Total Maximum Daily Load Project for Lower Rapid Creek

Abstract

The purpose of this project was to establish a database that contained results from actual field samples that could be used to develop total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) for the Lower Rapid Creek Watershed. The collected data was compared to South Dakota Surface Water Quality Standards (SDSWQS) to determine if Lower Rapid Creek met the physical, chemical, and biological parameters set forth in the SDSWQS. Tables 1 through 8 in Appendix I list the parameters that were monitored, the sample results obtained for those parameters, and the SDSWQS used to determine if violations were detected at any of the eight representative sample sites. Any violation that was detected was then evaluated to determine the source(s) of the pollutant or contaminant.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 18, 2000
Accession Number
ADA392330

Entities

People

  • Ronald G. Dell

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aquatic Organisms
  • Base Lines
  • Determinants (Mathematics)
  • Domestic
  • Drainage Basins
  • Fish
  • Flow Rate
  • Hydrogen Sulfides
  • Plants
  • South Dakota
  • Standards
  • Surface Waters
  • Time Intervals
  • Urban Areas
  • Water
  • Water Quality
  • Water Supplies

Fields of Study

  • Agricultural and Food sciences

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.