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(SO4) = - 1.28 + 1.12 log₁₀(SC)

where:

SO4 is computed sulfate, in milligrams per liter as sulfate
SC is specific conductance at 25 degrees Celsius, in microsiemens per centimeter

Model Calibration

Basic Data

Number of measurements:	22
Mean squared error:	0.00126025
Multiple R²:	0.97
Bias correction (smearing) factor:	1

Explanatory Variables

Variable	Value	Standard error
Intercept	-1.28	0.1287
log₁₀(SC)	1.12	0.045

Correlation Matrix

	Intercept	log₁₀(SC)
Intercept	1	-0.9983
log₁₀(SC)	-0.9983	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.