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Effects of urban runoff and wastewater effluent on Wilsons Creek and James River near Springfield, Missouri

Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-27
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wri8027

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Abstract

Statistical analysis on water-quality parameters from James River upstream and downstream from the confluence of Wilsons Creek shows a significant difference for all parameters except temperature and dissolved silica at the 0.05 probability level. Regression analysis shows correlation for discharge with dissolved sodium, dissolved chloride, and dissolved potassium, and for specific conductance with dissolved chloride and dissolved sulfate at the station downstream from Wilsons Creek. This is due to the consistent quality of the effluent from the Southwest Wastewater Plant on Wilsons Creek. Water-quality monitor stations upstream and downstream from the wastewater plant indicate that the plant has a degrading effect on dissolved oxygen in Wilsons Creek and James River. The monitors also indicate that rainfall flushes momentarily poor quality water into Wilsons Creek from the urbanized Springfield area. Overall, the runoff is diluting the effluent from the wastewater plant. Rainfall and runoff stations indicate a rapid response of runoff to rainfall due to the high percentage of imperviousness and the filling or paving of sinkholes. (USGS)

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Effects of urban runoff and wastewater effluent on Wilsons Creek and James River near Springfield, Missouri
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 80-27
DOI 10.3133/wri8027
Year Published 1980
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Description iv, 31 p.
Country United States
State Missouri
City Springfield
Other Geospatial Wilsons Creek, James River
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