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Abbott Run River Study Bridgewater State University Virtual Commons - Bridgewater State University Watershed Access Lab Projects Watershed Access Lab 2007 Abbott Run River Study Recommended Citation North Attleborough High School, North Attleborough, Massachusetts (2007). Abbott Run River Study. In Watershed Access Lab Projects. Project 56. Available at: http://vc.bridgew.edu/wal_projects/56 This item is available as part of Virtual Commons, the open-access institutional repository of Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts. Abbott Run River Study North Attleboro High School 10/25/06 – 10/26/06 Bridgewater State College Purpose of Study • The purpose of our study is to research any physical, chemical or biological changes that may have occurred. • Abbott Run river is a Class A river and a public water supply source for Pawtucket, RI. • We checked the pH, dissolved oxygen, the river flow, specific conductivity, temperature, precipitation levels, benthic macro- invertebrates, fecal colony counts, and depth to see if the river met the standard of Massachusetts. Blackstone River Watershed Blackstone River Massachusetts Watershed Rhode Island Abbott Run River Cushman Rd. Site A Site A Site A – Cushman Rd. Shady Pines Site B Site B Golf Course Site B Shady Pines Stream Profile Cushman Road 10/25/06 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 -0.2 -0.4 -0.6 -0.8 -1 Depth(feet) -1.2 -1.4 -1.6 -1.8 Width(feet) Stream Profile Shady Pines 10/25/06 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 -0.5 -1 -1.5 Depth (feet) Depth -2 -2.5 -3 Width (feet) Precipitation Graph for North Attleboro 10/1/06 through 10/26/06 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 24th and 25th 0.3 Precipitation (in.) Precipitation (the days we 0.2 went) 0.1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 October Dates Average Flow, Total Discharge, Average Stream Width, Average Depth, Bottom Composition Cushman Road Shady Pines Average Flow 0.36 ft/sec Average Flow 0.76 ft/sec Total 18.77 CFS Total 24.92 CFS Discharge Discharge 531.68 L/s 705.67 L/s Average 38 feet Average 22 feet Width Width Average 1.47 feet Average 1.59 feet Depth Depth Bottom The bottom is Bottom The bottom is Composition solid and rocky Composition sandy Shady Pines, 10/25/06 Site B Golf Course Hunts Bridge Road - Site B – Upstream 10/31/05 pH Comparison, Cushman Road, Shady Pines, Abbott Run, 10/25/06 through 10/26/06 10 9.5 9 8.5 8 7.5 7 6.5 pH (standardpH units) 6 0:00:001:00:002:00:003:00:004:00:005:00:006:00:007:00:008:00:009:00:00 14:00:0015:00:0016:00:0017:00:0018:00:0019:00:0020:00:0021:00:0022:00:0023:00:00 10:00:0011:00:0012:00:0013:00:00 Class A Water Standards:Shady pH between Pines 6.5 and 8.3 standard units Time(hours) Cushman Rd pH Comparison, Abbott Run, 05-06 9.5 9 8.5 Cushman Rd 05 8 Cushman Rd 06 Class A Water Standards: pH between 6.5 and 8.3 standard units 7.5 Shady Pines 06 pH (standard units) (standard pH Hunts Bridge 7 Road 05 6.5 6 Dissolved Oxygen Comparison, Cushman Road, Shady Pines, 10.8 Abbott Run, 10/25/06 through 10/26/06 10.6 Cushman Road 10.4 10.2 10 Shady Pines 9.8 DO (mg/l) 9.6 Class A Water Standards: Dissolved Oxygen 9.4 is not less than 6 mg/l 9.2 9 0:00:00 1:00:00 2:00:00 3:00:00 4:00:00 5:00:00 6:00:00 7:00:00 8:00:00 9:00:00 14:00:00 15:00:00 16:00:00 17:00:00 18:00:00 19:00:00 20:00:00 21:00:00 22:00:00 23:00:00 10:00:00 11:00:00 12:00:00 13:00:00 Time(hours) 11 DO Comparisonfrom 05-06 10.5 Cushman Rd 06 DO mg/l 10 Cushman Rd 05 9.5 DO mg/l DO(mg/l) 9 Shady Pines 06 8.5 DO mg/l 8 Hunts Bridge 05 DO mg/l 0:00:00 1:00:00 2:00:00 3:00:00 4:00:00 5:00:00 