CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF RIVERS AND LAKES 

 Table 8. — Analyses, in parts per million, of water from the Atlantic Coast drainage in Canada 



G13 



c. 



D. 



E. 



F. 



Dalvay Pond at Dalvay, Prince Edward Island, Sept. 19, 1940. Depth sample. 



Leverin (1947), analysis 728. 

 Ellerslie Creek, Ellerslie, Prince Edward Island. July 10, 1940. Leverin (1947), 



analysis 724. 

 Mean of 9 samples from the Moser Eiver basin, Nova Scotia, 1939-40. Leverin 



(1947), analyses 645, 646, 719, 647, 721, 648, 718, 720, 723. 

 Wallace River, Nova Scotia. Aug. 9, 1940. Leverin (1947), analysis 717. 

 Chain of lakes 7 miles from St. Andrews, New Brunswick. Mean of 8 samples 



taken Oct. 16, 1941. Leverin (1947), analyses 804-811. 

 Northwest Miramichi River at Redbank, New Brunswick. Mean of 3 analyses 



1939-41. Leverin (1947), analyses 640, 731, 797. 

 Southwest Miramichi River at Quarryville, New Brunswick. Mean of 3 



K. 

 L. 



analyses, 1939-41. Leverin (1947), analyses 639, 730, 798. 

 Grand Lake, New Brunswick. Mean of 2 analyses, 1939-40. Leverin (1947), 



analyses 642, 733. 

 St. John River at Woodstock, New Brunswick. Mean of 3 analyses, 1936-40. 



Leverin (1947), analyses 324, 643, 732. 

 Mean of 10 lakes on granite in Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Dec. 1955. Gorham 



(1957a, p. 14), analyses 1-10. 

 Mean of 9 lakes on slate or quartzite in Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Dec. 1955 



Gorham (1957a, p. 14), analyses 11-19. 

 Mean of 4 lakes on or receiving drainage from Carboniferous strata, Halifax 



County, Nova Scotia, Dec. 1955. Gorham (1957a, p. 14), analyses 20-23. 



Not all these are calcium bicarbonate waters. In 

 the coastal regions where the influence of sea spray is 

 strong there is much more sodium and chloride than 

 calcium and carbonate. (See, for example, Dalvay 



Table 9. — Analyses, in parts per million, of water from the Atlantic 

 Coast drainage in the northern United States 



A. Lehigh River at Catasauqua, Pa. Oct. 1944 to Sept. 1945. U.S. Geol. Survey 



(1949b). 



B. Delaware River at Dingmans Ferry, Pa. Oct. 1950 to Sept. 1951. U.S. Geol. 



Survey (1955c). 



C. Delaware River at Belvedere, N.J. Oct. 1944 to Sept. 1945. U.S. Geol. Survey 



(1949b). 



D. Delaware River at Trenton, N.J. Oct. 1944 to Sept. 1945. U.S. Geol. Survey 



(1949b). 



E. West Branch Susquehanna River at Lock Haven, Pa. Oct. 1945 to Sept. 1946. 



U.S. Geol. Survey (1950 [1951]). 



F. Frankstown Branch Juniata River at Huntingdon, Pa. Oct. 1947 to Sept. 1948. 



U.S. Geol. Survey (1953a). 



G. Codorus Creek near York, Pa. Oct. 1948 to Sept. 1949. U.S. Geol. Survey 



(1954a). 

 H. Susquehanna River at hydroelectric plant spillway at Conowingo, Md. Sept. 



11, 1958. Durum, Heidel, and Tison (1960). Analysis includes Ag, 0.00025 



ppm; B, 0.016 ppm; Co, 0.000 ppm; Pb, <0.0021 ppm; Ti, <0.0021 ppm. 

 I. Hudson River at Ford Motor Co. powerplant at Green Island, N.Y. Oct. 29, 



1958. Durum, Heidel, and Tison, 1960. Analysis includes Ag, 0.00015 ppm; 



B, 0.009 ppm; Co, 0.000 ppm; Cr, 0.030 ppm; Cu, 0.0086 ppm; Mo, 0.000 ppm; 



Ni, 0.012 ppm; P, 0.000 ppm; Pb ,0.0029 ppm; and Ti, <0.0014 ppm. 



Pond, analysis A, and the mean of 10 lakes on granite 

 in Halifax County, table 8, analysis J, where there is 

 no detectable bicarbonate.) Sulfate concentration 

 is high in many of these waters. In the dilute waters 

 the absolute amount is not high, and much of it may 

 be from sea spray. But in the more concentrated 

 waters from coal mining areas, for example, the Lehigh, 

 Delaware, and Susquehanna Rivers, much of the sulfate 

 is of sedimentary origin. Mining operations frequently 

 expose pyrite to oxidation and result in a great increase 

 in the rate in which sulfur is leached from the country 

 rock in these areas. (See table 9, analysis E.) 



Table 10. — Analyses, in parts per million, of water from the 

 Atlantic Coast drainage in the southern United Slates 



A. Savannah River near Clyo.Ga. May 1938 to Apr. 1939. Lamar(1944). 



B. Altamaha River at Doctortown, Ga. May 1937 to Apr. 1938. Lamar (1944). 



O. Kissimmee River near Okeechobee, Fla. Mar. 1940 to Feb. 1941. Collins, 

 Howard, and Love (1943). 



D. Lake Okeechobee 5 miles north of Clewiston, Fla. Mean of 17 analyses, July 



1950 to Sept. 1951 U.S. Geol. Survey (1955c). 



E. West Palm Beach Canal at Loxahatchee, Fla. Nov. 1950 to Sept. 1951. U.S. 



Geol. Survey (1955c). 



F. Hillsboro Canal at Shawano, Fla. Oct. 1950 to Sept. 1951. U.S. Geol. Survey 



(1955c). 



