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• Table 1.1-1 <br />Hater Quality Analysis Performed on <br />Samples from Mt. Gunnison No. 1 Mine <br />Field Parameters Rationale <br />Conductivity - general indicator <br />Discharge - helpful for interpreting data <br />on streams or springs <br />Dissolved Oxygen - stream water quality standard <br />pH - general indicator; needed to <br />assess solubility ranges; <br />effluent limit; stream water <br />quality standard <br />Turbidity - general indicator of suspended <br />sediment in streams; drinking <br />water standard. <br />Water temperature - general characteristic; needed <br />• to assess solubility ranges <br />Laboratory Parameters <br />Alkalinity (CaC03) - indicator of buffering <br />capacity <br />Aluminum - vague rationale <br />Arsenic - stream water quality standard <br />Barium - vague rationale <br />Bicarbonate - Major anion; useful in <br />characterizing water type <br />Boron - stream water quality standard <br />Cadmium - stream water quality standard <br />Calcium - major cation, useful in <br />characterizing water type; <br />needed to calculate SAR <br />Carbonate - may indicate cement grout <br />. contaminations during well <br />completion <br />-16- <br />