Linking Watershed Subbasin Characteristics to Water Quality Parameters in War Eagle Creek Watershed

Migliaccio, Kati W.; Haggard, Brian E.; Chaubey, Indrajeet; Matlock, Marty D.

doi:10.13031/2013.24104

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“…A similar relation was found with TP, except for one site (site 11, Richland Creek) that had high TP during base flow resulting from setonic algal production (Giovannetti, 2007). Other regional studies have shown that human land (i.e., pasture and urban) use was positively correlated to P concentrations in streams (Haggard et al, 2007; Migliaccio et al, 2007; Popova et al, 2006).…”

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Land use effects on stream nutrients at Beaver Lake Watershed

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KEywords: land use, water quality, source water protection, and streambed material Giovannetti et al | http://dx.E4 Giovannetti et al | http://dx.. He has spent the past five years in the Great Lakes region as a consultant for both the public and private sector, providing services focused on water quality, water resource engineering, and environmental compliance. Giovannetti obtained a bachelor of science degree in biology from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, and a master of science degree from the University of Arkansas Environmental Engineering Program, where he specialized in water quality engineering. Leslie B. Massey is a program associate, and Brian E. Haggard is director at the Arkansas Water Resources Center. Robert A. Morgan is an environmental manager for the Beaver Water District in northwestern Arkansas. footnotEs 1 pH Tester3, Oakton Instruments, West Caldwell, N.J. 2 Model 115A plus, Orion Beverly, Mass. 3 Model 85, YSI, Yellow Springs, Ohio 4 TOC-V CSH with a TNM-1, Shimadzu, Tokyo 5 Skalar San Plus,

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Land use effects on stream nutrients at Beaver Lake Watershed

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“…Geometric mean nutrient concentrations varied upstream and downstream of the swine CAFO at Big Creek, and Kosič et al (2015) used the publicly available data to allude to the N increase being from human activities on the landscape, such as the CAFO. However, the historic land use and how stream nutrient concentrations during base‐flow conditions increase with human development within the Boston Mountain and Ozark Highland watersheds need to be considered (e.g., see Giovannetti et al, 2013; Haggard et al, 2003; Migliaccio et al, 2007). In the Big Creek watershed, the percentage of land influenced by human activities (i.e., pasture plus urban) doubles from ∼10 to ∼20% in the drainage area upstream and downstream of the CAFO.…”

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“…Many factors influence the relationship between land use in a given watershed and nutrient transport downstream from that watershed. With an increase in percentage of the drainage area in pasture, row crop, and/or urban use, a general trend of increasing nutrient concentrations in storm and base flows will manifest (Buck et al, 2004; Giovannetti et al, 2013; Haggard et al, 2003; Migliaccio et al, 2007). Thus, nutrient concentrations in streams draining forested lands tend to be less than in watersheds with considerable anthropogenic land use.…”

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Nutrient Concentrations in Big Creek Correlate to Regional Watershed Land Use

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Haggard

Berry³

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Agricultural & Env Letters

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Core Ideas Nutrient concentrations are low at Big Creek relative to expected biological‐response thresholds. Nutrient concentrations at Big Creek are typical of streams draining watersheds with similar land use. Flow‐adjusted nutrient concentrations at Big Creek have not increased over the short‐term. Nutrient concentrations in streams increase as watershed land area in pasture and urban uses increases. Nutrient concentrations in several streams of the Boston and Ozark Mountains region of Arkansas, including the Buffalo National River and its tributaries, have garnered tremendous interest. In particular, Big Creek has been the center of attention within the Buffalo River watershed because of a permitted concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO). The objectives of this paper were to put nutrient concentrations of Big Creek into the context of the stream nutrient and watershed land‐use relationship and develop a framework to evaluate regional land‐use impacts on regional water quality. Nutrient concentrations in streams draining the Boston and Ozark Mountains region were related to the intensity of watershed land use. Concentrations in Big Creek were similar to other watersheds in the ecoregion with similar land use, suggesting limited impact of the CAFO on Big Creek at the present time. However, this does not preclude future impacts, and longer‐term monitoring continues.

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“…pasture) land uses. Mean SRP concentrations in the War Eagle Creek watershed within the Ozark Highlands were generally less than 0.05 mg L −1 despite the presence of a WWTP as a point‐source of nutrients to the watershed (Migliaccio et al ., 2007). Observed SRP concentrations in the grassland were closer to SRP concentrations reported in surface waters impacted by municipal WWTPs in the region (Ekka et al ., 2006).…”

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Land‐use effects on water quality of a first‐order stream in the Ozark Highlands, mid‐southern United States

Brye

Haggard

West

et al. 2011

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Urban and agricultural land uses can alter the natural hydrologic conditions of streams and rivers and often degrade water quality. In the Ozark Highlands of the mid-southern United States, the climate, topography, soil properties, karst limestone geology, agricultural practices and rapid urbanization make water quality of particular concern due to the increased potential for water quality degradation by contaminant leaching to groundwater and runoff to surface waters. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of season (i.e. dry/cool and wet/warm) and riparian land use (i.e. urban, grazed pasture, ungrazed pasture, wetland, cultivated agriculture and grassland) on surface water quality in a first-order stream within a diverse agricultural watershed in the Ozark Highlands.

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Linking Watershed Subbasin Characteristics to Water Quality Parameters in War Eagle Creek Watershed

Cited by 14 publications

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Land use effects on stream nutrients at Beaver Lake Watershed

Land use effects on stream nutrients at Beaver Lake Watershed

Nutrient Concentrations in Big Creek Correlate to Regional Watershed Land Use

Land‐use effects on water quality of a first‐order stream in the Ozark Highlands, mid‐southern United States

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