Fox River Watershed Investigation - Publication Details

Report Type: fulltext    Format: Paper Copy    

Abstract:
This publication summarizes data on surface water quality in 25 streams at 20 sampling locations during the 5-year sampling period from 1966 to 1971. Selected data from Water Survey Bulletins 45 and 54 are included in order to make comparisons of water quality during different time periods. Results of statistical analyses, with graphic summaries, for temperature, turbidity, total dissolved minerals, hardness, alkalinity, nitrate, and manganese are given. Available data on phosphates are included in the statistical analyses. Summaries of these data for each sampling location, arranged alphabetically by stream names, are accompanied by the tabulations of mineral quality for the streams sampled, with available physical data. The analyses of water quality by statistical means present a representtive picture of stream conditions during a particular sampling period. These data can serve as a base for comparison and evaluation of existing quality with man-made standards that are often etablished arbitrarily or may be based on more or less ideal conditions.

Data Record Period: 1966-1971
Data Record Notes: 1966-1971

Data Sources: ISWS

Features: River/Stream

Parameters: Ammonia, total; Cadmium, Cd; Chromium, total; Copper, Cu; Hardness; Iron, Fe; Lead, Pb; Manganese, Mn; Nickel, Ni; Nitrate+Nitrite; Temperature; Turbidity; Zinc, Zn

Sites - IEPA Station(USGS Station): DT06(5550000), DT58()