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Interim Report: Stormwater Quality Survey of Western Washington Construction Sites

 
Publication number Date Published
04-03-036September 2004
VIEW NOW Interim Report: Stormwater Quality Survey of Western Washington Construction Sites (Number of pages: 33) (Publication Size: 2MB)




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Author(s) Golding, S., J. Martin, and R. Woods
Description The results of the first year of a two-year survey of construction stormwater sites in western Washington are reported. Samples were collected from 11 construction sites in Pierce and Thurston counties as well as from receiving waters upstream and downstream of discharges from three of the sites. Of 42 active construction sites visited, 11 sites were discharging runoff.

Turbidity ranged from 2.4 to >1000 NTU. Over 90% of the sites discharges ranged from 14 to 240 NTU.

Field turbidity determinations with a ratio-type nephelometer were found to be accurate. Transparency was found to be a usable surrogate for turbidity in some cases.
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Keywords total suspended solids, soil, samples, Thurston, report, permit, General Permit, study, water, quality, survey, waste, stormwater, discharge, construction
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