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Transport and Fate of Nitrate in a Glacial Outwash Aquifer in Relation to Ground-Water Age, Land Use Practices and Redox Processes

By Larry J. Puckett and Timothy K. Cowdery

[Journal of Environmental Quality, vol. 31, no. 3, p. 782-796 ]

Table 4. Median concentrations of major-ions in samples collected during 1994, 1995, and 1997. [All concentrations are mmol L-1 with the exception of pH which is in standard units; organic nitrogen (Org-N) is reported as NH4+.]

Site

T °C

pH

O2

HCO3-

Ca2+

Mg2+

Na+

K+

Fe2+

Mn2+

Cl-

SO42-

PO43-

NO3-

NH4+

Org-N

DOC

OF1S

11.8

7.16

9.4

5343

2495

1172

100.1

35.8

0.1

0.4

479.6

249.8

0.6

928.3

0.7

6.4

149.9

OF 1A

8.8

7.43

43.8

4796

2196

946.0

87.0

38.4

0.0

0.0

423.2

333.1

0.6

628.4

0.6

6.5

91.6

OF1B

9.0

7.36

17.2

4605

2221

946.0

82.7

40.9

0.0

1.5

371.0

327.9

0.6

609.9

1.0

6.0

108.2

OF1C

10.2

7.22

2.3

5446

1946

863.7

139.2

40.9

50.7

11.3

162.2

84.3

1.3

1.8

20.5

4.2

199.8

OF1D

9.4

7.55

3.1

6058

1971

863.7

200.1

42.2

79.7

3.7

45.1

10.4

5.1

1.8

45.7

7.9

262.3

OF2S

10.2

7.43

112.5

4736

2021

863.7

82.7

30.7

1.1

0.0

338.5

291.5

0.2

292.8

0.7

6.4

91.6

OF2D

10.4

7.55

0.2

6316

2033

843.2

71.8

33.2

44.8

3.8

141.1

197.8

0.6

3.6

9.3

12.1

183.2

OF3S

10.5

7.05

140.6

2016

1372

575.8

89.2

43.5

0.3

0.0

203.1

177.0

3.2

1285

1.4

5.7

116.6

OF3M

9.4

7.24

1.6

5849

2495

1111

78.3

40.9

73.4

6.7

592.4

374.8

0.3

1.8

12.2

5.3

233.1

OF3D

9.2

7.36

2.3

5960

2246

987.1

82.7

40.9

64.5

4.7

366.7

177.0

0.2

1.8

24.7

7.4

258.1

OF4S

9.5

7.37

5.5

4848

2869

1357

506.8

89.5

0.2

0.5

1664

983.7

1.4

340.1

1.0

13.3

166.5

OF5S

8.9

7.23

192.2

5892

2071

1064

169.7

168.8

0.7

0.0

204.5

89.5

0.2

167.8

1.0

15.4

233.1


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