6:00:00 7:00:00 8:00:00 9:00:00 14:00:00 15:00:00 16:00:00 17:00:00 18:00:00 19:00:00 20:00:00 21:00:00 22:00:00 23:00:00 10:00:00 11:00:00 12:00:00 13:00:00 Time (Hours) ClassA Water Standards: Dissolved Oxygen is not less than 6 mg/l Temperature Comparison, Cushman Road, Shady Pines, Abbott Run, 12 10/25/06 through 10/26/06 10 8 6 Cushman Road Temperture (C°) Temperture 4 Shady Pines 2 0 1:00 AM 2:00 AM 3:00 AM 4:00 AM 5:00 AM 6:00 AM 7:00 AM 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 11:00 AM 12:00 AM 14:00:00 PM 15:00:00 PM 16:00:00 PM 17:00:00 PM 18:00:00 PM 19:00:00 PM 20:00:00 PM 21:00:00 PM 22:00:00 PM 23:00:00 PM 24:00:00 PM 13:00:00 PM Time (Hour) Class A Water Standards: Temperature - Shall not exceed 28.3 ° C Temperature Comparison, Abbott Run, 05-06 12 Cushman 10 Rd 06 8 Cushman Rd 05 6 Shady 4 Pines 06 Temperature(c) Class A Water Standards: Temperature -Shall not exceed 28.3°C 2 Hunts Bridge 05 0 0:00:00 1:00:00 2:00:00 3:00:00 4:00:00 5:00:00 6:00:00 7:00:00 8:00:00 9:00:00 14:00:00 15:00:00 16:00:00 17:00:00 18:00:00 19:00:00 20:00:00 21:00:00 22:00:00 23:00:00 10:00:00 11:00:00 12:00:00 13:00:00 Time (hours) % Dissolved Oxygen Comparison, Cushman Road and Shady Pines, Abbott Run, 10-25-06 through 10-26-06 % DO Comparison, Abbott Run, 05-06 94 92 90 Cushman Rd 88 06 86 Shady Pines 06 84 Cushman Rd Percent 82 05 80 Class A water standards: % dissolved oxygen = Hunts Bridge 78 05 Levels shall be maintained no lower than 75% of 76 saturation due to discharge. 74 0:00:001:00:002:00:003:00:004:00:005:00:006:00:007:00:008:00:009:00:00 14:00:0015:00:0016:00:0017:00:0018:00:0019:00:0020:00:0021:00:0022:00:0023:00:00 10:00:0011:00:0012:00:0013:00:00 Time (Hours) Temperature and % Dissolved Oxygen Comparison, Cushman Road, Abbott Run, 10/25/06 92 10 91 Temperature 9 90 8 89 7 88 6 % DO 87 Class A Standards 5 86 4 DO no less than 75% 85 3 Temperature (C) Temperature % Dissolved% Oxygen 84 Cannot exceed 28.3 C 2 83 1 82 0 14:00:0015:00:0016:00:0017:00:0018:00:0019:00:0020:00:0021:00:0022:00:0023:00:000:00:001:00:002:00:003:00:004:00:005:00:006:00:007:00:008:00:009:00:0010:00:0011:00:0012:00:0013:00:00 Time (Hours) Temperature and % Dissolved Oxygen Comparison, Shady Pines, Abbott Run, 10/25/06 11 9.6 10.8 9.5 10.6 10.4 Temperature 9.4 10.2 9.3 10 9.2 9.8 DO% 9.6 9.1 Temperature (C) Temperature 9.4 Class A Standards 9 Dissolved Oxygen (mg/L) Oxygen Dissolved 9.2 DO no less than 75% 8.9 9 Cannot exceed 28.3 C 8.8 8.8 0:00:001:00:002:00:003:00:004:00:005:00:006:00:007:00:008:00:009:00:00 14:00:0015:00:0016:00:0017:00:0018:00:0019:00:0020:00:0021:00:0022:00:0023:00:00 10:00:00 Time (Hours) Specific Conductivity Comparison, Cushman Road and Shady Pines, Abbott Run,10/25-06 through 10/26/06 0.129 Cushman Road 0.1285 0.128 0.1275 Shady Pines 0.127 Specific Conductivity (mS/cm) 0.1265 0:00:00 1:00:00 2:00:00 3:00:00 4:00:00 5:00:00 6:00:00 7:00:00 8:00:00 9:00:00 14:00:00 15:00:00 16:00:00 17:00:00 18:00:00 19:00:00 20:00:00 21:00:00 22:00:00 23:00:00 10:00:00 11:00:00 12:00:00 13:00:00 Time (Hours) “…natural conductivity level without human influence would be around 0.05mS/cm or less. The levels in the 0.3 contamination from salt and or wastewater.” – 0.4mS/cm range indicate likely – Doug Heath, EPA “…natural conductivity level without human influence would be around 0.05mS/cm or less. The levels in the 0.3 – 0.4mS/cm range indicate likely contamination from salt and or wastewater.” –Doug Heath, EPA Cushman Road, Site A, Abbott Run, Averages and Ranges (10/25/06) Averages Ranges Temperature © 8.92 9.52 – 7.86 pH Units 6.77 6.86 – 6.73 DO mg/l 10.21 10.63 – 9.94 DO% Sat.
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