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, 2003.

Model Form #1

log₁₀(FCB) = 1.51 + 0.542 log₁₀(TURB)

where:

FCB is computed fecal coliform bacteria, 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:	0.273529
Multiple R²:	0.16
Bias correction (smearing) factor:	0.9958

Explanatory Variables

Variable	Value	Standard error
Intercept	1.51	0.5957
log₁₀(TURB)	0.542	0.3095

Correlation Matrix

	Intercept	log₁₀(TURB)
Intercept	1	-0.9783
log₁₀(TURB)	-0.9783	1

Reference

Rasmussen, P.P., and Ziegler, A.C., 2003, Comparison and Continuous Estimates of Fecal Coliform and Escherichia Coli Bacteria in Selected Kansas Streams, May 1999 Through April 2002: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4056, 80 p.