Water Quality of Fountain and Monument Creeks

• Description: ARCA
• State: CO
• State: KS
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 1/1/1990
• Author: U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geologic Survey, Colorado Springs Department of Utilities, Lower Fountain Water-Quality Management Association, Patrick Edelmann
• Title: Water Quality of Fountain and Monument Creeks
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Table 1. -- Numeric water - quality standards for the stream - classification
segments of Fountain and Monument Creeks
[mg /L, milligrams per liter; Pg /L, micrograms per liter; - -, not applicable]
Water - quality Numeric water - quality standards'
constituent Upper Foun- Lower Foun- Upper Monu- Lower Monu-
tain Creek tain Creek ment Creek ment Creek
pH (standard units)
Oxygen, dissolved (mg /L)
6.5 to 9.0 6.5 to 9.0
6.0 5.0
(7.0 during
spawning)
Nitrogen, nitrite,
25
total (mg /L, as
200
nitrogen)
.05
Nitrogen, nitrate,
6
total (mg /L, as
--
nitrogen)
10
Chloride, dissolved
300
(mg /L)
250
Sulfate, dissolved (mg /L)
250
Cadmium, total (pg /L)
1.4
Chromium, trivalent
(fag /L)
50
Chromium, hexavalent
(pg /L)
25
Copper, total (pg /L)
10
Lead, total (pg /L)
25
Iron, total (pg /L)
1,350
Iron, dissolved (pg /L)
300
Manganese, total (pg /L)
1,000
Manganese, dissolved
(fag /L)
50
Nickel, total (pg /L)
100
Selenium, total (pg /L)
10
Silver, total (fag /L)
.1
Zinc, total (pg /L)
50
1.0
10
250
600
10
50
6.5 to 9.0
5.0
.5
10
250
250
4
50
6.5 to 9.0
5.0
.5
10
250
250
2
50
50
25
25
200
7
1
50
6
30
--
4,400
8,200
300
300
300
--
1,000
1,000
150
50
50
200
50
100
10
10
10
50
.1
l
2,000
50
60
'Numeric water - quality standards were established by the Colorado
Department of Health (1982). The standards for State waters were reviewed
and amended by the Colorado Water Quality Control Commission during 1983,
1985, 1986, and 1987. However, no modifications were made to the numeric
water - quality standards for the Fountain and Monument Creek stream segments.
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