Chemical characteristics of streams in the mid-Atlantic and southeastern United States (National Stream Survey: Phase 1). Volume 2. Streams sampled, descriptive statistics, and compendium of physical and chemical data. Final report

Technical Report · Wed Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:6869969

Kaufmann, P R; Herlihy, A T; Elwood, J W; Sale, M J; Jager, H I

National Stream Survey Phase I (NSS-I) field activities were conducted in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern U.S. in the spring of 1986 by the U.S. EPA as part of the National Surface Water Survey and the National Acid Precipitation Assessment Program. The Survey employed a probability sample of 500 stream reaches representing a regional population of 64,700 reaches portrayed as blue lines on 1:250,000 scale maps and which have drainage areas less than 155 sq km. The NSS-I design allows regional extrapolation, with known confidence, of the number and total length of reaches with specified chemical characteristics. Excluding Florida, the Southeastern subregions of the NSS-I were estimated to contain very few acidic reaches. Acidic reaches were found primarily in lowland reaches of Florida and the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain and in upland reaches of the Mid-Atlantic subregions. Analysis of ion composition and evidence of stream acidification are presented.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, OR (USA). Environmental Research Lab.
• OSTI ID: 6869969
• Report Number(s): PB-89-119614/XAB; EPA-600/3-88/021B
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ACID RAIN
ACIDIFICATION
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
CHARGED PARTICLES
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
DOCUMENT TYPES
IONS
LAKES
NAPAP
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
PROGRESS REPORT
RAIN
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STREAMS
SULFATES
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SURFACE WATERS
SURVEYS
WATER POLLUTION