Event mean concentrations for total phosphorus Revision as of 21:03, 29 December 2015 by Mtrojan (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) Event mean concentrations for total phosphorus

Typical event mean concentrations for total phosphorus. To see a range of values see this link.
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Land cover/land use	Total phosphorus (mg/L)
Cropland1	0.32
Forest/shrub/grassland11	0.04
Open water1	0.01
Wetlands1	0.01 to 0.043
Freeways2	0.25
Commercial1,2	0.22
Farmsteads1	0.46
Industrial1,2	0.26
Residential2	0.30
Multi-family residential1,2	0.27 to 0.32
Parks and recreation1	0.04
Open space1,2	0.31
Public/semi public (institutional)1,2	0.18

¹ Minnehaha Creek Watershed district, 2003
² Robert Pitt et al., 2004
³ Average for large wetlands and wetland complexes. Individual wetlands should be monitored to determine source/sink behavior.