The Heinz Center's State of the Nation's Ecosystems
ecosystem: Forests
indicator Name: Nitrate in Streams
page # in printed report: 122
location on page: upper
data source: Data Source: USGS National Water Quality Assessment. Coverage: lower 48 states. Each sampling area was sampled intensively for approximately 2 years during 1992-1998.
notes: please see technical notes for further details on accessing these data from their original source; this data table comes from a specific graphic in The State of the Nation's Ecosystems report (www.heinzctr.org/ecosystems)

units: % of stream sites tested
  1992-1998 Future
less than 0.1 ppm 53  
0.1 to 0.5 ppm 39  
0.5 to 1 ppm 6  
1 ppm or more 3