Summary statistics and trend analysis of water-quality data at sites in the Gila River basin, New Mexico and Arizona
Water-Resources Investigations Report
95-4083
By: Stanley Baldys, L. K. Ham, and K. D. Fossum
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Abstract
Summary statistics and temporal trends for 19 water-chemistry constituents and for turbidity were computed for 13 study sites in the Gila River basin, Arizona and New Mexico. A nonparametric technique, the seasonal Kendall tau test for flow-adjusted data, was used to analyze temporal changes in water-chemistry data. For the 19 selected constituents and turbidity, decreasing trends in concentrations outnumbered increasing trends by more than two to one. Decreasing trends in concentrations of constituents were found for 49 data sets at the 13 study sites. Gila River at Calva and Gila River above diversions, at Gillespie Dam (eight each) had the most decreasing trends for individual sites. The largest number of decreasing trends measured for a constituent was six for dissolved lead. The next largest number of decreasing trends for a constituent was for dissolved solids and total manganese (five each). Hardness, dissolved sodium, and dissolved chloride had decreasing trends at four of the study sites. Increasing trends in concen- trations of constituents were found for 24 data sets at the 13 study sites. The largest number of increasing trends measured for a single constituent was for pH (four), dissolved sulfate (three), dissolved chromium (three) and total manganese (three). Increased concentrations of constituents generally were found in three areas in the basin-at Pinal Creek above Inspiration Dam, at sites above reservoirs, and at sites on the main stem of the Gila River from Gillespie Dam to the mouth.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Summary statistics and trend analysis of water-quality data at sites in the Gila River basin, New Mexico and Arizona |
| Series title | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Series number | 95-4083 |
| DOI | 10.3133/wri954083 |
| Edition | - |
| Year Published | 1995 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey ; Open-File Section [distributor], |
| Description | v, 86 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm. |
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