Surface- and ground-water quality data at selected landfill sites in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 1980-86
Open-File Report
87-564
By: W.H. Eddins and A.P. Cardinell
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Abstract
The U.S. Geological Survey initiated an urban water quality study in 1979 in cooperation with the City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, to study, among other things, the effects of solid waste disposal on the water quality in Mecklenburg County. Water quality samples (747 inorganic and 168 organic) were collected at 20 surface water sites and 53 monitoring wells at four selected landfills from 1980 to 1986. Samples were analyzed for 142 selected physical and biological parameters, major ions, nutrients, trace metals, and (or) organic compounds. Results from all analyses are presented in tabular form in the appendices. Each appendix is divided into a surface water and a groundwater section. Within each water quality table the data is presented in the following order: field measurements, physical properties, biological constituents (if analyzed), major cations, major anions, dissolved and total solids, nutrients, trace inorganic constituents, and organic constituents.
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Eddins, W., and Cardinell, A., 1987, Surface- and ground-water quality data at selected landfill sites in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 1980-86: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-564, iv, 393 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr87564.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Surface- and ground-water quality data at selected landfill sites in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 1980-86 |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 87-564 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr87564 |
| Year Published | 1987 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Contributing office(s) | South Atlantic Water Science Center |
| Description | iv, 393 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm. |
| Country | United States |
| State | North Carolina |
| County | Mecklenburg County |