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<br />Data in tables 3 through 11 were collected in 1979 and 1980 as part of an <br />analysis of the waste-assimilation capacity of the Arkansas River (Cain, <br />Baldridge, and Edelmann, 1980). During that investigation, discharge data were <br />collected at 28 sites, channel-geometry data at 71 sites, and water-quality data <br />at 30 sites. Also included are data for temperature, specific conductance, pH, <br />and dissolved oxygen from a continuous recording water-quality monitor on the <br />Arkansas River near Avondale. These data were used to calibrate and verify a <br />water-quality model of the Arkansas River. The model is useful in evaluating the <br />effects of various wastewater-treatment alternatives on water quality of the <br />Arkansas River in Pueblo County. <br /> <br />Data In tables 12 through 15 were collected in November and December <br />March 1980 as part of an evaluation of the. mixing zones of the effluents <br />Pueblo Wastewater Treatment Plant and the CF&I Steel Corp. with the <br />River (Cain, Baldridge, and Edelmann, 1980). During the investigation, <br />data were collected at 5 sites, channel-geometry data at 26 sites, <br />concentration and water-quality data at 141 sites. <br /> <br />1979 and <br />from the <br />Arkansas <br />discharge <br />and dye- <br /> <br />Data in tables 16 through 20 were collected between October 1975 and <br />June 1geO to establ ish a water-qual ity data base for the Arkansas .River and its <br />tributaries. Water-quality data tabulated for 38 sites include water-quality <br />field analyses and laboratory analyses for common chemical constituents, nu- <br />trients, bacteria, trace constituents, pesticides, and radiochemical constituents. <br />A summary of selected water-quality data for selected sites Is included in <br />table 19. <br /> <br />Because the data tables in this report are organized according to the <br />Investigation in which they were collected,. data for a specific site may occur In <br />several tables in the report. Table 2 wi 11 help the report user find all data for <br />a given site shown on plate 1. <br /> <br />REFERENCES CITED <br /> <br />Cain, Doug, Baldridge, Duaina, and Edelmann, Patrick, 1980, Waste-assimilation <br />capacity of the Arkansas River in Pueblo County, Colorado, as It relates to <br />water-qual ity guidelines and stream classl-fication: U.S. Geological Survey <br />Water-Resources Investigations 80-82 ['in press]. <br />Colorado Department of Health, 1979, Regul:ations establishing basic standards and <br />an:antldegradatlon standard and establishing a system for classifying state <br />waters, for assigning standards, and for granting temporary modifications: <br />Colorado Department of Health, Water Quality Control Commission, 41 p. <br /> <br />4 <br />