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Wildland Water Quality Sampling and Analysis

  • 1st Edition - December 28, 1990
  • Latest edition
  • Author: John D. Stednick
  • Language: English

This comprehensive reference combines sampling and analysis of wildland water in one text. It includes sampling techniques for precipitation, surface water, and ground water.… Read more

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Description

This comprehensive reference combines sampling and analysis of wildland water in one text. It includes sampling techniques for precipitation, surface water, and ground water. Analytical techniques for common water quality constituents are described.

Key features

  • Step-by-step laboratory procedures for measuring pH, conductivity, solids turbidity, alkalinity, and hardness
  • End-of-chapter reviews with study questions and key words
  • Review of solution chemistry
  • Detailed field sampling procedures and program design

Readership

Both a reference for professional hydrologists and a main text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students studying (wildland) water quality and land use

Table of contents

Chemistry Review.
Sampling Procedures.
Water Quality Sampling Program Design.
pH.
Conductivity.
Water Quality Sampling Field Methods.
Gravimetric Analysis--Solids Determination.
Turbidity.
Spectrophotometer and Beer's Law.
Phosphorus.
Nitrogen.
Alkalinity.
Hardness.
Chloride.
Sulfate.
Dissolved Oxygen.
Biological Oxygen Demand.
Enteric Bacteria Analysis.
Contract Laboratory Selection.
Data Analysis and Presentation.

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: January 28, 1991
  • Language: English

About the author

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John D. Stednick

Affiliations and expertise
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, U.S.A.