Effects Wastewater-Lagoon Discharge Wetlands Water Quality Bonifas Creek, Gogebic County, Michigan

U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-100


Table 1. Properties and chemical constituents for which water samples from Bonifas Creek were analyzed.
[MR: Minimum Reporting Level; mg/L, milligrams per liter; µs/cm, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius]

Parameter code Property or constituent Units MRL Method Reference
403 pH, laboratory standard units 0.1 I258785 Fishman and Friedman, 1989
530 Residue, total mg/L 1.0 I376585 Fishman and Friedman, 1989
608 Nitrogen, ammonia mg/L as N .02 I252290 Fishman, 1993
613 Nitrogen, nitrite mg/L as N .01 I254090 Fishman, 1993
623 Nitrogen, ammonia & organic mg/L as N .1 I261091 Patton and Truitt, 1992
631 NO2 + NO3, dissolved mg/L as N .05 I254590 Fishman, 1993
665 Phosphorus, total mg/L as P .05 I461091 Patton and Truitt, 1992
666 Phosphorus, dissolved mg/L as P .004 EPA365.1 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1994
671 Phosphorus, orthophosphate mg/L as P .01 I260190 Fishman, 1993
915 Calcium, dissolved mg/L as Ca .02 I147287 Fishman and Friedman, 1989
925 Magnesium, dissolved mg/L as Mg .004 I147287 Fishman, 1993
930 Sodium, dissolved mg/L as Na .06 I147287 Fishman, 1993
935 Potassium, dissolved mg/L as K .1 I163085 Fishman and Friedman, 1989
940 Chloride, dissolved mg/L as Cl .1 I205785 Fishman and Friedman, 1989
945 Sulfate, dissolved mg/L as SO4 .1 I205785 Fishman and Friedman, 1989
950 Fluoride, dissolved mg/L as F .1 I232785 Fishman and Friedman, 1989
955 Silica, dissolved mg/L as SiO2 .1 I270085 Fishman and Friedman, 1989
39086 Alkalinity, dissolved mg/L as CaCO3 1.0 I203085 Fishman and Friedman, 1989
70300 Residue, dissolved 180C mg/L 10.0 I175085 Fishman and Friedman, 1989
90095 Specific conductance µs/cm 1.0 I278185 Fishman and Friedman, 1989
90410 Acid neutralizing capacity mg/L as CaCO3 1.0 I203085 Fishman and Friedman, 1989

Citation:

Aichele, Stephen Scranton and Ellis, J.M., 2000, Effects of Wastewater-Lagoon Discharge through Wetlands on Water Quality in Bonifas Creek, Gogebic County, Michigan, Date Posted: May 19, 2003, US Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-100 [http://mi.water.usgs.gov/pubs/OF/OF00-100/index.php]