| Abstract: | Arsenic, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, lead, mercury, and zinc are widely distributed around Huntsville, Ala. However, concentrations of these metals in streamflow in the vicinity of the Huntsville municipal water intake during June, August, and September 1971 did not exceed the limits recommended for a public drinking water supply. The occurrence of these metals in general is related to man‘s activities.
Information gained during this study suggests that cadmium and the other metals are associated with and transported with suspended sediment, bed material, and airborne dust particles. Lead and zinc were the most abundant of the selected metals in streamflow, bed material, and rainwater samples. The highest concentration of cadmium was detected downstream from an industrial park in the Flint River basin; rainwater samples also contained a relatively high level of cadmium. |
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| ProdID: | 3871 |
| Citation Author: | German, E. R.; Knight, Alfred L. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | iii, 13 p. :maps. ;26 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | [U.S. Geological Survey], |
| Citation Series: | Circular |
| Citation Series Code: | CIR |
| Citation Series Number: | 679 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Occurrence and distribution of selected metals in streams near Huntsville, Alabama; 1973; CIR; 679; German, E. R.; Knight, Alfred L. |
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| Text: | Occurrence and distribution of selected metals in streams near Huntsville, Alabama; 1973; CIR; 679; German, E. R.; Knight, Alfred L. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1973/0679/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1973/0679/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | [U.S. Geological Survey], |
