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Quality of surface water at selected sites in the Suwannee River basin, Florida

Open-File Report 82-103
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr82103

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Abstract

This report presents the results of analyses of water-quality samples collected from 14 surface-water sites in the Suwannee River basin in Florida from January through December 1980. The analyses of samples collected routinely included: nutrients, total organic carbon, and 5-day biochemical oxygen demand, bimonthly; and trace metals, annually. The array of constituents sampled was expanded in October 1978 at three of the original nine stations to provide quality-of-water information for streams draining an industrial area: Rocky Creek near Belmont, Hunter Creek near Belmont, and Swift Creek at Facil. Data collected at these three sites now include: major chemical constituents, six times per year: radium-226, two times per year; and trace metals, one time per year. These constituents are determined in addition to nutrients, total organic carbon, and bio-chemical oxygen demand which continue to be analyzed six times per year. All results of analyses of the water-quality samples collected from January through December 1980 remained within, or near, previously measured ranges and water-quality fluctuations were similar to those noted from data collected since 1971. (USGS)

Suggested Citation

Coffin, J., 1982, Quality of surface water at selected sites in the Suwannee River basin, Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-103, x, 117 p. :ill., map ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr82103.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Quality of surface water at selected sites in the Suwannee River basin, Florida
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 82-103
DOI 10.3133/ofr82103
Year Published 1982
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey,
Description x, 117 p. :ill., map ;28 cm.
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