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Data Series 664

Prepared in cooperation with the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District

Biosolids, Crop, and Groundwater Data for a Biosolids- Application Area near Deer Trail, Colorado, 2009 and 2010

By Tracy J.B. Yager, David B. Smith, and James G. Crock

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During 2009 and 2010, the U.S. Geological Survey monitored the chemical composition of biosolids, crops, and groundwater related to biosolids applications near Deer Trail, Colorado, in cooperation with the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District. This monitoring effort was a continuation of the monitoring program begun in 1999 in cooperation with the Metro Wastewater Reclamation District and the North Kiowa Bijou Groundwater Management District. The monitoring program addressed concerns from the public about potential chemical effects from applications of biosolids to farmland in the area near Deer Trail, Colo. This report presents chemical data from 2009 and 2010 for biosolids, crops, and alluvial and bedrock groundwater. The chemical data include the constituents of highest concern to the public (arsenic, cadmium, copper, lead, mercury, molybdenum, nickel, selenium, zinc, and plutonium) in addition to many other constituents. The groundwater section also includes data for precipitation, air temperature, and depth to groundwater at various groundwater-monitoring sites.

First posted March 13, 2012

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Center Director, USGS Colorado Water Science Center
Box 25046, Mail Stop 415
Denver, CO 80225

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Suggested citation:

Yager, T.J.B., Smith, D.B., and Crock, J.G., 2012, Biosolids, crop, and groundwater data for a biosolids-application area near Deer Trail, Colorado, 2009 and 2010: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 664, 46 p.



Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Biosolids

Crops

Groundwater

References Cited

Data Section


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