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RECORD NUMBER: 171 OF 1885

Main Title Biological Survey of the Susquehanna River and Its Tributaries Between Danville, Pennsylvania, and Conowingo, Maryland.
CORP Author Federal Water Pollution Control Administration, Charlottesville, Va. Middle Atlantic Region
Year Published 1966
Stock Number PB-260 028
Additional Subjects Susquehanna River ; Biological indicators ; Stream pollution ; Stream flow ; Water quality ; Water pollution sampling ; Coal dust ; Organic wastes ; Fishes ; Algae ; Danville(Pennsylvania) ; Conowingo(Maryland) ;
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NTIS  PB-260 028 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
A biological survey was conducted during August and September of 1964 of the Susquehanna River and its major tributaries, with bottom organisms selected as the primary indicator of biological water quality. Fish and algae were also given consideration when observed. Downstream from Northumberland, the river on both sides was found to be physiologically well suited to support many kinds of bottom dwelling organisms and did not exhibit any gross biological degradation. Localized impairment to biological quality was observed as a result of the deleterious effects of mine drainage, coal fines, and organic wastes contributed by certain tributaries. Unpolluted biological conditions in the impoundments downstream from Columbia, Pennsylvania, were indicated by known fishery studies; plankton data from above the dams at Holtwood, Pennsylvania, and Conowingo, Maryland; and additional data from the National Water Quality Network Station at Conowingo.