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Effects of land use on water quality of the Fountain Creek alluvial aquifer, east-central Colorado

January 1, 1996

Water-quality data were collected from the Fountain Creek alluvial aquifer in 1988 and 1989 as part of the Toxic-Waste Ground-Water Contamination Program. These data indicate that dissolved solids, most major ions, fluoride, ammonium, boron, lithium, selenium, and strontium were more concentrated in the agricultural land-use area than in the upgradient urban land-use area. Nitrate and phosphate had significantly larger concentrations, and volatile organic compounds had significantly greater detection frequencies in the urban land-use area.

Publication Year 1996
Title Effects of land use on water quality of the Fountain Creek alluvial aquifer, east-central Colorado
DOI 10.3133/wsp2381D
Authors Daniel T. Chafin
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Water Supply Paper
Series Number 2381
Index ID wsp2381D
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse
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