### Relations between continuous real-time physical properties and discrete water-quality constituents in the Little Arkansas River, south-central Kansas, 1998-2014

By: Patrick P. Rasmussen**Patrick J. EslickAndrew C. Ziegler

                            https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161057

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#### Abstract

First posted August 11, 2016

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Director, Kansas Water Science CenterU.S. Geological Survey4821 Quail Crest Place Lawrence, KS 66049

http://ks.water.usgs.gov

Water from the Little Arkansas River is used as source water for artificial recharge of the *Equus* Beds aquifer, one of the primary water-supply sources for the city of Wichita, Kansas. The U.S. Geological Survey has operated two continuous real-time water-quality monitoring stations since 1995 on the Little Arkansas River in Kansas. Regression models were developed to establish relations between discretely sampled constituent concentrations and continuously measured physical properties to compute concentrations of those constituents of interest. Site-specific regression models were originally published in 2000 for the near Halstead and near Sedgwick U.S. Geological Survey streamgaging stations and the site-specific regression models were then updated in 2003. This report updates those regression models using discrete and continuous data collected during May 1998 through August 2014. In addition to the constituents listed in the 2003 update, new regression models were developed for total organic carbon. The real-time computations of water-quality concentrations and loads are available at http://nrtwq.usgs.gov. The water-quality information in this report is important to the city of Wichita because water-quality information allows for real-time quantification and characterization of chemicals of concern (including chloride), in addition to nutrients, sediment, bacteria, and atrazine transported in the Little Arkansas River. The water-quality information in this report aids in the decision making for water treatment before artificial recharge.

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Rasmussen, P.P., Eslick, P.J., and Ziegler, A.C., 2016, Relations between continuous real-time physical properties and discrete water-quality constituents in the Little Arkansas River, south-central Kansas, 1998-2014: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016–1057, 20 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161057.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

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#### Table of Contents

- Abstract
- Introduction
- Methods
- Results of Regression Analysis for Selected Constituents
- Summary
- References Cited

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