Water Quality Management Study for the Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Streebin LE and Harp JF. 1977. Water Quality Management Study for the Chickasaw National Recreation Area
'The objectives of this study were to: 1) determine the existing water quality of Rock Creek, its major tributaries Travertine, Guy Sandy and Buckhorn Creeks, and the Lake of the Arbuckles; 2) isolate sources of pollution, both point and dispersed, and characterize their pollutants; 3) determine the effects of land use on the water quality of Rock Creek, its tributaries, and the Lake of the Arbuckles; 4) compare the quality of water entering the park area with that leaving and ascertain the significance of any change in that quality; and, 5) determine the effects of recreation on the quality of water in Travertine Creek.' Parameters measured include water temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, Chlorine, total dissolved solids, nitrogen, nitrates, phosphates, total coliform, fecal coliform, fecal streptococcus.