Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Impacts of the 1993 flood on the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers:
Sampling Purpose: In 1993-1994, the Illinois State Water Survey and Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (ILEPA) conducted sediment and water sampling in order to determine changes in water quality of the Upper Mississippi and Illinois River as a result of the 1993 flood. Sediment grab samples were collected from the Illinois River (Alton Pool) and the Upper Mississippi River (Pools 14, 20, 26, and open river). Sieved samples were analyzed for volatile matter, total nitrogen, metals, fungicides, polychlorinated biphenyls, and organochlorines.
Number of Observations (samples) in Data Set: 20
Institution Providing Data: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Data Set No. 17:
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Data source variables
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Sample variables
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Classes of Contaminants (in both data set 17 and other data sets)
Inorganic contaminants:
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Metals, metalloids, nutrients and others
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Organic contaminants:
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Organochlorine insecticides
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Fungicides
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Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
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Content manager: Michelle Bartsch
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey
URL: http://www.umesc.usgs.gov/data_library/sediments_contaminants/datasets/17.html
Page Contact Information: Contacting the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Page Last Modified:
January 29, 2016
