Limnological Compilation of Water Quality of the Minnesota River Watershed, in Minnesota

Abstract

This work is a compilation of water quality data taken from monitoring records of the Minnesota River System from 1957 through 1975 by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. The data is grouped and presented in a format (seasonal and downstream) so that it can be utilized directly for water quality interpretation in relation to changes in land use, soils, and geomorphology, as well as isolating the effects of various tributaries. T-tests to compare means in selected pairs of monitoring locations are presented and reveal a surprising equilibrium from the upper to the lower reach, in levels of parameters of water quality.