PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

Temperature-Seasonal variation 32° F (0° C)-78° F (25° C)

Color-reddish brown

Odor-medicinal

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

pH: 3.8-5.2-highly acidic

Dissolved iron content: .00-7.1 mg/1-usually high

Phospate level: .00-.51 mg/1-low to high (depending on degree of contamination)

Nitrate level: .00-8.9 mg/1-low to relatively high (depending on degree of contamination)

Water hardness: 2-40 mg/1 soft

Dissolved oxygen in water: 4.2-10.3 mg/1 low to high