Baseline Water Quality Data Inventory and Analysis: Ozark National Scenic211 Riverways. Volumes 1 and 2

摘要

This document presents the results of surface-water-quality data retrievals for211u001eOzark National Scenic Riverways from six of the United States Environmental 211u001eProtection Agency's (EPA) national databases: (1) Storage and Retrieval (STORET) 211u001ewater quality database management system; (2) River Reach File (RF3); (3) 211u001eIndustrial Discharge (IFD); (4) Drinking Water Supplies (DRINKS); (5) Flow Gages 211u001e(GAGES); and (6) Water Impoundments (DAMS). The document provides: (1) a complete 211u001einventory of all retrieved water quality data, water quality stations, and the 211u001eentities responsible for data collection; (2) descriptive statistics and 211u001eappropriate graphical plots of water quality data characterizing annual and 211u001eseasonal central tendencies and trends; (3) a comparison of the park's water 211u001equality data to relevant EPA and Water Resoures Division water quality screening 211u001ecriteria; (4) an Inventory Data Evaluation and Analysis to determine what NPS-75 211u001e'Level 1' water quality parameters have been collected in the park.