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In cooperation with the Red River Authority of Texas

Assessment of Selected Water-Quality Data Collected in the Lower Red River (Main Stem) Basin, Texas, 1997–98

Stanley Baldys III1 and Danna K. Hamilton2

1 U.S. Geological Survey.
2 Red River Authority of Texas.

U.S. Geological Survey
Fact Sheet 106–03


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Contents

Lower Red River (Main Stem) Basin

Salinity

Bacteria

Dissolved Oxygen

References

Figures

1. 
Map showing sampling sites in the lower Red River (main stem) Basin, Texas 1997–98
2. 
Graph showing median specific conductance at lower Red River (main stem) Basin sampling sites decreases in concentration through the basin, 1997–98
3. 
Graph showing median dissolved chloride and sulfate at lower Red River (main stem) Basin sampling sites decrease in concentration through the basin, 1997–98

Tables

1. 
Monitoring program in the lower Red River (main stem) Basin, Texas, 1997–98
2. 
Specific conductance in the lower Red River (main stem) Basin, Texas, 1997–98
3. 
Dissolved chloride and dissolved sulfate concentrations in the lower Red River (main stem) Basin, Texas, 1997–98
4. 
Bacteria densities in the lower Red River (main stem) Basin, Texas, 1997–98



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