Water-Quality, Streamflow, and Quality-Control Data Supporting Estimation of Nutrient and Sediment Loads in the Scituate Reservoir Drainage Area, Rhode Island, Water Years 2016-19
Annual loads of selected constituents were estimated for five stations in the Scituate Reservoir drainage area, Rhode Island, for water years 2016 to 2019 as part of a long-term monitoring program in cooperation with the Providence Water Supply Board. This data release includes the water-quality and streamflow data used to estimate annual loads of total phosphorus, dissolved phosphorus, total nitrogen, dissolved nitrogen, and suspended sediment with a custom regression model in the LOADEST program (Runkel and others, 2004) and by direct computation using streamflow and mean constituent concentration. Daily mean values of base flow and event-based stormflow volumes were determined by fixed-base hydrograph separation to partition constituent loads. Quality-control data for water-quality samples collected by the U.S. Geological Survey at 12 stations in the drainage area during water years 2009 to 2019 are also reported. This data release includes 8 tab-delimited text files: StationInfo.txt, QCData.txt, StormEvents.txt, Outliers.txt, CalibrationData_LOADEST.txt, EstimationData_LOADEST.txt, AnnualLoadEstimates.txt, and ModelSummaries.txt.
Reference:
Runkel, R.L., Crawford, C.G., and Cohn, T.A., 2004, Load estimator (LOADEST)—A FORTRAN program for estimating constituent loads in streams and rivers: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods, book 4, chap. A5, 69 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/tm4A5.
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[ "010:12" ] |
| contactPoint |
{ "fn": "Alana B Spaetzel", "@type": "vcard:Contact", "hasEmail": "mailto:aspaetzel@usgs.gov" } |
| description | Annual loads of selected constituents were estimated for five stations in the Scituate Reservoir drainage area, Rhode Island, for water years 2016 to 2019 as part of a long-term monitoring program in cooperation with the Providence Water Supply Board. This data release includes the water-quality and streamflow data used to estimate annual loads of total phosphorus, dissolved phosphorus, total nitrogen, dissolved nitrogen, and suspended sediment with a custom regression model in the LOADEST program (Runkel and others, 2004) and by direct computation using streamflow and mean constituent concentration. Daily mean values of base flow and event-based stormflow volumes were determined by fixed-base hydrograph separation to partition constituent loads. Quality-control data for water-quality samples collected by the U.S. Geological Survey at 12 stations in the drainage area during water years 2009 to 2019 are also reported. This data release includes 8 tab-delimited text files: StationInfo.txt, QCData.txt, StormEvents.txt, Outliers.txt, CalibrationData_LOADEST.txt, EstimationData_LOADEST.txt, AnnualLoadEstimates.txt, and ModelSummaries.txt. Reference: Runkel, R.L., Crawford, C.G., and Cohn, T.A., 2004, Load estimator (LOADEST)—A FORTRAN program for estimating constituent loads in streams and rivers: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods, book 4, chap. A5, 69 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/tm4A5. |
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| identifier | http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/USGS_60779e1cd34e018b3205291f |
| keyword |
[ "North Scituate", "Rhode Island", "Scituate Reservoir", "Surface water quality", "USGS:60779e1cd34e018b3205291f", "drinking water use", "environment", "nutrient content (water)", "suspended material (water)", "water quality" ] |
| modified | 2022-08-18T00:00:00Z |
| publisher |
{ "name": "U.S. Geological Survey", "@type": "org:Organization" } |
| spatial | -71.7523, 41.7462, -71.5653, 41.8684 |
| theme |
[ "geospatial" ] |
| title | Water-Quality, Streamflow, and Quality-Control Data Supporting Estimation of Nutrient and Sediment Loads in the Scituate Reservoir Drainage Area, Rhode Island, Water Years 2016-19 |
