... Discusses water-use data for 6 sub-basins of the Blackstone River Basin in northern Rhose Island and south-central Massachusetts from 1995 through 1999; the water-use data presented includes withdrawals for public- and self-supply use, aggregate water-use by category, and wastewater-return flows ...

...Report presents results of a 3 year study of the water resources of the Blackstone River Basin conducted 1985-1988; includes descriptions of (1) hydraulic properties and potential yields of the major stratified drift acquifer, (2) surface water and groundwater quality and (3) effect of infiltration of streamflow on the quality of water produced by wells; a conceptual model of the ground water system is presented and the development and application of a digital computer model of the system are described...