Analysis of Nutrient Loading and Coliform Contamination of the Sauk River (St. Cloud, MN)

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• Analysis of Nutrient Loading and Coliform
  Contamination of the Sauk River (St. Cloud, MN)

Jacob Galzki Mitch Bender
E. coli
1.1)
CFU/100mL
EPA Recreational Water Standard 126 CFU/100mL
Table 1. Temperature, pH, conductivity,
suspended solids, and total solids for each
sample date averaged from three grab samples.
Sample Date
Fig. 1.1 and 1.2 E.coli and total colifom
contamination measured in colony forming unit
(CFU) counts per 100 mL sample (error bars
represent standard deviation).
Fig. 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3 Nutrient concentration
measured in milligrams per liter phosphate,
ammonia, and nitrate respectively (error bars
represent standard deviation).