Baseline Water Quality Inventory, Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
Dean Tucker, National Park Service, Water Resources Division. Baseline Water Quality Inventory, Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site. 2008
Baseline water quality data inventory and analysis for key park waterbodies. Park-based products for this inventory comprise water chemistry for key water bodies. Primary characteristics/parameters include: alkalinity, pH, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, rapid bioassessment baseline (EPA/state protocols, involving fish and macroinvertebrates), temperature, and flow. Secondary data characteristics/parameters, where important on a case-by-case basis, include: toxic elements, clarity/turbidity, nitrate/nitrogen, phosphate/phosphorus, chlorophyll, sulfates, and bacteria.
- Type
- Project
- Authors
- Dean Tucker, National Park Service, Water Resources Division
- Units
- SAND , WQI
- Keywords
- baseline, bioassessment, EPA, Flow, Inventory, pH, Temperature, Water Chemistry, Water Quality