Surface-water, water-quality, and meteorological data for the Cambridge, Massachusetts, drinking-water source area, water years 2007-08

Abstract

Physical properties of and concentrations of dissolved calcium, sodium, chloride, sulfate, total nutrients, polar pesticides and metabolites, petroleum hydrocarbons, and suspended sediment in base-flow and stormflow water samples collected in 11

Loads and yields of deicing compounds and total phosphorus in the Cambridge drinking-water source area, Massachusetts, water years 2009–15

“…The USGS, in cooperation with the CWD, continues to operate and maintain a monitoring network in the drinkingwater source area (table 1). Streamflow, water-quality, and meteorological data from this network are available to the public through the USGS National Water Information System (NWIS; https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/ma/rt) and in various reports (Socolow and others, 1999(Socolow and others, , 2000(Socolow and others, , 2001(Socolow and others, , 2002(Socolow and others, , 2003(Socolow and others, , 2004Smith, , 2007Smith, , 2008Smith, , 2011Smith, , 2013U.S. Geological Survey, 2009).…”

“…In 1997, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the CWD, began operation of continuous waterquality monitoring stations (streamflow, water temperature, and specific conductance; hereafter referred to as stations) at various locations in the drinking-water source area (Socolow and others, 1999(Socolow and others, , 2000(Socolow and others, , 2001(Socolow and others, , 2002(Socolow and others, , 2003(Socolow and others, , 2004Smith, , 2007Smith, , 2008Smith, , 2011Smith, , 2013U.S. Geological Survey, 2009).…”