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Main Title Regional Analysis of the Effects of Land Use on Stream-Water Quality, Methodology and Application in the Susquehanna River Basin, Pennsylvania and New York.
Author Lystrom, David J. ; Rinella, Frank A. ; Rickert, David A. ; Zimmermann., Lisa ;
CORP Author Geological Survey, Portland, Oreg. Water Resources Div. ;Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.
Year Published 1978
Report Number USGS/WRI-78-12 ;USGS/WRD/WRI-78/061;
Stock Number PB-284 185
Additional Subjects Land use ; Regional planning ; Water pollution ; Susquehanna River Basin ; Mathematical models ; Climate ; Geomorphology ; Concentration(Composition) ; Water quality ; Estimating ; Suspended sediments ; Inorganic salts ; Nitrogen ; Phosphorus ; Regression analysis ; Sites ; Fertilizers ; Agricultural wastes ; Pennsylvania ; New York ; Water quality data
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NTIS  PB-284 185 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
A framework is presented for compiling available data for assessing statistical relationships between water quality and several factors of climate, physiography and land use. Seventeen water-quality characteristics studied represent annual mean concentrations or calculated annual yields of suspended sediment, dissolved solids and various chemical species of nitrogen and phosphorus. Usable multiple-linear regressions were developed relating water-quality characteristics to basin characteristics for 14 of the 17 water-quality characteristics with standard errors of estimate ranging from 17 to 75 percent. These models can be used to estimate water quality at specific stream sites or to simulate the generalized effect of land-use characteristics on water quality. For example, observed nitrate yields were up to 20 times greater than the simulated background yields. This increase is indicated to be the result of chemical fertilizers, animal wastes, and urbanization. It was concluded that this was a viable method of assessing the relationships between water quality and basin characteristics on a regional basis.