USGS Series | Water Supply Paper |
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Report Number | 2463 |
Title | Geochemical and hydrologic controls on phosphorus transport in a sewage-contaminated sand and gravel aquifer near Ashumet Pond, Cape Cod, Massachusetts |
Edition | - |
Language | ENGLISH |
Author(s) | Walter, Donald A.; Rea, Brigid A.; Stollenwerk, Kenneth G.; Savoie, Jennifer |
Year | 1996 |
Originating office | |
USGS Library Call Number | (200) G no.2463 |
Physical description | vi, 89 p. :ill., maps (some col.) ;28 cm. |
ISBN |
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Currently (1993), about 170 kg/yr of phosphorus discharges into Ashumet Pond on Cape Cod from a plume of sewage-contaminated ground water. Phosphorus in the plume is mobile in two distinct geochemical environments--an anoxic zone containing dissolved iron and a suboxic zone containing dissolved oxygen. Phosphorus mobility in the suboxic zone is due to saturation of available sorption sites. Phosphorus loading to Ashumet Pond may increase significantly after sewage disposal is stopped due to phosphorus desorption from sediment surfaces.