Water quality survey of Saskatchewan surface waters / A.A. Rutherford.
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TextPublication details: SK : 1970. Saskatchewan Research Council,Description: iv, 133 p. : ill. , maps ; 28 cmOnline resources: Abstract: The mineralization of Saskatchewan surface waters corresponds with general climatic patterns. Gradation of basin yield results in a northeasterly trend toward less salinity marked by the forest grassland vegetative boundary. Over 700 samples from 123 sources have been analysed for predominate and selected trace ion constitutents. An additional 107 previously unpublished analyses from other sources have also been included. Snowmelt peak flows are of the Ca(Mg) [HCO3] 2 type with T.D.S. less than 1,000 ppm. As flow subsides, grassland streams unaffected by glacier melt or control structures, regress in composition toward that of higher mineralized groundwaters Ca(Mg)SO4 or Na2SO4. Deep valley channels favor groundwater contributions transforming quality to Na2SO4. or NaHCO3 waters during the latter part of the year. Interior drainage terminating in intermittent or permanent pondage range in concentration from about 2,000 ppm to over 100,000 ppm. Despite increasing salt content, their re
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The mineralization of Saskatchewan surface waters corresponds with general climatic patterns. Gradation of basin yield results in a northeasterly trend toward less salinity marked by the forest grassland vegetative boundary. Over 700 samples from 123 sources have been analysed for predominate and selected trace ion constitutents. An additional 107 previously unpublished analyses from other sources have also been included. Snowmelt peak flows are of the Ca(Mg) [HCO3] 2 type with T.D.S. less than 1,000 ppm. As flow subsides, grassland streams unaffected by glacier melt or control structures, regress in composition toward that of higher mineralized groundwaters Ca(Mg)SO4 or Na2SO4. Deep valley channels favor groundwater contributions transforming quality to Na2SO4. or NaHCO3 waters during the latter part of the year. Interior drainage terminating in intermittent or permanent pondage range in concentration from about 2,000 ppm to over 100,000 ppm. Despite increasing salt content, their re