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• Damschen, W.C.; Hansel, J.A.; Nustad, R.A., 2008, Water-quality data for water- and wastewater-treatment plants along the Red River of the North, North Dakota and Minnesota, January through October 2006: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 328, 67 p. -- URL http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/ds/ds328.
• Lundgren, R.F.; Nustad, R.A., 2008, Calibration of a water-quality model for low-flow conditions on the Red River of the North at Fargo, North Dakota, and Moorhead, Minnesota, 2003: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5007, 41 p. -- URL http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2008/5007/.
• Nustad, R.A.; Bales, J.D., 2006, Simulation of constituent transport in the Red River of the North Basin, North Dakota and Minnesota, during unsteady-flow conditions, 1977 and 2003-04: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5296, 58 p. -- URL http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/sir20065296.
• Damschen, W.C.; Nustad, R.A., 2005, Data for Selected Gaging Stations in the Upper Red River of the North Basin in Minnesota, September 2001 through September 2003: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1150, 88 p. -- URL http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/ofr2005-1150/.
• Nustad, R.A.; Bales, J.D., 2005, Simulation of conservative-constituent transport in the Red River of the North Basin, North Dakota and Minnesota, 2003-04: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5273, 81 p. -- URL http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/sir20055273/.

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