Interpretation of dye tracing data collected November 13–December 2, 2017, at the Savoy Experimental Watershed as part of the Advanced Groundwater Field Techniques in Karst Terrains course, Savoy, Arkansas

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(UA). Emeritus Professor J. Van Brahana, who set up the Savoy Experimental Watershed (SEW) in the pastures of the Department of Animal Science beef farm, has conducted numerous UA HydroDays workshops, conducted numerous student research projects at the site, and assisted with the dye tracer testing part of the course. Associate Professor Matt Covington provided the use of two submersible field fluorometer/data loggers and use of his laboratory and laboratory spectra-fluorometer for the quantitative dye tracing part of the course. Adjunct Professor Fred Paillet assisted in teaching the borehole dye dilution part of the course. Additionally, Matt Covington allowed Joshua Blackstock, a Ph.D. candidate at UA, to use his laboratory for developing standards and for conducting work related to the tracer tests; Joshua Blackstock also assisted in teaching and conducting the field exercises for both the point-to-point and quantitative dye tracing. Finally, thanks go to the USGS Texas Water Science Center for sending geophysicists, equipment, and instructors to help with the surface and borehole geophysics and the USGS Branch of Geophysics for supporting the course by providing temperature equipment and an instructor for the course.