Fox River Watershed Investigation - Publication Details

Report Type: fulltext    Format: Paper Copy    

Abstract:
This publication provides data on surface water quality in 35 streams at 44 sampling locations during two 5-year sampling periods between 1956 and 1966. Some previously published data are included in order to make comparisons of water quality during different time periods. Radiactivity data from 41 sampling locations during 1957-1966 also are presented. Results of statistical analyses, with graphic summaries, for temperature, turbidity, total dissolved minerals, hardness, alkalinity, nitrate, and manganese are given. Summaries of these data for each sampling location, arranged alphabetically by stream name, are accompanied by the tabulations of mineral quality for the streams sampled, with available physical data. Also reproduced in part are rules and regulations of the Illinois Sanitary Water Board pertaining to surface water quality. The data indicate that Illinois surface waters, with but few exceptions, meet specified concentrations of mineral constituents. The analyses of water quality by statistical means present, at best, a representative picture of stream conditions during a particular sampling period. In addition, the data assembled and analyzed can shed some identifying light on cnditons which may lead to future problems.

Data Record Period: 1956-1966
Data Record Notes: 1956-1966

Data Sources: ISWS

Features: River/Stream

Parameters: Aluminium, Al; Boron, B; Chloride; Flouride, Total; Hardness; Iron, Fe; Manganese, Mn; Nitrate-N; Phosphate, Total; Sulfate (as S); Temperature; Turbidity

Sites - IEPA Station(USGS Station): DT06(5550000), DT46(5552500), DTD02(551700)