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, 2007.

Model Form #1

log₁₀(ENT) = 0.17 + 1.792 log₁₀(TURB)

where:

ENT is computed Enterococci bacteria, in colonies per 100 milliliters
TURB is turbidity, YSI model 6136, in formazin nephelometric units

Model Calibration

Basic Data

Number of measurements:	25
Mean squared error:	0.198916
Multiple R²:	0.9
Bias correction (smearing) factor:	1.71

Explanatory Variables

Variable	Value	Standard error
Intercept	0.17	0.2376
log₁₀(TURB)	1.792	0.1266

Correlation Matrix

	Intercept	log₁₀(TURB)
Intercept	1	-0.9269
log₁₀(TURB)	-0.9269	1

Reference

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.