WSP02139

• File Number: 8170
• Description: Arkansas Basin Water Quality Issues
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 1/1/1990
• Author: USGS
• Title: Water Quality of Fountain and Monument Creeks - South-Central Colorado - with emphasis on Relation of Water Quality to Stream Classifications
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Figures 31-46. Graphs showing ,statistical summaries of:--Continued
43. Concentrations of total ammonia as nitrogen and
total nitrite plus nitrate as nitrogen for Lower
Monument Creek------------------------------------ 65
44. Monthly variations in concentrations of total
ammonia as nitrogen and total nitrite plus
nitrate as nitrogen for site M28, 1975-83--------- 67
45. Downstream variations in concentrations of
(A) total-recoverable copper, (8) total-
recoverable lead, (C) total-recoverable nickel,
and (D) total selenium for sites M28 and M35,
1980-83------------------------------------------- 68
46. Concentrations of total-recoverable (A) iron,
(8) manganese, and (C) zinc for sites M28 and
M34, 1975-79, and for sites M28 and M35, 1980-83-- 69

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TABLES

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Numeric water-quality standards for the stream-
classification segments of Fountain and Monument
Creeks------------------------------------------------- 7
Summary of selected water-quality data for Fountain
and Monument Creeks, 1975-83--------------------------- 20
Statistical summary of water-quality data for Upper
Fountain Creek----------------------------------------- 74
Statistical summary of water-quality data for Lower
Fountain Creek----------------------------------------- 78
Statistical summary of water-quality data for Upper
Monument Creek----------------------------------------- 92
Statistical summary of water-quality data for Lower
Monument Creek----------------------------------------- 94

CONVERSION FACTORS AND ABBREVIATED WATER-QUALITY UNITS

Multiply

To obtain

By

cubic foot per second (ft3/s)
mile (mi)

0.028317
1,609

cubic meter per second
kilometer

Temperature in degree Celsius (OC) may be converted to degree Fahrenheit
(OF) by using the following equation:

OF = 9/5(OC)+32

Water-quality terms and abbreviations used in this report are:

5-day biochemical oxygen demand (BODs)
microgram per liter (~g/L)
microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius (~S/cm)
milligram per liter (mg/L)
milliliter (mL)

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