Water Quality Monitoring of the Cambrian-Ordovician Aquifer System in Iowa and Illinois U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey National.

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Water Quality Monitoring of the Cambrian-Ordovician Aquifer System in Iowa and Illinois U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Assessment Program Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa Illinois Missouri Indiana

NAWQA Cycle I LONG-TERM GOALS: Describe current water-quality conditions for a large part of the Nation’s freshwater streams, rivers, and aquifers Describe how water quality is changing over time Improve understanding of the primary natural and human factors that affect water-quality conditions

NAWQA Cycle I

NAWQA Cycle II Same long-term goals as Cycle I Build upon initial assessments of water-quality conditions Increase investigations of long-term trends and the factors that affect water quality

NAWQA Cycle II

NAWQA Ground Water Synthesis

Cambrian-Ordovician Aquifer System Covers approximately 177,000 square miles in the upper Midwest Is comprised of multiple aquifer units interbedded with leaky confining units Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa Illinois Missouri Indiana

Bedrock geology - Iowa Cambrian-Ordovician Aquifer System Cretaceous Jurassic Pennsylvanian Mississippian Devonian Silurian Ordovician Cambrian Precambrian

SITE SELECTION STRATEGY Iowa and Illinois Cambrian-Ordovician Aquifer System

SITE SELECTION STRATEGY Iowa and Illinois Cambrian-Ordovician Aquifer System

SITE SELECTION STRATEGY Iowa and Illinois Cambrian-Ordovician Aquifer System

FINAL SAMPLING SITE LOCATIONS Iowa Cambrian-Ordovician Aquifer System

CONSTITUENTS SAMPLED Iowa Cambrian-Ordovician Aquifer System Major inorganics BromideManganese CalciumPotassium ChlorideSilica FluorideSodium IronSulfate Magnesium Trace elements AluminumLithium AntimonyManganese ArsenicMolybdenum BariumNickel BerylliumSelenium BoronSilver CadmiumStrontium ChromiumThallium CobaltUranium CopperVanadium LeadZinc Nutrients Nitrogen, ammonia Nitrogen, nitrite Nitrogen, nitrite + nitrate Total nitrogen (NH 3 +NO 2 +NO 3 +organic) Phosphorus, orthophosphate Dissolved organic carbon Pesticides Volatile organic carbons Radium isotopes Ra-226 Ra-228 Radon Tritium

PRELIMINARY RESULTS Iowa Cambrian-Ordovician Aquifer System Major inorganics - 70% (21 of 30) of wells sampled > 300  g/L of iron (drinking water alert) - half of wells sampled > 250 mg/L of sulfate (drinking water alert ) Pesticides - rarely detected (5 pesticides detected at least once); measured concentrations low Volatile organic carbons - rarely detected (5 VOCs detected at least once); measured concentrations low Radon - values ranged from 40 – 460 pCi/L, with a median of 110 pCi/L Radium isotopes - 5 of 30 wells exceeded the drinking water alert of 5 pCi/L for Ra-226

SUMMARY Cambrian-Ordovician Aquifer System 30 additional sites to be sampled in Illinois, 2009 consistent sampling techniques and same analytical schedules combine data sets for further analysis

Acknowledegments: Field support : Jessica Garret, Iowa Water Science Center Brian Mailot, Ohio Water Science Center Eric Sadorf, North Carolina Water Science Center Erik Smith, Iowa Science Center Contact information: Kymm Barnes U.S. Geological Survey Iowa Water Science Center

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