An Assessment of Water Quality in Ensign Hollow, Clayton and Fayette Counties, in Northeast Iowa

Authors

Rick Klann, Upper Iowa UniversityFollow
Jaime Platts, Upper Iowa University

Document Type

Research

Keywords

Ensign Hollow, Ensign Creek, Hewett Creek, water quality, family biotic index

Abstract

Water quality and benthic invertebrates in the Ensign Hollow watershed, southwestern Clayton County and southeastern Fayette County, Iowa, were monitored from 2000 to 2001. Measurements of physical and chemical parameters of water quality, as well as analysis of benthic invertebrates, all indicated that streams of the Ensign Hollow watershed were exposed to slight organic pollution. Furthermore, the greatest threat to this watershed appeared to be sedimentation introduced through runoff.

Publication Date

March-June 2003

Journal Title

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

110

Issue

1-2

First Page

1

Last Page

6

Copyright

© Copyright 2002 by the Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

EN

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Klann, Rick and Platts, Jaime (2003) "An Assessment of Water Quality in Ensign Hollow, Clayton and Fayette Counties, in Northeast Iowa," Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS, 110(1-2), 1-6.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/jias/vol110/iss1/3