Time of travel of the Flint River, Utah Dam to highway M-13, Michigan, August 4-8, 1981
Open-File Report
82-853
Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
By: T. Ray Cummings and John B. Miller
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Abstract
Tracing of rhodamine WT dye has provided time-of-travel data for waste-load allocation studies of a 42.8-mile reach of the Flint River at low flow. A discharge equaled or exceeded about 90 percent of the time was measured at Grand Traverse Street in Flint before dye injection. Dye was injected at two locations in Flint--at Utah Dam and at Grand Traverse Street, From Utah Dam to Grand Traverse Street, the mean velocity of flow was about 0.1 foot per second; time-of-travel was 35.3 hours. From Grand Traverse Street to Highway M-13, mean velocity was about 0.7 foot per second; time-of-travel was 78.8 hours. Time-of-travel for the reach between Utah Dam and Highway M-13 was thus 114 hours.
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Time of travel of the Flint River, Utah Dam to highway M-13, Michigan, August 4-8, 1981 |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 82-853 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr82853 |
| Year Published | 1982 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Lansing, MI |
| Contributing office(s) | Michigan Water Science Center |
| Description | Document: vi, 21 p.; Plate: 12.97 x 7.78 inches |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| Other Geospatial | Flint River |