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Water-quality variations in Antelope Creek and Deadmans Run, Lincoln, Nebraska

Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4153
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wri854153

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Abstract

Eleven sets of samples from five sites on Antelope Creek and Dead Man 's Run in Lincoln, Nebraska, were collected from December 1982 through June 1983 to study water-quality variations. Specific-conductance values generally were similar for Antelope Creek at 52nd Street and 27th Street, but during a low-flow survey of December 1 they increased from 974 to 8,700 microsiemens per centimeter at 25 C from 27th Street to Court Street. Seepage of saline water from underlying bedrock to the stream occurs in this reach. Specific-conductance values were less variable for Dead Man 's Run, increasing an average of only 47 percent from 66th Street to U.S. Highway 6. Specific-conductance values were less at high flows in Antelope Creek, except in samples collected on January 6, 1983, which contained runoff from salted streets. Sodium and chloride concentrations in these samples were from 5 to 10 times greater than those measured in any other samples. Stray-current corrosion occurs when current flows between dissimilar metals. Zinc-coated wire of channel-stabilization structures (gabions) may be an anode and material within the stream banks may be a cathode. Dissolution of the zinc coating by this type of corrosion may be a cause for gabion deterioration in both streams. (USGS)

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Pettijohn, R.A., Engberg, R., 1985, Water-quality variations in Antelope Creek and Deadmans Run, Lincoln, Nebraska: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4153, iv, 36 p. :ill., map ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri854153.

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Water-quality variations in Antelope Creek and Deadmans Run, Lincoln, Nebraska
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 85-4153
DOI 10.3133/wri854153
Year Published 1985
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey,
Description iv, 36 p. :ill., map ;28 cm.
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