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Fact Sheet 2011–3107

Relations Among Land Cover, Streamflow, and Water Quality in the North Canadian River Basin near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1968–2009

By Rachel A. Esralew, William J. Andrews, and S. Jerrod Smith

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The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the city of Oklahoma City, has collected water-quality samples at the North Canadian River near Harrah, Oklahoma (the Harrah station), since 1968, and the North Canadian River at Britton Road at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (the Britton Road station), since 1988. The North Canadian municipal wastewater-treatment plant, managed by the city of Oklahoma City, is the largest wastewater-treatment plant in the North Canadian River Basin and discharges effluent between the Britton Road and Harrah stations. Water-quality constituent concentrations were summarized, and trends in concentrations and frequencies of detection of selected constituents with time were evaluated to determine if changes in land cover, streamflow, and other potential sources of constituents in water had significant effects on water quality in the North Canadian River downstream from Oklahoma City.

First posted October 13, 2011

For additional information contact:
Director, Oklahoma Water Science Center
U.S. Geological Survey
202 NW 66th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73116
http://ok.water.usgs.gov

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Suggested citation:

Esralew, R.A., Andrews, W.J., and Smith, S.J., 2011, Relations among land cover, streamflow, and water quality in the North Canadian River Basin near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: 1968–2009: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2011–3107, 4 p.



Contents

Introduction

Changes in Land Cover and Streamflow with Time

Water-Quality Comparisons

Water-Quality Trends with Time

Conclusions

References


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