Do the thousands of geese that migrate to and winter at Ransom Canyon
Lake
affect the water quality?
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| A science project by Ronnie Kendall of Ransom Canyon shows that their
resulting organic waste in winter does not lower the water quality. |
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Data
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Day MAX MIN AVG avgprwk
BOD pH F Cl NO3
SO4 Geese
11/20/2003 25.6 1.1
13.3 11.3
11.1 8.5
4.0 519.0 0.0
306.0 36.0
11/26/2003 19.4 0.6
10.0 10.4
15.3 8.4
4.0 539.0 3.0
323.0 500.0
12/4/2003 20.0 0.0
10.0 8.6
18.8 7.9
3.0 465.0 0.0
289.0 300.0
12/10/2003 10.0 -7.2 1.7
8.3 7.3
8.0 3.0
467.0 2.0 300.0
500.0
12/18/2003 12.2 -2.8 5.0
4.4
5.0 8.1
4.0 471.0 1.0
319.0 3000.0
12/24/2003 15.6 -5.6 5.0
7.1
6.2 8.0
4.0 503.0 2.0
340.0 800.0
12/31/2003 18.3 -2.8 7.8
5.4
9.8 8.3 3.0
497.0 3.0 311.0
1000.0
01/07/2003 -0.6 -13.3 -6.7
8.1
6.6 8.1
3.0 458.0 3.0
300.0 1550.0
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MAX
MIN
AVG
avgprwk
BOD
pH F
Cl
NO3 SO4
Geese
MAX 1
MIN 0.943822472
1
AVG 0.99073124
0.979788703 1
avgprwk 0.362914927 0.287215376
0.336376337 1
BOD 0.580680537
0.636802095 0.606413778
0.53689707
1
pH 0.531597557
0.493540245 0.52444061
0.446661061 0.115117527 1
F 0.420303849
0.458349249 0.442519154
0.169235831 -0.134604494 0.493431731 1
Cl
0.67231857 0.612196646 0.653989859
0.480907115 0.287658357 0.791556442
0.661893479 1
NO3 -0.504413498
-0.516091095 -0.521209973 -0.216497325
-0.301977764 0.045270556 -0.208514414
0.132303393 1
SO4 0.123911802
0.080465757 0.105247799 -0.230526646
-0.402586476 0.202197358 0.733333333
0.554773247 0.326672582
1
Geese -0.520918033 -0.330638631 -0.448599433 -0.78327706 -0.602992607 -0.263086444 0.141143505; -0.433204262 0.13724263 0.234475722 1
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