| Abstract: | An intensive water-quality monitoring program was started in 1969 to determine the effects of man-induced contaminants on the water quality in the primary canal system of eastern Broward County, Florida. This report covers the first 6 years of the program and provides a data base that can be used to compare future changes in water-quality conditions. Most data indicate that beyond the small seasonal fluctuation in constituent level, the greatest adverse effect on the quality of water is caused by discharge of sewage and treated sewage effluent to the canals. The areas affected by sewage have greater concentrations of macronutrients, trace metals, and pesticides than unaffected areas. Major-ion concentrations were affected only by season and local lithology. Over the 6-year study a gradual decrease in macronutrient concentration and an increase in dissolved oxygen have occurred. This improvement in water quality is attributed to a decrease of sewage discharge into canals and better treatment of sewage effluents. (USGS) |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 30335 |
| Citation Author: | Waller, Bradley G.; Miller, Wesley L. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | vii, 70 p. :ill., maps ;28 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: | 82-3 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Assessment of water quality in canals of eastern Broward County, Florida, 1969-74; 1982; WRI; 82-3; Waller, Bradley G.; Miller, Wesley L. |
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| Citation Year: | 1982 |
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| Text: | Assessment of water quality in canals of eastern Broward County, Florida, 1969-74; 1982; WRI; 82-3; Waller, Bradley G.; Miller, Wesley L. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/usgs_thumb.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://sofia.usgs.gov/publications/wri/82-3/ |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, |
