published in Texas Register as Chapter 307, Texas surface water quality standards, 307.2-307.10. [Austin (TX)]: Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission. (Limited publication (Texas. Dept. of Water Resources): 71) 138 p.

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1734. Twidwell SR. 1978. Intensive surface water monitoring survey for segment no. 2201, Arroyo Colorado tidal. Austin (TX): Texas Department of Water Resources. (Report (Texas. Dept. of Water Resources): IMS 72) [39] p.

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1736. United States. Office of Saline Water. 1972. Proposed hybrid prototype desalting plant for Brownsville, Texas: draft environmental impact statement. [Washington]: Office of Saline Water. 25 p. Available from: National Technical Information Service (NTIS); PB-206 256-D.

1737. Warshaw S. 1975. Water quality segment report for segment no. 2302, Rio Grande. [Austin (TX)]: Texas Water Quality Board, Field Operations Division, Surveillance Section. WQS-15. 33 p.

1738. Warshaw S. 1975. Water quality segment report for segment no. 2491, Laguna Madre. [Austin (TX)]: Texas Water Quality Board, Field Operations Division, Surveillance Section. (Texas Water Quality Board. Report: WQS 14) 38 p.

1739. Webster CF. 1991. International Falcon Reservoir and its Rio Grande headwaters: segments 2303 and 2304, intensive survey May 8-10, 1989 and water quality trends 1972-1989. Austin (TX): Texas Water Commission. IS 91-02. 152 p.

1740. Wells FC, Jackson GA, Rogers WJ. 1988. Reconnaissance investigation of water quality, bottom sediment, and biota associated with irrigation drainage in the Lower Rio Grande Valley and Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Texas, 1986-87. Austin (TX): U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey. (U.S. Geological Survey water-resources investigations report: 87-4277) 89 p. Available from: U.S. Geological Survey, Information Services, Open File Reports.

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