| Abstract: | This report describes the ground-water quality of a 220-square-mile area in northeastern St. Joseph County, Indiana. Ground-water samples were collected from 30 monitoring wells at 20 sites during May 1992; the wells were screened in either a shallow or a deep sand and gravel aquifer. Samples were analyzed for general water-quality properties, nutrients, major ions, trace elements, industrial organic compounds, and pesticides. In general, the ground water is a slightly basic, very hard calcium bicarbonate water with a median dissolved-solids concentration of 310 milligrams per liter. The only constituent to exceed a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Maximum Contaminant Level in the water samples was nitrate (which was exceeded in water samples from two wells). Concentrations of methylene-blue-active substances (detergent additives), chloride, and nitrate plus nitrite in the shallow aquifer were significantly higher (at the 0.05 probability level) than in the deep aquifer. The higher concentrations of these constituents in the shallow aquifer may be attributable to human activities. Concentrations of silica, ammonia, arsenic, antimony, barium, iron, and manganese in the deep aquifer were significantly higher than in the shallow aquifer; with the exception of ammonia, most or all of these constituents are probably from natural sources. No industrial organic compounds were detected in the water samples. Four pesticides-alachlor, carbofuran, metolachlor, and triazines-were detected in water samples; the highest pesticide concentration in a water sample was 1.0 microgram per liter of alachlor. |
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| ProdID: | 27050 |
| Citation Author: | Fenelon, J. M.; Bayless, E. Randall; Watson, Lee R. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | vi, 50 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey ;
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| Citation Series: | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | WRI |
| Citation Series Number: | 95-4092 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Ground-water quality in northeastern St. Joseph County, Indiana; 1995; WRI; 95-4092; Fenelon, J. M.; Bayless, E. Randall; Watson, Lee R. |
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| Citation Year: | 1995 |
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| Text: | Ground-water quality in northeastern St. Joseph County, Indiana; 1995; WRI; 95-4092; Fenelon, J. M.; Bayless, E. Randall; Watson, Lee R. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1995/4092/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1995/4092/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Mon, 1 Jul 1996 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey ;
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