Water Quality Physical Parameters Data (Lietz)

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Arthur C. Lietz

Publication_Date: 2001

Title: Water Quality Physical Parameters Data (Lietz)

Online_Linkage: <http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/lietz/lietzphy.html>

Description:

Abstract:

The data set contains values for water temperature, pH, specific conductance, dissolved oxygen, sample location cross section, and sampling depth at 5 sites.

The sites are: Biscayne Canal at S-28 Little River Canal at S-27 Miami Canal at S-26 Snapper Creek Canal at S-22 Tamiami Canal at S-25B

Purpose:

A vital component in ecosystem restoration is the understanding of prerestoration water quality. The health of Biscayne Bay has been threatened by nutrient-laden discharges from the east coast canal system resulting from urbanization and agricultural activities. Extensive changes to the current water management system in order to restore natural historic hydropatterns to the Everglades potentially may affect the Biscayne Bay ecosystem. This study was developed in order to provide a method of estimating nutrient loads from east coast canals to the Bay and to provide an understanding of nutrient distribution and concentration in the east coast canal system. Models for estimation of nutrient loads were developed using the techniques of linear regression analysis. In order to understand current and historical water-quality in southern Florida, long-term trends from two surface water sites potentially affected by restoration efforts, Miami Canal at S-26 and Tamiami Canal - Forty Mile Bend to Monroe, were investigated. This task determined the water quality physical parameters for canals discharging into Biscayne Bay National Park

Supplemental_Information: This project was completed on September 30, 1999.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19960621

Ending_Date: 19971007

Currentness_Reference: Collection date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: none planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.431

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.18

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.933

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.66

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Theme_Keyword: pH

Theme_Keyword: hydrology

Theme_Keyword: water quality

Theme_Keyword: chemistry

Theme_Keyword: dissolved oxygen

Theme_Keyword: nitrogen

Theme_Keyword: phosphorus

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:

U.S Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the outlying areas of the United States, and associated areas (Federal Information Processing Standard 5-2): Washington, D. C., NIST

Place_Keyword: Florida

Place_Keyword: FL

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:

Department of Commerce, 1990, Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas, FIPS 6-3, Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Place_Keyword: Miami-Dade County

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Place_Keyword: South East Coast

Place_Keyword: Snapper Creek Canal at S-22

Place_Keyword: Little River Canal at S-27

Place_Keyword: Miami Canal at S-26

Place_Keyword: Biscayne Canal at S-28

Place_Keyword: Tamiami Canal at S-25B

Place_Keyword: USGS 254735080154800

Place_Keyword: USGS 02286340

Place_Keyword: USGS 02288600

Place_Keyword: USGS 02286380

Place_Keyword: USGS 02290700

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: none

Temporal_Keyword: periodic

Access_Constraints: none

Use_Constraints:

These data are not citeable until reviewed and approved for official publication

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Arthur C. Lietz

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Hydrologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 9100 NW 36th Street Suite 107

City: Miami

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 33178

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 305 717 5838

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 305 717 5801

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: alietz@usgs.gov

Browse_Graphic:

Browse_Graphic_File_Name: <http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/lietz/locationphy.html>

Browse_Graphic_File_Description: location of data collection sites

Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF

Data_Set_Credit:

Frank Panellas, student civil engineer, John Goebel and Elizabeth Debiak, hydrologic technicians

Native_Data_Set_Environment: Excel spreadsheet and tab-delimited text file

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Lietz, A. C.

Publication_Date: 1999

Title:

Methodology for estimating nutrient loads discharged from the east coast Canals to Biscayne Bay, Miami-Dade County, Florida

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Water Resources Investigations Reports

Issue_Identification: 99-4094

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Reston, VA

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: <http://fl.water.usgs.gov/Abstracts/wri99-4094_lietz.html>

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Lietz, A. C.

