Research & Data
Streamflow and Groundwater
Data from the U.S. Geological Survey
Big River Wetlands | Field Characterization and Numerical Simulation of Ground-Water and Surface-Water Interactions in Rhode Island Wetlands: Big River Watershed Case Study |
RI Water Use | Water use and availability in Rhode Island |
RI Streamflow Statistics | Methods for estimating streamflow statistics in Rhode Island: Phase I data review and data collection |
Pawcatuck Optimization | Ground-water and surface-water resources of the Pawcatuck River basin in southern Rhode Island and southeastern Connecticut |
Hunt Drought | Evaluation of watershed behavior and stream-aquifer conjunctive-management alternatives in response to drought: application to the Hunt-Annaquatucket-Pettaquamscutt System, Rhode Island |
Research Related to the Streamflow Depletion Methodology
- Fish Assemblage Responses to Water Withdrawals and Water Supply Reservoirs in Piedmont Streams, Mary C. Freeman, Paula A. Marcinek, 2006
- Technical Information about the Massachusetts Sustainable Water Management Initiative (SWIMI)
- The Natural Flow Regime. A paradigm for river conservation and restoration, N. LeRoy Poff, et. al., 1997
- Ecological responses to altered flow regimes: a literature review to inform the science and management of environmental flows, N. Leroy Poff* and Julie K. H. Zimmerman, 2009
- Ecological Limits of Hydrologic Alteration. Environmental Flows for Regional Water Management (ELOHA)
- Indicators of streamflow alteration, habitat fragmentation, impervious cover, and water quality for Massachusetts stream basins: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5272, 70 p., plus CD-ROM, Weiskel, P.K., Brandt, S.L., DeSimone, L.A., Ostiguy, L.J., and Archfield, S.A., 2010
- Factors influencing riverine fish assemblages in Massachusetts: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific-Investigations Report. 2011-5193, 58p Armstrong, D.S., Richards, T.A., and Levin, S.B., 2011