Photo from U.S. Geological Fact Sheet 005-97
Table 1. Measured
water chemistry of wells and surface water, Pinal Creek Basin, spring
1996 [Values are in milligrams per liter except for pH; <, less than; indicates no data] |
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10 | 51 | 302 | 402 | 503 | 702 | Pinal Creek at Inspiration Dam |
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Sample date | June 1 | June 6 | June 6 | June 2 | June 8 | May 31 | May 31 | ||||||||
pH | 6 | .8 | 3 | .9 | 4 | .0 | 4 | .2 | 5 | .3 | 6 | .9 | 7 | .8 | |
Calcium | 56 | 300 | 210 | 250 | 460 | 470 | 390 | ||||||||
Magnesium | 17 | 97 | 38 | 73 | 110 | 88 | 90 | ||||||||
Sodium | 26 | 77 | 66 | 58 | 62 | 57 | 63 | ||||||||
Potassium | 2 | .0 | 8 | .2 | 4 | .4 | 5 | .3 | 5 | .3 | 3 | .9 | 6 | .4 | |
Alkalinity | 199 | | | | 27 | 165 | 90 | ||||||||
Total dissolved inorganic carbon |
| 20 | 20 | 24 | 24 | | | ||||||||
Sulfate | 36 | 1,900 | 1,200 | 1,400 | 1,800 | 1,200 | 1,500 | ||||||||
Chloride | 26 | 41 | 45 | 54 | 49 | 48 | 47 | ||||||||
Fluoride | .3 | 7 | .6 | 3.4 | 4 | .9 | 2 | .9 | .4 | 3 | .1 | ||||
Silica | 26 | 88 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 43 | 30 | ||||||||
Iron | < | .003 | 200 | 140 | 190 | .026 | < | .009 | < | .130 | |||||
Manganese | .001 | 13 | <7 | .1 | 24 | 75 | 1 | .1 | 45 | .5 | |||||
Aluminum | < | .005 | 28 | .1 | 13 | .7 | 10 | .6 | 2 | .61 | < | .005 | .250 | ||
Cadmium | < | .001 | .069 | < | .049 | .011 | .022 | < | .003 | .007 | |||||
Copper | .02 | 24 | 11 | 12 | .67 | < | .03 | < | .03 | ||||||
Cobalt | < | .003 | | | .41 | .87 | .014 | .21 | |||||||
Nickel | < | .01 | .45 | .24 | .42 | .80 | < | .03 | .49 | ||||||
Strontium | .37 | 1 | .3 | .81 | 1 | .0 | 1 | .5 | 1 | .4 | 1 | .4 | |||
Zinc | .008 | 2 | .9 | 1 | .5 | 2 | .1 | 1 | .9 | < | .009 | .35 |