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Trace Elements in Six Water Systems of the United States
Author(s) -
Kroner Robert C.,
Kopp John F.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1965.tb01384.x
Subject(s) - trace metal , trace (psycholinguistics) , water quality , environmental science , pollution , drainage basin , water pollution , hydrology (agriculture) , water resource management , geography , geology , environmental chemistry , cartography , metal , ecology , philosophy , linguistics , chemistry , geotechnical engineering , organic chemistry , biology
This article begins by describing the U.S. Public Health Service Water Pollution Surveillance System that was established in 1957 for the collection and dissemination of basic data on water quality. The article lists the materials that fall into the trace metal category that may be measured spectrographically, along with the significance of each metal. This article discusses the sample preparation and the spectrographic method used in the analyses and summarizes the results of analyses of samples from six major water systems of the U.S. since the beginning of the program. The six major water systems include the Ohio River, Colorado River, Missouri River, Columbia River, Mississippi River, and the Great Lakes.