Indicators of Contaminant Sources, PFAS, and Water Quality in Ellerbe Creek and New Hope Creek, NC (2019-2022)

Thousands of chemical contaminants are found in urban stream globally. This is a dataset of water quality measures of (1) compounds that are indicative of specific contaminant sources, (2) common water quality measures [trace metals, major ions, nutrients], and (3) PFAS. Sampling was conducted in Ellerbe Creek and New Hope Creek in the Durham and Orange counties of North Carolina. Biweekly and synoptic sampling was undertaken to explore spatial and temporal variation in water concentrations.