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Prepare a bar chart of the Lake Michigan water analysis shown below. Because all of the co...

Prepare a bar chart of the Lake Michigan water analysis shown below. Because all of the constituents were not analyzed, an ion balance is not achieved. For the estimate of the CO2 concentration, ignore the carbonate alkalinity.

Lake Michigan at Grand Rapids, MI, Intake

Constituent

Expressed as

Milligrams per liter

Total hardness

CaCO3

143.0

Calcium

Ca

38.4

Magnesium

Mg

11.4

Total iron

Fe

0.10

Sodium

Na

5.8

Total alkalinity

CaCO3

119

Bicarbonate alkalinity

CaCO3

115

Chloride

Cl

14.0

Sulfate

SO4

26.0

Silica

SiO2

1.2

Total dissolved

 

180.0

Turbiditya

NTU

3.70

pHa

 

8.4

aNot in mg/L.

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