Project Overview

Full Title
Triangle Area Water Supply Monitoring Project

Location
 Chatham, Durham, Granville, Orange, and Wake Counties

Partner Agencies
Partner Agencies

Project Chief
Mary Giorgino
giorgino@usgs.gov

Period of Project
October 1988 - June 2017

Team Members
Jessica Cain
Cassandra Pfeifle
Ryan Rasmussen

Science Topic
Increased Population and Water Resources

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Triangle Area Water Supply Monitoring

Presentations and Reports

Presentations

• Podcast - Marking the Milestone, The Triangle Area Water Supply Monitoring Project, Twenty years and counting. USGS North Carolina Water Quality Specialist Mary Georgino discusses The Triangle Area Water Supply Monitoring Project, October 2009

• NCWRA Forum Presentation - Emerging Contaminants: A Water-Quality Odyssey, Feb. 4, 2008

Reports

Quality of surface-water supplies in the Triangle Area of North Carolina, water years 2012-13 By C.A. Pfeifle, J.L. Cain, and R.B. Rasmussen Open-File Report 2016-1137

Quality of surface-water supplies in the Triangle area of North Carolina, water years 2010-11 By C.A. Pfeifle, J.L. Cain, and R.B. Rasmussen Open-File Report 2016-1002

Quality of Surface-Water Supplies in the Triangle Area of North Carolina, Water Year 2009 By C.A. Pfeifle, M.J. Giorgino, and R.B. Rasmussen Open-File Report 2014-1192

Quality of Surface-Water Supplies in the Triangle Area of North Carolina, Water Year 2008 By M.J. Giorgino, R.B. Rasmussen, and C.A. Pfeifle Open-File Report 2012-1013

Occurrence of organic wastewater compounds in selected surface-water supplies, Triangle Area of North Carolina, 2002-2005 By M.J. Giorgino, R.B. Rasmussen, and C.M. Pfeifle Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5054

Triangle Area Water Supply Monitoring Project, October 1988 through September 2001, North Carolina-Description of the water-quality network, sampling and analysis methods, and quality-assurance practices By Carolyn J. Oblinger Open-File Report 2004-1278

Water-quality trends for streams and reservoirs in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina, 1983-95 By C.J.O. Childress and Neeti Bathala Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4061

Water and bed-material quality of selected streams and reservoirs in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina, 1988-94 By C.J.O. Childress and M.W. Treece, Jr. Abstract Only: Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4282

Water-quality data for selected North Carolina streams and reservoirs in the Triangle Area Water Supply Monitoring Project, 1988-92 By R.G. Garrett, J.E. Taylor, and T.L. Middleton Abstract Only: Open-File Report 94-379

Water-quality characteristics of inflow to and outflow from B. Everett Jordan Lake, North Carolina, 1982-86 By R.G. Garrett Abstract Only: Water-Resources Investigations Report 90-4096

Water-quality characteristics of inflow to and outflow from Falls Lake, North Carolina, 1982-87 By R.G. Garrett Abstract Only: Water-Resources Investigations Report 90-4097