Kansas Real-Time Water Quality

Kansas Real-Time Water Quality

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Model Form:

Model Form #3

log₁₀(ECBR) = 1.08 + 0.964 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:	22
Mean squared error:	0.130321
Multiple R²:	0.73
Bias correction (smearing) factor:	1.41

Explanatory Variables

Variable	Value	Standard error
Intercept	1.08	0.232
log₁₀(TURB)	0.964	0.13

Correlation Matrix

	Intercept	log₁₀(TURB)
Intercept	1	-0.944
log₁₀(TURB)	-0.944	1

Reference

Stone, M.L., and Klager, B.J., 2022, Documentation of models describing relations between continuous real-time and discrete water-quality constituents in the Little Arkansas River, south-central Kansas, 1998-2019: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2022-1010, 34 p.