Effects of land use on water quality of the Fountain Creek alluvial aquifer, east-central Colorado
Water Supply Paper
2381-D
By: Daniel T. Chafin
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Abstract
Water-quality data were collected from the Fountain Creek alluvial aquifer in 1988 and 1989 as part of the Toxic-Waste Ground-Water Contamination Program. These data indicate that dissolved solids, most major ions, fluoride, ammonium, boron, lithium, selenium, and strontium were more concentrated in the agricultural land-use area than in the upgradient urban land-use area. Nitrate and phosphate had significantly larger concentrations, and volatile organic compounds had significantly greater detection frequencies in the urban land-use area.
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Chafin, D.T., 1996, Effects of land use on water quality of the Fountain Creek alluvial aquifer, east-central Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 2381, vii, 99 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm.; 1 plate in pocket, https://doi.org/10.3133/wsp2381D.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Effects of land use on water quality of the Fountain Creek alluvial aquifer, east-central Colorado |
| Series title | Water Supply Paper |
| Series number | 2381 |
| Chapter | D |
| DOI | 10.3133/wsp2381D |
| Year Published | 1996 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey ; U.S. G.P.O. ; For sale by USGS Map Distribution, |
| Description | vii, 99 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm.; 1 plate in pocket |