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Pinal Creek at
Inspiration Dam, March 20, 1990. Instantaneous discharge: 11 cubic feet per second.
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Water
treatment plant out-fall, 6 km upstream from Inspiration Dam. Acidic, contaminated
ground water is put through a lime-treatment process that removes dissolved metals
from the water. The treated water is then released into Pinal Creek.
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Perennial reach of Pinal Creek at station Z-9a looking south (upstream).
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USGS Hydrologists
Cory Angeroth and Jim Leenhouts checking dissolved oxygen meter operation during
a routine surface water sampling trip.
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USGS Research Hydrologist Pierre Glynn and student assistant Robbie Green sample unsaturated zone gases along Tonto Creek near Roosevelt Lake. Data collected here is used to compare with similar measurements taken along contaminated reaches of Pinal Creek.
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Westward view of the Miami area in the early 1900's.
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Westward view of the Miami area in 1997.
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Perennial Reach-April
2000
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Water
treatment plant out-fall, 6 km upstream from Inspiration Dam. Acidic, contaminated
ground water is put through a lime-treatment process that removes dissolved metals
from the water. The treated water is then released into Pinal Creek. 
Perennial reach of Pinal Creek at station Z-9a looking south (upstream). 
USGS Hydrologists
Cory Angeroth and Jim Leenhouts checking dissolved oxygen meter operation during
a routine surface water sampling trip. 
USGS Research Hydrologist Pierre Glynn and student assistant Robbie Green sample unsaturated zone gases along Tonto Creek near Roosevelt Lake. Data collected here is used to compare with similar measurements taken along contaminated reaches of Pinal Creek.
Westward view of the Miami area in the early 1900's.
Westward view of the Miami area in 1997.