PUBLICATIONS - Report--"Investigation of the occurrence and transport of arsenic in the Upper Sugar Creek Watershed, Charlotte, North
Carolina, by Hugh B. Wilder



                                          February 8, 1973

QUALITY OF WATER BRANCH TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM NO. 73.13B

Subject: PUBLICATIONS - Report--"Investigation of the 
         occurrence and transport of arsenic in the Upper 
         Sugar Creek Watershed, Charlotte, North Carolina, 
         by Hugh B. Wilder

This is to bring to your attention the subject report, 
published in Geological Survey Research 1972, Professional 
Paper. The report is the result of a special study funded by 
the Quality of Water Branch. High arsenic concentrations were 
found in Sugar Creek during the 1970 reconnaissance study of 
selected minor elements in surface waters of the United 
States, and the North Carolina District was asked to conduct 
a more thorough investigation to verify the high arsenic 
concentrations and to determine the arsenic source.

Results of this study illustrate the necessity for the 
collection of samples that are representative of the water-
sediment mixture. Although suspended-sediment concentrations 
were low, relatively high concentrations of arsenic were 
found to be associated with the sediment.

The Quality of Water Branch has encouraged this type of study 
not only because of its usefulness to water managers, but also 
because it leads us to a better understanding of the 
distribution and mode of transport of toxic constituents in 
rivers and streams.



                            R. J. Pickering
                            Chief, Quality of Water Branch

WRD Distribution: A (Regional Hydrologists only) FO-LS, PO