| Abstract: | Water quality in the Old Plantation Water Control District in Broward County, Florida has been affected by effluent from sewage-treatment plants, agriculture, and storm-water runoff. Effect of effluent from sewage-treatment plants on water quality was evident at 3 sites where concentrations of nutrients and bacteria in the Broward County canals exceeded State standards of 2,400 colonies per 100 milliliters for total coliform bacteria. At 2 of the 3 sites the fecal coliform/fecal streptococcus ratios indicated possible human contamination. The effect of agriculture on water quality was evident where relatively high levels of chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides had concentrated in the bottom sediments, of the canals. For example, DDD reached levels of 330 micrograms per kilogram at one site. The effects of storm-water runoff on water quality were detected during the wet season when concentrations of several trace elements increased. For example, zinc averaged 30 micrograms per milliliter in the wet season compared with 20 micrograms per milliliter during the dry season. (Woodard-USGS) |
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| Citation Author: | Russell, Gary M.; Hanson, Chris E.; Pitt, William A. J. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | v. 45 p. :ill., maps ;27 cm. -- |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
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| Citation Series Number: | 78-411 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Water quality in the Old Plantation Water Control District, Broward County, Florida; progress report, July 1976-June 1977; 1978; OFR; 78-411; Russell, Gary M.; Hanson, Chris E.; Pitt, William A. J. |
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| Text: | Water quality in the Old Plantation Water Control District, Broward County, Florida; progress report, July 1976-June 1977; 1978; OFR; 78-411; Russell, Gary M.; Hanson, Chris E.; Pitt, William A. J. |
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| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
