Water Quality in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, 1992-95
By Elizabeth A. Frick, Daniel J. Hippe, Gary R. Buell, Carol A. Couch, Evelyn H. Hopkins, David J. Wangsness, and Jerry W. Garrett
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 1164
A contribution of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program
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- National
water-quality assessment program
- Summary of major
issues and findings
- Environmental setting
- Study design and data collection
- Hydrologic conditions
- Water-quality conditions during flooding caused by Tropical Storm Alberto, July 1994
- Major issues and findings:
- Pesticides in streams
- Pesticides in ground water
- Nutrients and suspended sediment in streams
- Nutrients in ground water
- Trace elements and organic compounds in bed sediment
- Historical trends in water quality determined from
reservoir cores
- Biological indicators of water quality
- Water-quality conditions in a national context
- Surface water
- Ground water
- Summary of compound detections and
concentrations
- References
- Glossary