Quality of water in the Tallahatchie River near New Albany, Mississippi
Open-File Report
80-1187
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Abstract
The quality of water in the Tallahatchie River was somewhat affected by municipal wastes as it flowed through a 5-mile stretch near New Albany, Miss. Specific conductance, biochemical oxygen demand, nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations, and densities of bacteria in the river increased in a downstream direction. At site 1 (upstream) the mean concentration of total nitrogen was 0.28 milligram per liter with a mean total phosphorus concentration of 0.05 milligram per liter. At site 3 (downstream) mean-total nitrogen and phosphorus were 0.48 and 0.14 milligram per liter respectively. Specific conductance ranged from 90 to 125 micromhos per centimeter at site 1 and from 155 to 175 at site 3. The fecal coliform to fecal streptoccai bacteria ratio of most samples at site 1 was less than 2.0. At site 3 the ratio exceeded 4.0 in most samples indicating wastes of human origin were probably present. (USGS)
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Kalkhoff, S.J., 1981, Quality of water in the Tallahatchie River near New Albany, Mississippi: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-1187, v, 36 p. : ill., 1 map ; 28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr801187.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Quality of water in the Tallahatchie River near New Albany, Mississippi |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 80-1187 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr801187 |
| Year Published | 1981 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Description | v, 36 p. : ill., 1 map ; 28 cm. |