Water-quality assessment of the White River Basin, Indiana

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Water-Quality Assessment of the White River Basin, Indiana: Analysis of Selected Information on Nutrients, By JEFFREY D. MARTIN, CHARLES G. CRAWFORD, JEFFREY W. FREY, AND GLENN A. HODGKINS NATIONAL WATER-QUALITY ASSESSMENT PROGRAM U.S.

Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report Indianapolis, Indiana Cited by: 3. Get this from a library. Water-quality assessment of the White River Basin, Indiana: analysis of available information on pesticides, [Donna S Carter; Michael J Lydy; Charles G Crawford; Geological Survey (U.S.); National Water-Quality Assessment Program (U.S.)].

ity of ground water in the White and West Fork White River basin, Indiana (figure 1). The report is intended to provide background hydrologic information for persons interested in managing and developing the basin's ground-water resource. The White and West Fork White River basin in central and south-central Indiana spans the mid-section of the.

Get this from a library. Water-quality assessment of the White River Basin, Indiana: analysis of selected information on nutrients, [Jeffrey D Martin; National Water-Quality Assessment Program (U.S.);]. Fishes of the White River Basin, Indiana. the water quality of the White River was seriously degraded for miles by untreated sewage from the City of Indianapolis.

Assessment (NAWQA. An analysis of historical pesticide data () for the White River was conducted as part of the U.S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Assessment Program. Data on the presence of pesticides in streams, bottom sediments, fish, and ground waters were examined.

Results are interpreted with respect to spatial, seasonal, and streamflow effects. Water-quality data from 23 surfacewater-quality monitoring sites operated by the Indiana Department of Water-quality assessment of the White River Basin Management and streamflow data from 11 U.S.

Geological Survey streamflow-gaging stations in the White River Basin were analyzed to determine recent ( 90 water years) water-quality conditions, trends, and river loads for ammonia, nitrate, total nitrogen, and total phosphorus.

Water Quality in Indiana. The mission of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) is to implement federal and state regulations to protect human health and the environment while allowing the environmentally sound operations of industrial, agricultural, commercial and governmental activities vital to a prosperous economy.

SITES IN THE WHITE RIVER BASIN, INDIANA, AND USING BIOLOGICAL INDICES U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey As part of the National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program, fish communities were sampled at 11 sites in the White River Basin, Indiana, in and to help determine water-quality conditions.

IDEM’s water quality assessment results are reported to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) every two years through the Indiana Integrated Water Monitoring and Assessment Report, which describes the condition of Indiana’s lakes.

from the point of origin, to the point directly above the White River’s confluence with the Buffalo River near Buffalo City, AR. The term “watershed” or “White River watershed” shall refer hereafter to the watershed covered in this document and the entire “White River basin” will be referred to.

Water-quality assessment of the White River Basin, Indiana [microform]: analysis of available information on pesticides, / by Donna S. Carter, Michael J. Lydy, and Charles G. Crawford U.S. Geological Survey ; Earth Science Information Center, Open-File Reports Section [distributor] Indianapolis, Ind.: Denver, CO.

Wikipedia Citation. Mar 13,  · Water quality assessment at the watershed scale requires not only an investigation of water pollution and the recognition of main pollution factors, but also the identification of polluted risky regions resulted in polluted surrounding river autohelp.club by: White & West Fork White River Basin.

Download the entire document (10mb) Introduction and Geology chapters (3mb) Ground-Water Hydrology chapter (3mb) Ground-Water Quality, Glossary, References, and Appendices chapters (mb) The document includes 11 plates which are also available for download.

Plates are in shapefile.JPG, autohelp.club format. Water-Quality Assessment of the White River Basin, Indiana-Environmental Setting and Natural Factors and Human Influences Affecting Water Quality. Water quality in the White River Basin is impacted by urban and agricultural activities, according to the results of a five-year investigation by the U.S.

Geological Survey (USGS), Department of. Introduction to the White River Assessment Report This copy of the White River Water Quality and Aquatic Habitat Assessment Report is an update of the report originally done in Novemberwhich was then updated in The following changes, additions, deletions were made since the report.

Author Fenelon, Joseph M. Title Water quality in the White River Basin, Indiana, / by Joseph M. Fenelon. Format Online Resource Book Published.

Environmental setting and natural factors and human influences affecting water quality in the White River Basin, Indiana The White River Basin drains 11, square miles of central and southern Indiana and is one of 59 Study Units selected for water-quality assessment as part of the U.S.

Geological Survey's National WaterQuality Assessment Program. The Kankakee River in northern Indiana flows through the area once known as the Grand Marsh. Beginning in the s, anthropogenic changes to the river within Indiana resulted in downstream flooding and additional transport of sediment and nutrients.

Inthe U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Indiana Department of Environmental. Every two years, the DRBC compiles a Delaware River and Bay Water Quality Assessment Report for the U.S.

EPA, which provides an assessment of the Delaware River and Bay's support of various uses during previous years. The basin states use the DRBC main stem assessment as part of .5/25/ White River Watershed Assessment 3 Introduction This Assessment has been undertaken by the White River Watershed Council, in partnership with the Wasco County Soil and Water Conservation District.

The purpose of the Assessment is to provide a description.Gamble, A.S. Combining Multivariate Statistical Methods and Spatial Analysis to Characterize Water Quality Conditions in the White River Basin, Indiana, U.S.A. Thesis Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, IDeA: IUPUI Digital Archive.