water quality monitoring of the cambrian-ordovician aquifer system in iowa and illinois u.s....
DESCRIPTION
NAWQA Cycle ITRANSCRIPT
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Water Quality Monitoring of the
Cambrian-Ordovician Aquifer System in Iowa and Illinois
U.S. Department of the InteriorU.S. Geological SurveyNational Water Quality Assessment Program
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Indiana
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NAWQA Cycle I
LONG-TERM GOALS:• Describe current water-quality conditions for a large part of the Nation’s freshwater streams, rivers, and aquifers
• Describe how water quality is changing over time
• Improve understanding of the primary natural and human factors that affect water-quality conditions
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NAWQA Cycle I
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NAWQA Cycle II
• Same long-term goals as Cycle I
• Build upon initial assessments of water-quality conditions
• Increase investigations of long-term trends and the factors that affect water quality
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NAWQA Cycle II
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NAWQA Ground Water Synthesis
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Cambrian-Ordovician Aquifer System
• Covers approximately 177,000 square miles in the upper Midwest
• Is comprised of multiple aquifer units interbedded with leaky confining units
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Indiana
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Bedrock geology - IowaCambrian-Ordovician Aquifer System
CretaceousJurassicPennsylvanianMississippianDevonianSilurianOrdovicianCambrianPrecambrian
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SITE SELECTION STRATEGYIowa and Illinois
Cambrian-Ordovician Aquifer System
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SITE SELECTION STRATEGYIowa and Illinois
Cambrian-Ordovician Aquifer System
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SITE SELECTION STRATEGYIowa and Illinois
Cambrian-Ordovician Aquifer System
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FINAL SAMPLING SITE LOCATIONSIowa
Cambrian-Ordovician Aquifer System
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CONSTITUENTS SAMPLED Iowa
Cambrian-Ordovician Aquifer System
• Major inorganicsBromide ManganeseCalcium PotassiumChloride SilicaFluoride SodiumIron SulfateMagnesium
• Trace elementsAluminum LithiumAntimony ManganeseArsenic MolybdenumBarium NickelBeryllium SeleniumBoron SilverCadmium StrontiumChromium ThalliumCobalt UraniumCopper VanadiumLead Zinc
• Nutrients Nitrogen, ammonia Nitrogen, nitrite Nitrogen, nitrite + nitrate Total nitrogen (NH3+NO2+NO3+organic) Phosphorus, orthophosphate
• Dissolved organic carbon
• Pesticides
• Volatile organic carbons
• Radium isotopes Ra-226 Ra-228
• Radon
• Tritium
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PRELIMINARY RESULTS Iowa
Cambrian-Ordovician Aquifer System
• Major inorganics- 70% (21 of 30) of wells sampled > 300 g/L of iron (drinking water alert)- half of wells sampled > 250 mg/L of sulfate (drinking water alert)
• Pesticides- rarely detected (5 pesticides detected at least once); measured concentrations low
• Volatile organic carbons- rarely detected (5 VOCs detected at least once); measured concentrations low
• Radon- values ranged from 40 – 460 pCi/L, with a median of 110 pCi/L
• Radium isotopes- 5 of 30 wells exceeded the drinking water alert of 5 pCi/L for Ra-226
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SUMMARY Cambrian-Ordovician Aquifer System
• 30 additional sites to be sampled in Illinois, 2009
• consistent sampling techniques and same analytical schedules
• combine data sets for further analysis
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Acknowledegments:Field support :
Jessica Garret, Iowa Water Science CenterBrian Mailot, Ohio Water Science CenterEric Sadorf, North Carolina Water Science CenterErik Smith, Iowa Science Center
Contact information:Kymm BarnesU.S. Geological SurveyIowa Water Science [email protected]
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The NAWQA Program: http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/
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The USGS: http://www.usgs.gov/