Publication_Date: 2002

Title:

Feasibility of Estimating Constituent Concentrations and Loads Based on Data Recorded by Acoustic Instrumentation

Series_Information:

Series_Name: USGS Open-File Reports

Issue_Identification: OFR 02-285

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Tallahassee, FL

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: <http://fl.water.usgs.gov/Abstracts/ofr02_285_lietz.html>

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Lietz, A. C.

Publication_Date: 2000

Title:

Analysis of Water-Quality Trends at Two Discharge Stations - One within Big Cypress National Preserve and One near Biscayne Bay - Souther Florida, 1966-94

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Water Resources Investigations Reports

Issue_Identification: WRIR 00-4099

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Tallahassee, FL

Publisher: U.S. Geologicla Survey

Online_Linkage: <http://sofia.usgs.gov/publications/wri/00-4099/>

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Lietz, A. C.

Dixon, Joann
Byrne, Michael

Publication_Date: 2002

Title:

Average altitude of the water table (1990-99) and frequency analysis of water levers (1974-99) in the Biscayne Aquifer, Miami-Dade County, Florida

Series_Information:

Series_Name: USGS Open-File Reports

Issue_Identification: OFR 02-91

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Tallahassee, FL

Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey

Online_Linkage: <http://fl.water.usgs.gov/Abstracts/ofr02_91_lietz.html>

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report: not applicable

Completeness_Report:

Data was collected at all the sites in 1996 and at the Snapper Creek Canal site in 1997 as well.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

The positional accuracy of the sampling sites was determined using GPS techniques and published topographic maps.

Lineage:

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Water-quality samples were collected upstream of discharge points of coastal canals in eastern Dade County during various seasons and flow conditions. Procedures were applied to determine if any statistical differences existed between depth-integrated and grab samples. Depth-integrated samples were collected by the equal-width-increment method. This method consists of raising and lowering a sampler through-out several verticals in the stream at a constant rate so that the bottle is not overfilled when returned to the surface and then compositing the water samples in a churn splitter. To establish the number of verticals that needed to be sampled and to determine horizontal and vertical variability within the water column, water-quality cross-sectional surveys were made of temperature, specific conductance, pH, and dissolved oxygen. Grab samples, obtained concurrently with the depth-integrated samples, were collected at 0.5 and 1.0 meter below the surface near the centroid of flow. Additionally, the upstream and downstream stages and gate openings were recorded during each sampling event in order to compute the instantaneous discharge from the appropriate rating. These ratings were developed using acoustic Doppler methodology as part of another South Florida Ecosystem Program project. Ordinary least squares regression techniques were employed to develop models for computing load based upon the relation between nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations or loads and instantaneous discharge.

Process_Date: Unknown

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Arthur C. Lietz

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Hydrologist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 9100 NW 36th Street Suite 107

City: Miami

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 33178

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 305 717 5838

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 305 717 5801

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: alietz@usgs.gov

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Indirect_Spatial_Reference: East Coast canals

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 5

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geographic:

Latitude_Resolution: 0.1

Longitude_Resolution: 0.1

Geographic_Coordinate_Units: decimal degrees

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Roy Sonenshein

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Position: Database Manager

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address:

9100 NW 36th Street

Suite 107

City: Miami

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 33178

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 305 717-5824

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 305 717-5801

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sunshine@usgs.gov

Resource_Description: lietz - water quality physical parameters data

Distribution_Liability: There are no explicit or implicit warrantees for the data.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ASCII

Format_Version_Number: unknown

Format_Specification: tab-delimited text

Transfer_Size: 0.008

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/lietz/lietzphy.html>

Access_Instructions: Log onto the SOFIA web site at <http://sofia.usgs.gov>

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: MS Excel

Format_Version_Number: 2000

Transfer_Size: 0.028

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <http://sofia.usgs.gov/exchange/lietz/lietzphy.html>

Access_Instructions: Logonto the SOFIA web site at <http://sofia.usgs.gov>

Fees: none

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20010820

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Jo Anne Stapleton

Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 521 National Center

City: Reston

State_or_Province: VA

Postal_Code: 20192

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703 648-4592

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703 648-4614

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jastapleton@usgs.gov

Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Coastal Geology
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