Effects of acidic precipitation on the water quality of streams in the Laurel Hill Area, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, 1983-86. Water Resources Investigation

Technical Report · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6701184

The report describes results of an investigation to quantify the effects of present atmospheric-deposition levels on the water quality of streams within the Allegheny Mountains of southwestern Pennsylvania. The scope of the report is limited to the presentation and discussion of physical and chemical data collected from October 1983 through February 1986 at five first- and second-order watersheds of less than 10.4 km sq. Discussions of the following are included: (1) precipitation quantity and chemical quality; (2) pre- and post-episodic observations of stream constituents; (3) dissolved-constituent response during episodic discharge; and (4) yearly chemical budgets for sulfate, nitrate, base cations, and chloride.

• Research Organization: Geological Survey, Harrisburg, PA (USA). Water Resources Div.
• OSTI ID: 6701184
• Report Number(s): PB-90-232570/XAB; USGS/WRI-89-4113
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Also available from Supt. of Docs
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
ACID RAIN
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PENNSYLVANIA
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STREAMS
ACIDIFICATION
ALUMINIUM
CATIONS
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
CHLORIDES
DEPOSITION
MANGANESE
METALS
NITRATES
PHOSPHORUS
SULFATES
TABLES
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
CHARGED PARTICLES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ELEMENTS
FEDERAL REGION III
HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
IONS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NONMETALS
NORTH AMERICA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
RAIN
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SURFACE WATERS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
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