Water quality and ecological condition of urban streams in Independence, Missouri, June 2005 through December 2008

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Multi‐Year Microbial Source Tracking Study Characterizing Fecal Contamination in an Urban Watershed

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Hydrological, water-quality, and ecological data for streams in Independence, Missouri, June 2005 through September 2013

“…The samples were refrigerated for no more than 8 hours on the day of collection before overnight shipment on ice to the University of Missouri Veterinary Pathology Laboratory, Columbia, Mo. (May through October 2007), or the USGS Ohio Water Microbiology Laboratory (OWML), Columbus, Ohio (June 2008through September 2013. Samples of influent were collected from the Rock Creek wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) (fig.…”

Groundwater monitoring plan for the Missouri River alluvial aquifer in the vicinity of the City of Independence, Missouri, well field

“…Average groundwater travel times from monitoring well contributing recharge areas to monitoring wells and from monitoring wells to the nearest supply well (data from Kelly, Chloride (A and B) and pesticide concentrations (C and D) by month and by discharge in water samples from the Missouri River collected fromOctober, 1997through December, 2010 …”