Water Resources Investigation Report 99-4084

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U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4084

Water Resources of Monroe County, New York, Water Years 1989-93, with Emphasis on Water Quality In The Irondequoit Creek Basin
Part 2: Atmospheric Deposition, Ground Water, Streamflow, Trends in Water Quality, and Chemical Loads to Irondequoit Bay

By Donald A. Sherwood

CONTENTS

Abstract
Introduction
     Approach and objectives
     Purpose and Scope
     Acknowledgments
     Previous studies
     Study area
     Methods of data collection, computation, and laboratory analysis
          Atmospheric deposition
          Ground water
          Streamflow
          Quality assurance and quality control program
          Trend analysis
          Estimation of constituent loads in surface water and atmospheric deposition
Atmospheric deposition
     Volume
     Chemical quality
          Temporal Trends
          Loads
Ground water
     Powder Mill Park
          Water levels
          Water temperature
          Chemical concentration
               Spatial variability
               Temporal Trends
     Ellison Park
          Water levels
          Water temperature
          Chemical concentration
               Spatial variability
               Temporal Trends
Surface water
     Temporal trends in streamflow
     Chemical concentration
          Spatial variability
          Temporal trends
               Irondequoit Creek basin
               Genesee River
     Chemical loads and yields
               Irondequoit Creek basin
               Northrup Creek and Genesee River
Summary and Conclusions
References cited

Abstract

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