| Abstract: | Three impoundments have been proposed for the Tioga study area in Pennsylvania and New York. Two of the reservoirs, Tioga and Hammond Lakes, are presently under construction and will be completed in 1977. Cowanesque Lake is in the planning stages and will be started in the near future. The Tioga River and its major tributaries were sampled monthly from September 1973 to May 1975. Water quality in the Tioga River is degraded by acid-mine drainage entering the stream near Blossburg from both strip- and deep-mined areas. The stream supports few species of aquatic life from Blossburg to its confluence with Crooked Creek. Alkaline water of tributaries Mill Creek, Crooked Creek, and the Cowanesque River counteract the acidity carried downstream from Blossburg, and the water quality of the Tioga River gradually improves, supporting a more diversified population of fish and aquatic life. All of the streams in the Tioga River basin carry nutrients sufficient for algae blooms. Dissolved solids range from very high to moderately high throughout the basin. The Tioga River has high concentrations of sulfate and heavy metals, particularly iron and manganese. Dissolved oxygen was usually above 80 percent saturation and never dropped below 7.0 milligrams per liter throughout the basin. Relationships between selected water-quality parameters have been developed for the sampling stations throughout the basin. Downstream trends were also examined. (Woodard-USGS) |
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| Citation Author: | Ward, Janice R. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | v, 79 p. :ill., maps ;26 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, |
| Citation Series: | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | WRI |
| Citation Series Number: | 76-66 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Preliminary results of preimpoundment water-quality studies in the Tioga River Basin, Pennsylvania and New York; 1976; WRI; 76-66; Ward, Janice R. |
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| Text: | Preliminary results of preimpoundment water-quality studies in the Tioga River Basin, Pennsylvania and New York; 1976; WRI; 76-66; Ward, Janice R. |
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| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, |
