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 December 31, 2004.

Model Form #1

log₁₀(ECB) = 0.58 + 1.19 log₁₀(TURB)

where:

ECB is computed E. coli, in colonies per 100 milliliters
TURB is turbidity, YSI model 6026, in formazin nephelometric units

Model Calibration

Basic Data

Number of measurements:	18
Mean squared error:	0.41357761
Multiple R²:	0.6
Bias correction (smearing) factor:	2.31

Explanatory Variables

Variable	Value	Standard error
Intercept	0.58	0.4993
log₁₀(TURB)	1.19	0.2441

Correlation Matrix

	Intercept	log₁₀(TURB)
Intercept	1	-0.9528
log₁₀(TURB)	-0.9528	1

Reference

Mau, D.P., Ziegler, A.C., Porter, S.D., and Pope, L.M., 2004, Surface-Water-Quality Conditions and Relation to Taste-and-Odor Occurrences in the Lake Olathe Watershed, Northeast Kansas, 2000-02: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5047, 95 p.