Discrete water-quality data for the Kansas River and tributaries, July 2012 - September 2016

This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Data Release provides discrete water-quality data collected from four sites on the Kansas River and four of its tributaries during July 2012 through September 2016. The water-quality constituents included in this data release are the cyanotoxins microcystin and cylindrospermopsin, the taste-and-odor compounds geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol, major ions, alkalinity, nutrients, suspended sediment, indicator bacteria, and actinomycetes bacteria.

Categories: Data; Types: Citation; Tags: 2-methylisoborneol, Actinomycetes bacteria, Alkalinity, Big Blue River nr Manhattan, KS, Chlorophyll, All tags... Cyanobacteria, Cyanotoxins, Cylindrospermopsin, Delaware River at Perry, KS, Discrete data collection, Dissolved Oxygen, Freshwater, Geosmin, Indicator bacteria, Kansas, Kansas River, Kansas River at De Soto, KS, Kansas River at Lawrence, KS, Kansas River at Wamego, KS, Kansas River nr Lake Quivira, KS, Lower Kansas River Basin, MIB, Major ions, Microcystin, Nutrients, Phycocyanin, Republican River at Junction City, KS, River, Specific conductance, Suspended sediment, Taste-and-odor compounds, Turbidity, USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC), USGS station number 06857100, USGS station number 06887000, USGS station number 06887500, USGS station number 06890900, USGS station number 06891080, USGS station number 06891500, USGS station number 06892350, USGS station number 06892518, United States, Wakarusa River nr Lawrence, KS, Water temperature, Water-quality sample, pH, Fewer tags

Impacts of manure management practices on stream microbial loading into Conesus Lake, NY

The microbiology of stream water has a seasonal component that results from both biogeochemical and anthropogenic processes. Analysis of nonevent conditions in streams entering Conesus Lake, NY (USA), indicated that total coliform, Escherichia coli, and Enterococcus spp. levels peak in the summer in all streams, independent of the agricultural use in the stream sub-watershed. Prior to implementation of management practices, E. coli in water draining Graywood Gully, a sub-watershed with 74% of the land in agriculture, reached as high as 2806 CFU/100 mL, exceeding the 235 CFU/100 mL EPA Designated Bathing Beach Standard (EPA-DBBS). In contrast, North McMillan Creek, a sub-watershed with < 13% of its land in agriculture,...

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation; Tags: Agriculture, Best Management Practices, E. coli, Enterococcus, Indicator bacteria, All tags... Loading, Northeast CASC, Other Landscapes, Stream microbiology, Fewer tags