CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF WATER FROM
ASARCO TAILINGS PONDS
1971 and 1981
�Constituent |
(mg/l) |
�Pond No. |
1 |
Pond No. |
2 |
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�Calcium |
� 530 |
552 |
615 |
760 |
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�Magnesium |
� <1 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
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�Sodium |
� 190 |
163 |
166 |
240 |
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�Potassium |
49 |
70 |
- |
72 |
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�Carbonate |
35 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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�Bicarb. |
0 |
39 |
41 |
18 |
||||
�Chloride |
��� 43 |
26 |
38 |
32 |
||||
�Sulfate |
�1,600 |
1,558 |
1,745 |
2,400 |
||||
�Nitrate . |
��� 2�� |
2 |
<:1 |
2 |
||||
�Flouride |
�2.0 |
3.7 |
0.6 |
2.3 |
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�Iron |
�� <0.08 |
0.05 |
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�Manganese |
�� <0.04 |
- |
- |
0.08 |
||||
�Arsenic |
�� <0.005 |
- |
- |
�� <0.01 |
||||
�Chromium |
��� <.04 |
- |
- |
�<0.01 |
||||
�Selenium |
�0.013 |
- |
�<0.01 |
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�Molybdenum |
��� 1.9 |
� � 5.5 |
�� 16 |
���� 2.0 |
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�Lead |
- |
- |
- |
��� <0.01 |
||||
�Copper |
- |
- |
- |
�� 0.01 |
||||
�Zinc |
- |
- |
- |
�� 0.14 |
||||
�Cadmium |
- |
- |
- |
�<0.01 |
||||
�Boron |
- |
�� 0.4 |
- |
��� 0.13 |
||||
�Vanadium |
- |
- |
- |
�<0.1 |
||||
�Electrical Conductivity |
||||||||
�(micromhos at 250C) |
2,993 |
- |
- |
� 3,351 |
||||
�Total Dissolved Solids |
3,500 |
- |
2,629 |
� 3,333 |
||||
�Total Organic Carbon |
7.8 |
- |
- |
6.7 |
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�Field pH |
- |
- |
- |
5.5 |
||||
�Lab pH |
10.1 |
6.7 |
5.0 |
6.5 |
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�Date |
5/4/81 |
2/17/71 |
10/18/71 |
8/20/81 |
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�Lab |
U of A |
ETL |
ETL |
BC Labs |
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1971 analyses from Engineers Testing Laboratory, Inc. (1973) and 1981 analyses from Thurnblad (1982).