Water Quality Variations and Trends in Monument and Fountain Creeks

• Description: ARCA
• State: CO
• State: KS
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 1/1/1993
• Author: Barbara C. Ruddy, U.S. Geologic Survey, Colorado Springs Department of Utilities
• Title: Water Quality Variations and Trends in Monument and Fountain Creeks
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

Table 6.-- Summary statistics for streamflow and selected water - quality properties
and constituents
water - quality station
07104000
Monument creek at pikeview
at
[ft /s, cubic feet per second;
Ng /L, micrograms per liter;
NS /cm,
/100 mL,
microsiemens per
colonies 100
centimeter
at 25 degrees Celsius;
°C, degree
Celsius;
mg /L, milligrams
liter;
per milliliters;
Helsel and Cohn (1988); <, less than; -- insufficient data]
- -- no
stream standard; E,
estimated
using methods described
per
by
Number
Number
Period
Property or constituent
Units
of
of
of
Mean
Standard
Lower
Water -
values
censored
record
deviation
Minimum
quartile Median
U
Maximum
quality
values
(wate year)
quartile
Instantaneous streamflow
ft3 /s
249
0
1976 -88
ardl
Specific conductance
NS /cm
243
0
1976 -88
33
335
52
1.1
8.8
17
35
410
p H
Water temperature
standard
°C
147
244
0
1976 -88
7.8
88
0.4
105
6.8
285
7.6
340
7.9
398
690
Dissolved oxygen
mg /L
146
0
0
1976 -88
1976 -88
12.2
8.6
0.0
5.0
12.0
8 . 1
19.0
8.7
30.0
6.5 -9.0
Hardness as calcium
carbonate
mg /L
15
0
1976 -82
9.2
130
2.0
31
5.6
81
7.5
8.8
10.9
15.0
Dissolved calcium
mg /L
15
0
93
120
160
170
--
Dissolved magnesium
Dissolved chloride
mg /L
15
0
1976 -82
1976 -82
40
6.1
10
1.3
25
4.1
30
46
50
55
Dissolved sulfate
mg /L
mg /L
104
99
0
1977 -88
13
7.2
0.20
4.5
9'6
6.3
12
7.3
8.0
_
Suspended solids
mg /L
136
0
3
1977 -88
55
19
18
41
56
15
67
69
250
Nitrite plus nitrate as
mg /L
150
0
1977 -88
1976 -88
271 E
466 E
<1
54
131
257
100
3,980
250
nitrogen
1,3
0.67
0.18
0.70
1.3
1.8
2.9
10
Total ammonia as nitrogen
fQ Un- ionized ammonia
mg /L
150
23
1976 -88
0.26 E
0.50 E
<0.01
as
nitrogen
mg /L
124
0
1976 -88
0.0039
0.0071
0.000020
0.02 0.08
0.00057 0.0013
0.23 3.3
_ _
Total ammonia plus organic
mg /L
99
0
1976 -88
0.0036
0.036
0.1
nitrogen
1.2
0.95
0.20
.
060
1.0
1.5
6.6
Total organic nitrogen as
nitrogen
mg /L
95
0
1976 -88
0.96
0.76
0.19
___
Total phosphorus
mg /L
65
0.56
0.80
1.10
6.40
Total cadmium
Total
pg /L
102
1
74
1976 -82
1976 -88
0.24 E
E
0.19 E
<0.01
0.11
0.16
0.31
0.86
recoverable copper
Dissolved iron
Ng /L
103
2
1976 -88
1E
11 E
1.2 E
10 E
<1
0.3 E
0.5 E
1
7
2
Total recoverable iron
Ng /L
Ng /L
81
110
10
0
1976 -88
81 E
380 E
<1
<10
5
20
8
30
13
50
79
7
Total recoverable lead
Ng /L
102
16
1976 -88
1976 -88
6,500
13
9,700
150 2,400 3,600
7,000
3,400
86,000
300
8,200
Dissolved manganese
Total
Ng /L
84
14
1981 -88
E
24 E
19 E
21 E
<1
3
8
14
140
30
recoverable manganese
Total recoverable nickel
Ng /L
/L
110
0
1976 -88
190
230
6
2 1
10
80
20
130
30
160
50
Total selenium
Ng
Ng /L
23
26
2
1981 -83
4 E
3 E
<1
3
4
20
1,900
1,000
Total recoverable zinc
Ng /L
107
2
4
1976 -83
2 E
1 E
<1
1
2
6
2
15
100
5 -day biochemical oxygen
mg /L
127
0
1976 -88
1976 -88
60 E
2.8
70 E
2
30
40
70
3
520
10
60
demand
2.8
0.1
O 9
1 .9
4.0
15
Total coliform bacteria
/100 ml.
9
0
Fecal coliform bacteria
Fecal streptococcus bacteria
/100 mL
/100
94
10
1985
1976 -88
370 E
1,100 E
60
8
35
--
1,600
-
mL
48
0
1985 -88
400
370
43
100
230
170
630
2,000
'For stream segment 7 (Colorado Department
of Health, 1989).
1 ,900
1,800
v,.