Biosolids, Soil, Crop, Ground-Water, and Streambed-Sediment Data for a Biosolids-Application Area Near Deer Trail, Colorado, 2001
By Tracy J.B. Yager, David B. Smith, and James G. Crock
Open-File Report 2004-1388
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Yager, T.J.B., Smith, D.B., and Crock, J.G., 2004, Biosolids, Soil, Crop,
Ground-Water, andStreambed-Sediment Data for a Biosolids-Application Area
Near Deer Trail, Colorado,2001: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
2004-1388, 69 p.
Abstract
In January 1999, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) began an expanded
monitoring program near Deer Trail, Colorado, in cooperation with the
Metro Wastewater Reclamation District and the North Kiowa Bijou Groundwater
Management District. Monitoring
components were biosolids, soils, crops, ground water, and streambed sediment.
The monitoring program addresses concerns from the public about chemical
effects from applications of biosolids
to farmland in the Deer Trail, Colorado, area. Constituents of primary
concern to the public are arsenic, cadmium, copper, lead, mercury, molybdenum,
nickel, selenium, zinc, plutonium, and gross alpha and beta activity,
and they are included for all monitoring components. This report presents
chemical data from the third year of the monitoring program, January–December
2001, for biosolids, soils, alluvial and bedrock ground water, and streambed
sediment. The ground-water section also includes climate data, water levels,
and results of statistical testing of selected data for trends and for
exceedance of Colorado regulatory
standards. The chemical data include the constituents of highest concern
to the public in addition to many other constituents.
Contents
Abstract
Introduction
Purpose and Scope
Acknowledgments
Biosolids
Objectives of Monitoring Biosolids
Approach for Monitoring Biosolids
Sampling Methods for Biosolids
Analytical Methods for Biosolids
Quality Assurance for Biosolids
Biosolids Data
Discussion of Biosolids Data
Soils
Objectives of Monitoring Soils
Approach for Monitoring Soils
Site Selection for Monitoring Soils
Sampling Methods for Soils
Analytical Methods for Soils
Quality Assurance for Soils
Soil Data
Crops
Objectives of Monitoring Crops
Crop Data
Discussion of Crop Data
Ground Water
Objectives of Monitoring Ground Water
Approach for Monitoring Ground Water
Site Selection for Monitoring Ground Water
Sampling Methods for Ground Water
Analytical Methods for Ground Water
Quality Assurance for Ground Water
Ground-Water Data
Meteorologic Data
Hydrologic Data
Water-Quality Data
Discussion of Ground-Water Data
Regulatory Standards
Trends
Streambed Sediment
Objectives of Monitoring Streambed Sediment
Approach for Monitoring Streambed Sediment
Site Selection for Monitoring Streambed Sediment
Sampling Methods for Streambed Sediment
Analytical Methods for Streambed Sediment
Quality Assurance for Streambed Sediment
Streambed-Sediment Data
Discussion of Streambed-Sediment Data
References Cited
Data Section
