U.S. Geological Survey quality-assurance plan for surface-water activities in Kansas, 2015

Abstract

This Surface Water Quality-Assurance Plan documents the standards, policies, and procedures used by the Kansas Water Science Center (KSWSC) of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) for activities related to the collection, processing, storage, analysis, and publication of surface-water data. Public Affairs Coordinator 1. Maintaining media contacts during major flood, drought, or other hydrologic events.

Regression relations and long-term water-quality constituent concentrations, loads, yields, and trends in the North Fork Ninnescah River, south-central Kansas, 1999–2019

“…Daily mean values were computed using an aggregated time-weighted average approach. Streamflow was measured since July 1965 using standard USGS methods (Sauer and Turnipseed, 2010;Turnipseed and Sauer, 2010;Painter and Loving, 2015). Continuous water-quality data were collected at the inflow site during November 1998 through 2019.…”

“…Daily mean values were used to compute concentrations and loads for the analysis period because of missing instantaneous streamflow data and periods of missing water-quality data. If 15-minute or hourly streamflow data were missing within a 24-hour period, daily mean values were estimated, reviewed, and approved following Turnipseed and Sauer (2010) and Painter and Loving (2015). For continuous water-quality data, including 24-hour periods missing less than 25 percent of data because of extreme weather, waterquality monitor malfunction, or routine maintenance visits, daily mean values were computed using an aggregated timeweighted average and were reviewed and approved according to USGS methods (U.S. Geological Survey, 2006;Wagner and others, 2006;Bennett and others, 2014;Wilde, variously dated).…”

Sediment concentrations and loads upstream from and through John Redmond Reservoir, east-central Kansas, 2010–19

“…1). Streamflow has been measured since 2009 at Burlingame and Neosho Rapids, since 1963 at Cottonwood, and since 1961 at Burlington using standard USGS methods (Sauer and Turnipseed, 2010;Turnipseed and Sauer, 2010;Painter and Loving, 2015). Historical and realtime continuous and discrete water-quality data are available through the USGS National Water Information System database at https://doi.org/ 10.5066/ F7P55KJN (U.S. Geological Survey, 2020).…”

“…Details of developed regression models for this report are included in appendixes 1 through 12. (Turnipseed and Sauer, 2010;Painter and Loving, 2015). When continuous water-quality data were missing because of periods of extreme weather or waterquality monitor malfunction or during routine maintenance visits, daily mean values were computed by averaging hourly values and were reviewed and approved according to USGS methods (Wagner and others, 2006;U.S.…”

Preliminary assessment of a water-quality monitoring program for total maximum daily loads in Johnson County, Kansas, January 2015 through June 2016

“…Real-time data are available at U.S. Geological Survey (2016a). Streamgage sites were maintained and operated according to USGS methods in Turnipseed and Sauer (2010) and Painter and Loving (2015). StormWatch is a countywide flood warning system operated and maintained by the City of Overland Park.…”