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Publications—Open-File Report 00–468

Chemical-Help Application for Classification and Identification of Stormwater Constituents

By Gregory E. Granato, Timothy R. Driskell, and Catherine Nunes

U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00–468

Prepared in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration. A Contribution to the National Highway Runoff Data and Methodology Synthesis.

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This report is available in Portable Document Format (PDF):

OFR 00–468 (879 KB) – 17 pages

Table of contents for the disk



Abstract

A computer application called Chemical Help was developed to facilitate review of reports for the National Highway Runoff Water-Quality Data and Methodology Synthesis (NDAMS). The application provides a tool to quickly find a proper classification for any constituent in the NDAMS review sheets. Chemical Help contents include the name of each water-quality property, constituent, or parameter, the section number within the NDAMS review sheet, the organizational levels within a classification hierarchy, the database number, and where appropriate, the chemical formula, the Chemical Abstract Service number, and a list of synonyms (for the organic chemicals). Therefore, Chemical Help provides information necessary to research available reference data for the water-quality properties and constituents of potential interest in stormwater studies. Chemical Help is implemented in the Microsoft help-system interface. (Computer files for the use and documentation of Chemical Help are included on an accompanying diskette.)

Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Computer-Help Application Instructions

Information in Chemical Help

Summary

References


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Suggested Citation:
Granato, G.E., Driskell, T.R., and Nunes, C., 2000, Chemical-Help application for classification and identification of stormwater constituents: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-468, 10 p.


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