An Individual Site Story By Michael Silano S Chicopee Basin, Ware - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
An Individual Site Story By Michael Silano S Chicopee Basin, Ware River S Reference Satellite Image of site. S Convoluted process of extracting specific site areas. Need better organization for fewer step visualization. S When visualized, the
By Michael Silano
S Reference Satellite Image of site. S Convoluted process of extracting specific site areas. Need better
S When visualized, the data alone is still difficult for everyone to
understand, unless included with flow data. Trends become much clearer when converted to flux values.
0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 24-Jun-98 24-Jun-99 24-Jun-00 24-Jun-01 24-Jun-02 24-Jun-03 24-Jun-04
Levels Over Time
Total P per liter Ammonia N per liter NO3 + NO4
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 24-Jun-98 24-Jun-99 24-Jun-00 24-Jun-01 24-Jun-02 24-Jun-03 24-Jun-04
Levels over Time
Chloride Dissolved Oxygen TDS
S Multiplying flow times the concentration will give us a unit
S To ensure our calculation is correct, we need to multiply
the concentration of mg per liter by the flow rate of liters per second.
S The seasonal pattern becomes much more evident, when
taking into account the monthly flow rates.
S The deviation from the normal sine pattern and the extremity of
the peaks is concerning. But the trend seems to stop when it gets its worst.
S Because the levels are all relatively low, it can be assumed that
the pollution comes from fertilizers and urbanization.
S Locally the problem may have been addressed, but the site has
seemed to be cleaned or influenced in some manor afterward.
S USGS Flow Data.
S USGS. “National Water Website.” USGS Current Conditions for
USGS 01172500 WARE RIVER NEAR BARRE, MA, US Geological Society,. S SMART Data