Event mean concentrations for dissolved phosphorus

Summary of dissolved phosphorus event mean concentrations from various studies. There is inadequate information to provide recommended emcs for different land uses.
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Study	Land cover/land use	Range (mg/L)	Mean	Median	Number of samples
Dallas-Fort Worth1	Commercial	0.01-0.47	0.09	0.06	42
Dallas-Fort Worth	Industrial	0.03-0.45	0.14	0.09	63
Dallas-Fort Worth	Residential	0.04-0.84	0.25	0.21	77
Forth Worth2	Transportation			0.11	28
Twin Cities3	Mixed	0.01-1.4	0.2	0.15	147
Madison4	Medium density residential		0.52	0.61	25
Madison4	Medium density residential		0.4	0.14	25
Madison4	Medium density residential		0.14	0.04	25
Madison4	Medium density residential		0.05	0.03	25
Madison4	Medium density residential		0.04	0.02	25
Madison4	Medium density residential		0.03	0.02	25
Madison4	Medium density residential		0.04	0.02	25
Madison4	Medium density residential		1.54	0.81	25
Madison4	Medium density residential		0.12	0.08	25
Madison4	Medium density residential		0.11	0.07	25
Madison4	Medium density residential		0.11	0.07	25
US EPA Nurp Study5	Residential			0.143
US EPA Nurp Study5	Mixed			0.056
US EPA Nurp Study5	Commercial			0.08
US EPA Nurp Study5	Open			0.026
New York6	Residential		0.20		738
New York6	Commercial		0.18		323
New York6	Industrial		0.16		325
New York6	Open		0.16		44
Capitol Region Watershed District7	Mixed	0.020 - 0.888	0.073	0.052	89
Capitol Region Watershed District7	Mixed	0.020 - 0.565	0.108	0.087	120
Capitol Region Watershed District7	Mixed	0.020 - 0.506	0.074	0.059	112
Capitol Region Watershed District7	Mixed	0.020 - 0.361	0.073	0.053	121
Capitol Region Watershed District7	Mixed	0.005 -- 0.182	0.019	0.012	195
Capitol Region Watershed District7	Mixed	0.020 - 0.758	0.102	0.072	69
Capitol Region Watershed District7	Mixed	0.020 - 1.10	0.072	0.053	115
Capitol Region Watershed District7	Mixed	0.020 - 0.60	0.099	0.057	113
Capitol Region Watershed District7	Mixed	0.020 - 0.499	0.071	0.046	138

¹Urban Stormwater Quality, Event-Mean Concentrations, and Estimates of Stormwater Pollutant Loads, Dallas-Fort Worth Area, Texas. 1992–93 Stanley Baldys III, T.H. Raines, B.L. Mansfield, and J.T. Sandlin U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98–4158.
²Computed and Estimated Pollutant Loads, West Fork Trinity River, Fort Worth, Texas, 1997. United States Geological survey. Water Resources Investigations Report 01–4253
³Brezonik and stadelman. 2002. Analysis and predictive models of stormwater runoff volumes, loads, and pollutant concentrations from watersheds in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, Minnesota, USA. Water Research Volume 36, Issue 7, Pages 1743-1757
457.Waschbusch, R.J., W.R. Selbig, and R.T. Bannerman. 1999. Sources of phosphorus and street dirt from Two Urban Residential Basins in Madison, Wisconsin, 1994-95. USGS Water-Resources Investigation Report 99-4021
⁵U.S. EPA. Results of the Nationwide Urban Runoff Program. 1983. Volume I: Final Report. PB84-185552
⁶New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. August 2003. Stormwater Management Design Manual. Chapter 5 - Acceptable Stormwater Management Practices.
⁷Outfall monitoring data for Villa Park, Trout Brook East, Trout Brook West, Trout Brook Outlet, St. Anthony, Phalen Creek, Como 3, Como 7, and East Kittsendale