
Lake Survey - USACE (Information waiting for update)
- Timeframe: 2007
- Location: Central Plains Reservoirs
- Point-of-Contact: Niang Choo Lim
CPCB processed water samples collected by the Kansas City District United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) as part of their Water Quality Program. USACE personnel collected water-quality samples from 18 reservoirs (Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Iowa) from May through September 2007.
Water-quality parameters and Method/Citation:
Total Phosphorus - Ebina et al. 1983
Orthophosphate - SM-4500-P
Total Nitrogen - Ebina et al. 1983
NO3/NO2- SM-4500-NO3; -NO2
NH3 - SM-4500-NH3
Total Organic Carbon - SM-5310B
Total Suspended Solids - SM-2540D
Sulfate - SM-4110B
Alkalinity - SM-2320B
Atrazine - GC/MS (Thurman et al. 1990)
Alachlor - GC/MS (Thurman et al. 1990)
Geosmin - SPE-GC/MS (Pan 2002)
Herbicides - GC/MS (Thurman et al. 1990): Atrazine, deisopropylatrazine, deethylatrazine, alachlor, metolachlor, simazine, metribuzin, and cyanazine
SM = Standard Methods (APHA et al. 1998)
Data
Please contact Steve Fischer, USACE Water Quality Program Manager, for data.
Analysis, Results, or Reports
Maps, Images, or Photos
| 1. Blue Springs Lake |
10. Milford Lake |
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