Kansas Real-Time Water Quality

Kansas Real-Time Water Quality

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Model Form #3

log₁₀(FCBR) = 0.738 + 1.22 log₁₀(TURB)

where:

FCBR is computed fecal coliform bacteria, in colonies per 100 milliliters
TURB is turbidity, YSI EXO, in formazin nephelometric units

Model Archive Summary

The model archive summary for computed fecal coliform bacteria can be viewed in pdf form here.

Model Calibration

Basic Data

Number of measurements:	36
Mean squared error:	0.148996
Multiple R²:	0.77
Bias correction (smearing) factor:	1.55

Explanatory Variables

Variable	Value	Standard error
Intercept	0.738	0.218
log₁₀(TURB)	1.22	0.115

Correlation Matrix

	Intercept	log₁₀(TURB)
Intercept	1	-0.955
log₁₀(TURB)	-0.955	1

Reference

Stone, M.L., and Klager, B.J., 2022, Documentation of models describing relations between continuous real-time and discrete water-quality constituents in the Little Arkansas River, south-central Kansas, 1998-2019: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2022-1010, 34 p.