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Cost-effectiveness of the US Geological Survey stream-gaging program in central Florida

Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4116
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wri844116

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Abstract

In the Red Oak area, Oklahoma, water in shale bedrock occurs in bedding planes and fractures and is confined. Wells probably yield less than 5 gallons per minute. Ground water is a sodium or mixed cation carbonate/bicarbonate type with dissolved-solids concentrations ranging from about 300 to 700 milligrams per liter. No relationship between water chemistry and well depth or location is apparent. Brazil Creek flows 1 cubic foot per second or less about 25 percent of the time and has no flow about 15 percent of the time. Water in Brazil Creek is a mixed cation carbonate/bicarbonate type. Dissolved-solids concentrations upstream from old and recent mines ranged from 30 to 100 milligrams per liter whereas concentrations downstreams from the mines ranged from 50 to 600 milligrams per liter. Excessive levels of cadmium, chromium, lead, and mercury at times preclude use of water from Brazil and Rock Creeks for public supply. Maximum suspended-sediment discharge, in tons per day, was 2,500 for Brazil Creek and 3,300 for Rock Creek. Silt-clay particles with diameters less than 0.062 millimeter were the dominant sediment size. (USGS)

Suggested Citation

Miller, R.A., Anderson, W., and Heath, R., 1984, Cost-effectiveness of the US Geological Survey stream-gaging program in central Florida: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4116, vi, 89 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri844116.

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Cost-effectiveness of the US Geological Survey stream-gaging program in central Florida
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 84-4116
DOI 10.3133/wri844116
Year Published 1984
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey,
Description vi, 89 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm.
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