Evaluation and Monitoring of Glen Helen Water Quality Fall 2014

Wright State University CORE Scholar Chemistry Faculty Publications Chemistry Fall 2014 Evaluation and Monitoring of Glen Helen Water Quality Fall 2014 Nathaniel Brackett Wright State University - Main Campus Brannon Dunn Wright State University - Main Campus Robert Magley Wright State University - Main Campus Saagar M. Patel Wright State University - Main Campus Jennifer Purvis Wright State University - Main Campus See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/chemistry Part of the Chemistry Commons Repository Citation Brackett, N., Dunn, B., Magley, R., Patel, S. M., Purvis, J., Steele, S. R., Tumey, J. M., Watson, K., Waweru, J. K., Wick, B., Atkinson, S. N., & McGowin, A. E. (2014). Evaluation and Monitoring of Glen Helen Water Quality Fall 2014. . https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/chemistry/24 This Presentation is brought to you for free and open access by the Chemistry at CORE Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Chemistry Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of CORE Scholar. For more information, please contact library-corescholar@wright.edu. Authors Nathaniel Brackett, Brannon Dunn, Robert Magley, Saagar M. Patel, Jennifer Purvis, Sarah R. Steele, Jonathan M. Tumey, Katie Watson, James K. Waweru, Benjamin Wick, Scott N. Atkinson, and Audrey E. McGowin This presentation is available at CORE Scholar: https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/chemistry/24 -",)%$
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Anion Results: Nitrate concentrations in the south glen well were above EPA limits for drinking water (BMHW and BMHT) of 43 ppm (parts-per-million) nitrate or 10 ppm as nitrate-nitrogen. Installation of a reverse-osmosis purification system brought nitrate down below EPA limits (BMHTRO). The high sulfate concentration at the foundry (MOR) was still below the EPA limit of 250 ppm. All other anions were at expected low concentration levels or below the limits of detection. Metals Results: Iron concentration in The Yellow Spring was 1.16 parts-per-million (ppm). All other sites were significantly lower. Iron in the groundwater comes to the surface and forms rust giving The Yellow Spring sediment its orange color. Arsenic concentrations were right around the EPA drinking water limit of 10 parts-per-billion (ppb), which is normal for this area. Strontium concentrations vary greatly in the area. Strontium (Sr) occurs naturally in some limestone formations. Sr is higher in well and ground waters (YS, YSMW) and waste waters (WWTP, MOR), yet the Little Miami River (LMR) is the highest. The reasons for these concentration variations are not yet clear. 





 

 
 
 

 


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