Table 1.
Water quality data for environmental water samples.
| Site | pH | Turbidity (NTU) | Specific Conductance (μS/cm at 25 °C) | Hardness (mg/L as CaCO3) | Alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3) | Total iron (mg/L Fe) | Total Suspended Solids (TSS) (mg/L as C) | Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC) (mg/L as C) | Total Suspended Solids (TSS) (mg/L) |
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| 5.4 | 128 | 53.0 | 16 | 14 | 1.6 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 57 | |
| Chattahoochee river | 6.1 | 26.0 | 66.0 | 17 | 16 | 0.75 | 4.3 | 2.6 | NT * |
| 6.9 | 5.25 | 61.0 | 16 | 16 | 0.24 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 7.2 | |
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| 7.7 | 12.4 | 89.0 | 26 | 25 | 0.59 | 7.9 | 6.0 | 13 | |
| Murphy Candler lake | 6.7 | 7.58 | 103 | 31 | 31 | 0.69 | 10 | 9.2 | 5.6 |
| 7.6 | 4.09 | 119 | 28 | 27 | 0.82 | 12 | 13 | 4.0 | |
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| 8.2 | 0.097 | 233 | 120 | 124 | 0.08 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 0.3 | |
| Lawrenceville ground water | 8.3 | 0.113 | 235 | 110 | 96 | 0.09 | 10 | 9.9 | 0.15 |
| 8.2 | 0.135 | 237 | 110 | 99 | 0.07 | 11 | 11 | <0.01 | |
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| 8.1 | 2.11 | 693 | 290 | 250 | <0.02 | 28 | 20 | 2.4 | |
| Jefferson Cityground water | 7.8 | 1.89 | 572 | 290 | 240 | <0.02 | 28 | 28 | 1.7 |
| 7.7 | 1.20 | 573 | 300 | 250 | 0.02 | 28 | 25 | 0.8 | |
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| 9.2 | 5.25 | 70.5 | 22 | 24 | 0.08 | 7.7 | 0.90 | 6.5 | |
| Allatoona lake | 9.0 | 4.98 | 73.1 | 21 | 22 | 0.07 | NT * | NT * | 7.2 |
| 9.6 | 4.55 | 70.0 | 24 | 25 | 0.06 | NT * | NT * | 8.0 | |
Note:
*
Not tested.