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Fact Sheet 2014–3100

Prepared in cooperation with Johnson County Wastewater

Effects of Wastewater Effluent Discharge on Stream Quality in Indian Creek, Johnson County, Kansas

By Jennifer L. Graham and Guy M. Foster

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Contaminants from point and other urban sources affect stream quality in Indian Creek, which is one of the most urban drainage basins in Johnson County, Kansas. The Johnson County Douglas L. Smith Middle Basin and Tomahawk Creek Wastewater Treatment Facilities discharge to Indian Creek. Data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with Johnson County Wastewater, during June 2004 through June 2013 were used to evaluate stream quality in Indian Creek. This fact sheet summarizes the effects of wastewater effluent discharge on physical, chemical, and biological conditions in Indian Creek downstream from the Douglas L. Smith Middle Basin and Tomahawk Creek Wastewater Treatment Facilities.

First posted October 1, 2014

For additional information contact:
Director, Kansas Water Science Center
U.S. Geological Survey
4821 Quail Crest Place
Lawrence, KS 66049
http://ks.water.usgs.gov

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Suggested citation:

Graham, J.L., and Foster, G.M., 2014, Effects of wastewater effluent discharge on stream quality in Indian Creek, Johnson County, Kansas: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2014–3100, 4 p., https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/fs20143100.

ISSN 2327-6932 (online)



Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Approach

Wastewater Effluent Nutrient Concentrations and Loads

Stream Quality in Indian Creek

Summary

References Cited


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