
Lake Survey - USACE (Information waiting for update)
- Timeframe: 2007
- Location: Central Plains Reservoirs
- Point-of-Contact: Debbie Baker
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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