PA DEP Indian Creek Water Chemistry Table 1

Table 1
Water Chemistry ¹
Indian Creek, Fayette County
July 2, 2001
Laboratory Parameters	STATION
Laboratory Parameters	1IC	2IC	3IC	4IC	5IC	6IC
pH	6.9	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.7
Alkalinity	30.0	28.0	28.0	24.0	24.0	22.0
Acidity	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hardness	68.6	73.5	71.0	81.8	81.4	75.5
T Diss. Sol.	220.0	222.0	200.0	200.0	190.0	164.0
Susp.Sol.	6.0	4.0	10.0	<2.0	12.0	14.0
NH₃ -N	0.07	0.07	0.06	0.04	0.04	0.06
NO₂ -N	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
NO₃ -N	0.70	0.74	0.73	0.71	0.73	0.60
Total P	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.01
Ca	20.4	22.0	20.9	24.0	23.1	21.7
Mg	4.26	4.49	4.55	5.30	5.75	5.15
Cl	55.0	53.0	50.0	43.0	35.0	26.0
SO₄	73.6	49.3	37.4	31.3	33.7	31.7
As*	<4.0	<4.0	<4.0	<4.0	<4.0	<4.0
As Diss	<4.0	<4.0	<4.0	<4.0	<4.0	<4.0
Cd*	<0.2	<0.2	<0.2	<0.2	1.5	<0.2
Cd Diss	<0.2	<0.2	<0.2	<0.2	<0.2	<0.2
hex Cr*	<10.0	<10.0	<10.0	<10.0	<10.0	<10.0
Cr*	<50.0	<50.0	<50.0	<50.0	<50.0	<50.0
Cu*	4.4	<4.0	<4.0	<4.0	<4.0	<4.0
Cu Diss	<4.0	<4.0	<4.0	<4.0	4.1	<4.0
Fe*	1030	1280	1410	709	851	428
Pb*	<1.0	1.2	1.2	<1.0	<1.0	<1.0
Pb Diss	<1.0	<1.0	<1.0	<1.0	<1.0	<1.0
Mn*	139	164	165	166	141	159
Ni*	7.6	8.8	8.2	6.7	6.5	<4.0
Ni Diss	5.1	7.3	6.5	5.6	5.3	<4.0
Zn*	14.3	15.8	14.6	9.1	11.3	5.3
Zn Diss	6	5.1	<5.0	<5.0	12.3	<5.0
Al*	413	483	441	346	357	198
1 - Except for pH & indicated otherwise, all values are
total concentrations in mg/l
* - Total concentrations in g/l

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