Kansas Real-Time Water Quality

Kansas Real-Time Water Quality

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Funding to maintain the continuous water-quality monitor at this site ended on September 30, 2005.

Model Form #1

log₁₀(ANC) = 0.746 + 0.516 log₁₀(SC)

where:

ANC is computed acid neutralizing capability, in milligrams per liter as calcium carbonate
SC is specific conductance at 25 degrees Celsius, in microsiemens per centimeter

Model Calibration

Basic Data

Number of measurements:	17
Mean squared error:	0.00245025
Multiple R²:	0.76
Bias correction (smearing) factor:	1.01

Explanatory Variables

Variable	Value	Standard error
Intercept	0.746	0.2166
log₁₀(SC)	0.516	0.0754

Correlation Matrix

	Intercept	log₁₀(SC)
Intercept	1	-0.9985
log₁₀(SC)	-0.9985	1

Reference

Rasmussen, T.J., Ziegler, A.C., and Rasmussen, P.P., 2005, Estimation of Constituent Concentrations, Densities, Loads, and Yields in Lower Kansas River, Northeast Kansas, Using Regression Models and Continuous Water-Quality Monitoring, January 2000 Through December 2003: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5165, 117 p.