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Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5084

In cooperation with the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District

Water-Quality Characteristics for Selected Sites within the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District Planning Area, Wisconsin, February 2004–September 2005

By Judith C. Thomas, Michelle A. Lutz, Jennifer L. Bruce, David J. Graczyk, Kevin D. Richards, David P. Krabbenhoft, Stephen M. Westenbroek, Barbara C. Scudder, Daniel J. Sullivan, and Amanda H. Bell

This report is available for download as a PDF (15,526 KB).


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continue to Appendix 1. Land-use classes from Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (SEWRPC) and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources WISCLAND land-cover data sets.

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