Water Resources of Michigan
Ground-Water Quality Atlas of Oakland County, Michigan
US Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigation 00-4120
Lansing, Michigan August 2000
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BRUCE BABBITT, Secretary U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Charles G. Groat, Director |
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Contents
FIGURES
Figure 1 - 10 Maps showing:
1. Rate of population growth in Oakland County,
Michigan, from 1990 through 1998
2. Principal sources of drinking water, by municipality,
in Oakland County, Michigan in 1999
3. Surface-water drainage basins of Oakland County,
Michigan
4. Surficial geology of Oakland County, Michigan
5. Minimum soil permeability in Oakland County,
Michigan
6. Elevation of the water-table surface in Oakland
County, Michigan
7. Sites of U.S. Geological Survey ground-water-quality
sampling in Oakland County, Michigan
8. Nitrate distribution in Oakland County, Michigan
9. Chloride distribution in Oakland County, Michigan
10. Arsenic distribution in Oakland County, Michigan
Tables
1. Land use in Oakland County as a percentage
of total county area, 1978 and 1995
2. Water-quality characteristics analyzed
by the USGS National Water Quality Laboratory
3. Inorganic constituents analyzed in this
study with USEPA drinking water standards
4. Summary statistics for selected inorganic
constituents detected in water samples from selected wells in Oakland County
Appendix 1:
Water-quality data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in Oakland
County, Michigan, 1998
Tables
1A. Index of station names with U.S. Geological
Survey station identification numbers
1B. Field measurements of water-quality characteristics
for ground-water samples from selected wells in Oakland County, Michigan
1C. Results of analyses for selected inorganic
chemical constituents in ground-water samples from selected wells in Oakland
County, Michigan
1D. Seasonal comparison of selected water-quality
parameters for samples from selected wells in Oakland County, Michigan
1E. Total arsenic concentrations in drinking water
at selected ground-water sampling
sites in Oakland County, Michigan
1F. Total manganese concentrations in drinking
water at selected ground-water sampling sites in Oakland County, Michigan
1G. Total iron concentrations in drinking water
at selected ground-water sampling
sites in Oakland County, Michigan
Appendix 2:
Results of replicate sample analyses by U.S. Geological Survey
National Water Quality Laboratory and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Drinking
Water Laboratory
Figures
2A. Graph showing nitrate concentrations
2B. Graph showing chloride concentrations
2C. Graph showing arsenic concentrations
Tables
2A. Analytical results of nitrate and nitrite
analyses
2B. Analytical results of chloride analyses
2C. Analytical results of arsenic analyses
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