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Dry Run Creek: Urban vs. Rural Surficial Water Quality Variability
Nick Bosshart and Austin Cox
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Urban vs. Rural Surficial Water Quality Variability of Dry Run Creek
• The difference in water characteristics during transit through Cedar Falls:– Urban runoff, – Adjacent construction – Artificial banks– Storm drains– Sump drainage– Commercial pollution
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Study Sub-Set:Site 4: Water Quality Trends,
Stagnant Pool vs. Downstream
• Differences in traits?– T– pH– TDS– D.O.– B.O.D.
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Water Quality Influence
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Non-point source, turned point source
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Rural-Site #4
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Urban- Site #8
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Field Methods• Temp
• Total Dissolved Solids
• Dissolved Oxygen
• pH
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Lab Methods
• 5th day D.O.
• Biochemical Oxygen Demand
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Results: Temperature
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Discussion: Temperature Results
• Site 8: consistently higher in temp
• Site 4: no notable difference in temp from stagnant pool to downstream
• Significant drop in temperature following rain event (both sites 4 & 8)
• Temp. trend: increasing temperature during transit through urban environment
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Results: Dissolved oxygen
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Discussion: D.O. Results• Dissolved oxygen content consistently higher at
site 8 (with the exception of our last data set)
• Site 4: No notable differences in D.O. between stagnant pool and downstream
• Significant drop in D.O. content at both Sites 4 & 8 after rain event
• D.O. trend of increasing content during transit through urban environment
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Results: pH
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Discussion: pH Results
• Site 4: No notable difference in pH between stagnant pool and downstream, with the exception of our last data set
• Site 8: Consistently higher pH, with the exception of our last data set
• pH lowered with rain event
• pH trend of increasing alkalinity during transit through urban environment
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Results: Total Dissolved Solids
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Discussion: TDS Results• Site 4: No notable difference between
stagnant pool and downstream
• Site 8: Consistently higher TDS content than Site 4
• TDS content slightly lowered after rain event
• TDS trend of increasing content during transit through urban environment
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Results: Biochemical Oxygen Demand
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Discussion: B.O.D. Results
• Site 4: First 3 data sets showing difference between stagnant pool and downstream
• Site 8: Consistently higher B.O.D.
• B.O.D. lowered slightly in conjunction with rain event
• B.O.D. trend of increasing oxygen consumption during transit through urban environment
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Discussion: Possible Future Investigation
• Dissolved Solids: Ion Chromatograpy? XRF? (Element specific changes during transit through urban environment)
• Phosphate, Nitrate, Chlorine, other compounds…
• Concentration correlations with biodiversity?(what differences in organisms are observed,
and are these differences related to change in water quality characteristics?)
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Conclusion: Urban vs. Rural Surficial Water Quality Variability of Dry Run Creek
• Urban areas have a strong ability to alter water quality characteristics
• Observed differences in T, pH, TDS, D.O., B.O.D.
• Future study: TDS increase-> What exactly is being added during urban transit?