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Main Title Acid-Base Status of Pennsylvania Streams: Results from the National Stream Survey.
Author Eshelman, K. N. ; Kaufmann, P. R. ; Herlihy, A. T. ;
CORP Author Corvallis Environmental Research Lab., OR. ;Virginia Univ., Charlottesville.
Publisher 1989
Year Published 1989
Report Number EPA/600/D-89/224;
Stock Number PB90-134313
Additional Subjects Acidification ; Streams ; Water pollution ; Pennsylvania ; Mine waters ; Stream flow ; Acidity ; Neutralizing ; Watersheds ; Forest land ; Populations ; Mine acid drainage
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Abstract The National Stream Survey (NSS) conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency in the spring of 1986 sampled 82 stream reaches within the state of Pennsylvania, representing a target population of 9900 stream reaches that are potentially sensitive to acidification. After excluding streams acidified by acid mine drainage, an estimated 9% of the reaches were chronically acidic during spring baseflow at the upstream end while less than 1% of the stream reaches were acidic at their downstream end. Comparable percentages of streams with an acid neutralizing capacity (ANC) between 0 and 50 (mu)eq/L were also identified, with the majority of these streams found in the Appalachian Plateau. Almost all of the chronically acidic streams in the state are small (<20km(2)), upland headwater streams draining watersheds that are more than 95% forested. Population estimates of the percentages of streams with an ANC less than 200 (mu)eq/L agree favorably with estimates by the Pennsylvania Fish Commission for managed and unmanaged stream sections in the state.
Supplementary Notes Proceedings of Acid Deposition Symposium, State College, PA., September 12, 1989. Prepared in cooperation with Virginia Univ., Charlottesville.
NTIS Title Notes Symposium paper.
Category Codes 68D; 48G; 48D
NTIS Prices PC A03/MF A01
Primary Description 600/02
Document Type NT
Cataloging Source NTIS/MT
Control Number 005317150
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Type CAT