Description
This document presents the results of surface-water-quality data retrievals for Acadia National Park (ACAD) from five of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) national databases. The document provides: (1) a complete inventory of all retrieved water quality parameter data, water quality stations, and the entities responsible for the data collection; (2) descriptive statistics and appropriate graphical plots of water quality data characterizing annual and seasonal central tendencies and trends; (3) a comparison of the park’s water quality data to relevant EPA and WRD water quality screening criteria; and (4) an Inventory Data Evaluation and Analysis (IDEA) to determine what Servicewide Inventory and Monitoring Program water quality parameters have been measured within the study area.
