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Chemical and biological quality of water in part of the Everglades, southeastern Florida.

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Date Issued:
1975
Summary:
"The quality of surface water in the agricultural area between Lake Okeechobee and the water conservation areas is markedly different from that of other surface water in southeastern Florida. Man has engaged in cultural activities, both agricultural and urban, which have affected the water quality in the northern and eastern segments of the area of investigation. The quality of the water improves, however, as it flows to the south and east because there is minimal input from man's activities and many of the constituents are assimilated by plants, sorbed on organic material and clay in the bottom sediments, and entrapped within the sediments. Because of these processes, the water entering Everglades National Park is of better quality than that entering the conservation areas in the north"--P. 8.
Title: Chemical and biological quality of water in part of the Everglades, southeastern Florida.
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Name(s): Waller, Bradley G.
Earle, J. E. (James E.), 1948-
Geological Survey (U.S.) Water Resources Division.
United States Army. Corps of Engineers.
PALMM (Project)
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Technical Report
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1975
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey, Water Resources Division
Place of Publication: Tallahassee, Fla.
Physical Form: electronic resource
Extent: 157 pages, ill., maps ; 27 cm.
Language(s): English
Summary: "The quality of surface water in the agricultural area between Lake Okeechobee and the water conservation areas is markedly different from that of other surface water in southeastern Florida. Man has engaged in cultural activities, both agricultural and urban, which have affected the water quality in the northern and eastern segments of the area of investigation. The quality of the water improves, however, as it flows to the south and east because there is minimal input from man's activities and many of the constituents are assimilated by plants, sorbed on organic material and clay in the bottom sediments, and entrapped within the sediments. Because of these processes, the water entering Everglades National Park is of better quality than that entering the conservation areas in the north"--P. 8.
Identifier: FI06010319 (IID), 1024766 (digitool), ADA028795 Defense Technical Information Center (stock number), NRBIB:EVER-5770 (NPS Natural Resources Bibliography Number) (stock number), fiu:14728 (fedora), AAA6292QF
Note(s): by Bradley G. Waller and J. E. Earle.
Prepared by Water Resources Division in cooperation with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Pages were missing at time of cataloging.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 81-82).
Electronic reproduction. [Florida] : State University System of Florida, PALMM Project, 2006. (Everglades online collection) Mode of access : World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software; Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print PDF files. Electronically reproduced by Florida International University from a document held in the Green Library at Florida International University, Miami.
Subject(s): Groundwater -- Florida -- Everglades
Water quality -- Florida -- Everglades
Everglades National Park (Fla.)
Okeechobee, Lake (Fla.)
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/feol/FI06010319.pdf
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/tc/feol/FI06010319.jpg
Use and Reproduction: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Host Institution: FIU
Is Part of Series: Water-resources investigations ; 56-75.
Has Part:
(OCoLC)02167809
Is Part of Series: Everglades online collection.