Streamflow, Water Quality, and Contaminant Loads in the Lower Charles River Watershed, Massachusetts, 1999-2000

Download or read book Streamflow, Water Quality, and Contaminant Loads in the Lower Charles River Watershed, Massachusetts, 1999-2000 written by Robert F. Breault and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ... Streamflow data and dry-weather and stormwater water-quality samples were collected from the main stem of the Charles River (or the Basin) and from four partially culverted urban streams that drain tributary sub-basins in the lower Charles River watershed; samples were collected between June 1999 and September 2000 and analyzed for a number of potential contaminants; these data were used to identify the major pathways and to determine the magnitudes of contaminant loads that contribute to poor water quality of the lower Charles River ...