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Chloride & Sodium Concentrations

Chloride & Sodium Concentrations . A Bit Smaller…. Seneca Lake Watershed: Land Use, Subwatersheds & Bedrock Geology. Source Chloride & Sodium Ions. Seneca Lake . Cathy Caiazza (WS’05) Duke U. PhD Program. Source Chloride & Sodium Ions. Timothy Riley (H’01) SUNY-ESF, Masters Science.

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Chloride & Sodium Concentrations

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  1. Chloride & Sodium Concentrations

  2. A Bit Smaller…

  3. Seneca Lake Watershed:Land Use, Subwatersheds & Bedrock Geology

  4. Source Chloride & Sodium Ions Seneca Lake Cathy Caiazza (WS’05)Duke U. PhD Program

  5. Source Chloride & Sodium Ions Timothy Riley (H’01)SUNY-ESF, Masters Science

  6. Source Salts: Sodium Ions: Mass balance data Rain ~0 ppmDilutes Ions in Lake Evaporation ~0 ppmConcentrates Ions in Lake Seneca Lake 80 ppm (~1.2 million tons) Outlet 80 ppm60,000 mt/yr Streams 20 ppm15,000 mt/yrRoad Salt Industry?Groundwater / Rock Salt Bedrock? 40 to 45,000 mt/yr Sodium (~450 railroad cars) plus 60 to 70,000 mt/yr Chloride (+680 railroad cars)

  7. Finger Lake Bedrock

  8. Basin Depths

  9. Source Chloride & Sodium Ions Bedrock X-Section Lake ~5 mMol Rock Salt South North Sediment Pore Waters Rob Stewart, (H’03)Environmental Consulting

  10. Is Seneca Lake too Salty to Drink?

  11. An Evolving Story…Additional Data? Sukeforth, 2006, HWS Road Salt Road Salt and ?? Road Salt Jolly, 2005, USGS

  12. Salinity’s Recent Decline 1997-2011 April CTD Data 2010 CTD Data

  13. Modeling the Chloride Trends

  14. US Salt & Cargill Salt, Solution MinesWatkins Glen Gas Storage?

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