Kansas Real-Time Water Quality

Funding to maintain the continuous water-quality monitor at this site ended on December 31, 2007.

Model Form #1

log₁₀(DS) = 0.49 + 0.739 log₁₀(SC)

where:

DS is computed diss. solids, in milligrams per liter
SC is specific conductance at 25 degrees Celsius, in microsiemens per centimeter

Number of measurements:	26
Mean squared error:	0.00273529
Multiple R²:	0.89
Bias correction (smearing) factor:	1.01

Variable	Value	Standard error
Intercept	0.49	0.1371
log₁₀(SC)	0.739	0.0537

	Intercept	log₁₀(SC)
Intercept	1	-0.9972
log₁₀(SC)	-0.9972	1

Rasmussen, T.J., Lee, C.J., and Ziegler, A.C., 2008, Estimation of Constituent Concentrations, Loads, and Yields in Streams of Johnson County, Northeast Kansas, Using Continuous Water-Quality Monitoring and Regression Models, October 2002 through December 2006: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5014, 103 p.

This model was calibrated using total-dissolved-solids values that were calculated as the sum of individual concentrations of dissolved constituents.