Open-File Report 2009–1214
AbstractThe U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, designed and operates a series of monitoring stations on streams throughout Missouri known as the Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network. During the 2008 water year (October 1, 2007, through September 30, 2008), data were collected at 67 stations, including two U.S. Geological Survey National Stream Quality Accounting Network stations and one spring sampled in cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service. Dissolved oxygen, specific conductance, water temperature, suspended solids, suspended sediment, fecal coliform bacteria, Escherichia coli bacteria, dissolved nitrate plus nitrite, total phosphorus, dissolved and total recoverable lead and zinc, and selected pesticide data summaries are presented for 64 of these stations. The stations primarily have been classified into groups corresponding to the physiography of the State, primary land use, or unique station types. In addition, a summary of hydrologic conditions in the State including peak discharges, monthly mean discharges, and seven-day low flow is presented. |
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Otero-Benítez, W., and Davis, J.V., 2009, Quality of surface water in Missouri, water year 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 2009–1214, 18 p.
Abstract
Introduction
The Ambient Water-Quality Monitoring Network
Laboratory Reporting Conventions
Data Analysis Methods
Station Classification for Data Analysis
Summary of Hydrologic Conditions
Distribution, Concentration, and Detection Frequency of Selected Constituents
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