Identifier	Thesis 2104
Author	Tipton, Michelle Lee, 1982-
Title	Chemical water quality assessment of the east branch of the Eightmile River in Lyme / Salem, Connecticut
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date of Publication	2010
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Abstract	Rivers are utilized on a daily basis for everything from water intake for paper mills, irrigation of golf courses and agricultural crops, and energy generation by hydroelectric dams, to recreational uses such as fishing, swimming, tubing, and boating. But over time the cumulative impact of our uses of these waterways have damaged many of them severely. The Clean Water Act of 1972 was a huge victory for conservationists and helped initiate the wave of support to protect and restore the nation’s waters. There are many different methods that can be used to evaluate the state of water quality in a freshwater stream. The criteria and standards by which we determine the health of a stream are continually being improved upon and updated. In this study, a baseline water quality assessment was conducted on the East Branch of the Eightmile River located in East Haddam, Lyme, and Salem, Connecticut. Selected parameters were chosen, and nutrient analyses were conducted on water samples to determine if they adhered to their designated water quality criteria. Six locations on the East Branch of the Eightmile were assessed on a bi-weekly basis for seven months. Of the six locations that were studied, four of them easily stayed within their designated water quality standards for the State of Connecticut’s Department of Environmental Protection assigned class. Water quality at one of the sites, site 6, was affected by a beaver dam that was constructed during the sampling period. The repercussions of having a dam just upstream of the sample site can explain the extreme values that we obtained. The only site that showed significant signs of human impacts on water quality was site 3, which is the site that is located closest to the most heavily trafficked road in the watershed.
Subject	Water quality -- Connecticut -- Eightmile River (New London County and Middlesex County) Eightmile River (New London County and Middlesex County, Conn.)
Department	Department of Biology
Advisor	Penniman, Clayton A.
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
OCLC number	696601875
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Chemical water quality assessment of the east branch of the Eightmile River in Lyme / Salem, Connecticut

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