Kansas Real-Time Water Quality

Kansas Real-Time Water Quality

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Constituent:
Time period:
Model Form:

Model Form #1

log₁₀(ECBR) = - 1.04 + 1.69 log₁₀(TURB)

where:

ECBR is computed E. coli, in colonies per 100 milliliters
TURB is turbidity, YSI EXO, in formazin nephelometric units

Model Archive Summary

The model archive summary for computed E. coli can be viewed in pdf form here.

Model Calibration

Basic Data

Number of measurements:	34
Mean squared error:	0.289444
Multiple R²:	0.791
Bias correction (smearing) factor:	1.85

Explanatory Variables

Variable	Value	Standard error
Intercept	-1.04	0.304
log₁₀(TURB)	1.69	0.15

Correlation Matrix

	Intercept	log₁₀(TURB)
Intercept	1	-0.953
log₁₀(TURB)	-0.953	1

Reference

Williams, T.J., 2023, Linear regression model documentation for computing water-quality constituent concentrations or densities using continuous real-time water-quality data for the Kansas River above Topeka Weir at Topeka, Kansas, November 2018 through June 2021: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2022-5130, 14 p.