Water-quality assessment of runoff from a rural highway bridge near Tallahassee, Florida
Water-Resources Investigations Report
79-1
By: G. A. Irwin and Gerald T. Losey
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Abstract
Runoff from a rural highway bridge on U.S. 27 near Tallahassee, Florida, was found to have an insignificant water-quality loading impact on the Ochlockonee River. Potential annual-runoff loads on the bridge surface for virtually all constituents studied were less than one percent of those transported by the river at the study site. The loading rates for some parameters were significantly related to traffic counts, but the regression equations were limited to traffic ranges between 3,800 to 4,200 vehicles per day in 1977-78. Precipitation samples indicated that a significant percentage of the constituent loading to the bridge surface is from atmospheric deposition. (Woodard-USGS)
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Water-quality assessment of runoff from a rural highway bridge near Tallahassee, Florida |
| Series title | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Series number | 79-1 |
| DOI | 10.3133/wri791 |
| Year Published | 1978 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center |
| Description | v, 27 p. |
| Country | United States |
| State | Florida |
| City | Tallahassee |
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