Table of Contents

Introduction
Methods
Results and Discussion
Murex Creek at Duncan Main
Tsolum River at Farnham
Tsolum River 500 metres downstream of Murex
Pyrrohotite Creek
Summary
References
Appendix I Statistical Results for Murex Creek at Duncan Main
Appendix II Statistical Results for Tsolum River at Farnham
Appendix III Statistical Results for Tsolum River 500 metres downstream of Murex
Appendix IV Annual and Seasonal Boxplots

List of Figures

Figure 1
Time series plot of averaged daily flow rates of the Tsolum River at Courtenay, 1984 - 1996.
Figure 2
Time series plot of dissolved and total copper in Murex Creek at Duncan Main, 1985 - 1998.
Figure 3
Time series plot of merged dissolved and total copper in Murex Creek at Duncan Main used for statistical trend tests, 1986 - 1997.
Figure 4
Time series plot of dissolved and total copper in the Tsolum River at Farnham, 1971 - 1998.
Figure 5
Time series plot of merged dissolved and total copper in the Tsolum River at Farnham used for statistical trend tests, 1987 - 1994.
Figure 6
Time series plot of dissolved and total copper in the Tsolum River 500 metres downstream of Murex, 1989 - 1998.
Figure 7
Time series plot of merged dissolved and total copper in the Tsolum River 500 metres downstream of Murex used for statistical trend tests, 1989 - 1997.
Figure 8
Time series plot of dissolved and total copper in Pyrrohotite Creek, 1979 - 1998.
Figure 9
Time series plot of merged dissolved and total copper in Pyrrohotite Creek used for statistical trend tests, 1979 - 1998.

List of Tables

Table 1
Nonparametric results for analyses performed on full 1979-98 copper data sets from the Pyrrohotite Creek water quality monitoring station.
Table 2
Nonparametric results for analyses performed on 1986-98 copper data from the Pyrrohotite Creek water quality monitoring station.

Trend Analyses of Copper in the Tsolum River at Farnham, the Tsolum River 500 metres downstream of Murex, Murex Creek at Duncan Main, and Pyrrohotite Creek

February, 1999

Prepared by
Robin Regnier
Central Limit Statistical Consulting