Quality of surface and ground water in the White Creek and Mossy Creek watersheds, White County, Georgia, 1992-93

Peck, Michael F.; Garrett, Jerry W.

doi:10.3133/ofr94540

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“…Walters et al (2003a) reported baseflow turbidity values ranging from 2.7 to 17.8 NTU, and higher turbidity values were associated with changes in fish assemblages. Peck and Garrett (1994) reported a similar range of mean baseflow turbidity values from 31 upper Piedmont streams draining a largely agricultural region (6.5 to 14 NTU). While the mean baseflow turbidity of southern Blue Ridge streams observed in this study still fell below the 10 NTU threshold proposed by Walters et al (2001), baseflow values exceeding 10 NTU were observed in Rocky Branch during multiple baseflow sampling events.…”

Section: Suspended and Dissolved Solidssupporting

confidence: 55%

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Comparative Water Quality of Lightly- and Moderately-Impacted Streams in the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains, USA

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Leigh

2006

Environ Monit Assess

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For less-developed regions like the Blue Ridge Mountains, data are limited that link basin-scale land use with stream quality. Two pairs of lightly-impacted (90-100% forested) and moderately-impacted (70-80% forested) sub-basins of the upper Little Tennessee River basin in the southern Blue Ridge were identified for comparison. The pairs contain physically similar stream reaches, chosen for the purpose of isolating forest conversion as a potential driver of any detected differences in water quality. Streams were sampled during baseflow conditions twice monthly over a six-month period from September 2003 through February 2004. Parametric t-tests were run for each parameter measured between the lightly-and moderately-impacted streams within each pair. Statistically significantly higher mean values of suspended and dissolved solids, nitrate, specific conductivity, turbidity, and temperature were observed in the moderately impacted streams versus the lightly impacted streams in both pairs, while dissolved oxygen levels were lower in the moderately-impacted streams. No significant differences were demonstrated in orthophosphate or ammonium concentration. A near-bankfull runoff event on February 6, 2004, was sampled for stormflow values, and the results support baseflow findings. The water quality of these streams is very good when compared with lower relief areas like the Piedmont, and none of the parameters measured in this study exceeds levels of known threat to stream biota. However, the demonstration that moderate reductions in forest cover are associated with stream water quality degradation carries important implications for stream management in this rapidly developing mountainous region.

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Section: Suspended and Dissolved Solidssupporting

confidence: 55%

“…Peck and Garrett (1994) reported a range of baseflow SC of 20 to 62 μS/cm in upper Piedmont streams impacted by poultry and cattle production. The range of SC values in our lightly-impacted streams was 4.3 to 13.0 μS/cm, and that of our moderately-impacted streams was 23.6 to 36.0 μS/cm.…”

Section: Suspended and Dissolved Solidsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Comparative Water Quality of Lightly- and Moderately-Impacted Streams in the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains, USA

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Leigh

2006

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“…There were too few nitrate analyses in ground water from 1972 -90 in the northern part of the ACF River basin, where poultry production was highest, to determine if nitrate concentrations were elevated near intensive poultry production and litter application areas. In a recent study in the White and Mossy Creek watersheds (north of Lake Sidney Lanier) by Peck and Garrett (1994), six out of 24 wells sampled in 1992 -93 had nitrate concentrations higher than 3 mg/L and two wells exceeded the USEPA drinkingwater standard of 10 mg/L nitrate.…”

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Nutrient sources and analysis of nutrient water-quality data, Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River basin, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, 1972-90

Frick¹,

Buell²,

Hopkins³

1996

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The goals of the NAWQA Program are being achieved through ongoing and proposed investigations of 60 of the Nation's most important river basins and aquifer systems, which are referred to as study units. These study units are distributed throughout the Nation and cover a diversity of hydrogeologic settings. More than two-thirds of the Nation's freshwater use occurs within the 60 study units and more than two-thirds of the people served by public water-supply systems live within their boundaries. National synthesis of data analysis, based on aggregation of comparable information obtained from the study units, is a major component of the program. This effort focuses on selected water-quality topics using nationally consistent information. Comparative studies will explain differences and similarities in observed water-quality conditions among study areas and will identify changes and trends and their causes. The first topics addressed by the national synthesis are pesticides, nutrients, volatile organic compounds, and aquatic biology. Discussions on these and other water-quality topics will be published in periodic summaries of the quality of the Nation's ground and surface water as the information becomes available. This report is an element of the comprehensive body of information developed as part of the NAWQA Program. The program depends heavily on the advice, cooperation, and information from many Federal, State, interstate, Tribal, and local agencies and the public. The assistance and suggestions of all are greatly appreciated. Information regarding the NAWQA Program is available on the Internet via the World Wide Web. You may connect to the NAWQA Home

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“…Land-use studies Agricultural-(1) Describe shallow water quality beneath cropland in the most intensively farmed part of the ACF River Basin (includes four forested areas as reference sites). (2) Limited study of nutrients beneath poultry and pasture land use (Peck and Garrett, 1994).…”

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Water quality in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River basin, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, 1992-95

Frick¹,

Hiipe²,

Buell³

et al. 1998

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of numerous property owners who provided access to sampling locations on their land. We also wish to acknowledge the numerous organizations and individuals who have helped distribute our publications to the interested public. Appreciation also is extended to the following personnel of the U.S. Geological Survey: James B. McConnell for his tireless efforts to provide technical review of many of the NAWQA reports; Maurice D. Winner for his thoughtful reviews and approval of untried report products; and finally Caryl J. Wipperfurth, and Carolyn A. Casteel of the Georgia District publications unit for their timeliness and attention to quality. Photographs without credit listed were taken by one of the report authors. • Front Cover-Photograph of downtown, Atlanta, Ga., March 30, 1997, reprinted from Georgia Aerial Surveys, Inc., and published with permission. • Back Cover-Photographs of Horse Trough Falls in the headwaters of the Chattahoochee River (photograph by Alan M. Cressler, USGS); Morgan Falls Dam on the Chattahoochee River, built in 1904 to power trolley cars in downtown Atlanta; and the Apalachicola Bay Estuary, located at the mouth of the ACF River Basin-the bay is prized for commercial fishing and oyster and shrimp harvesting. From its headwaters on the forested slopes of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Chattahoochee River begins its course toward the Gulf of Mexico. Along the way, the river flows through poultry production areas of northern Georgia, the growing metropolis of Atlanta, and numerous reservoirs surrounded by rolling forests and farmlands of Georgia and Alabama. The Flint River begins beneath the runways of Atlanta's Hartsfield Airport, but is quickly surrounded by rolling forests and farmlands, as well. Where Georgia, Alabama, and Florida meet, the Flint and Chattahoochee Rivers join to form the Apalachicola River. The Apalachicola River finishes the journey to the Gulf of Mexico winding its way through large expanses of coastal forests of the Florida Panhandle. The seemingly untouched headwaters and mouth of this river system give few hints to its role as a vital source of water for drinking, generating power, recreation, assimilating wastes, irrigating crops, transportation, and producing seafood. The action is in between.

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Quality of surface and ground water in the White Creek and Mossy Creek watersheds, White County, Georgia, 1992-93

Cited by 4 publications

References 4 publications

Comparative Water Quality of Lightly- and Moderately-Impacted Streams in the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains, USA

Comparative Water Quality of Lightly- and Moderately-Impacted Streams in the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains, USA

Nutrient sources and analysis of nutrient water-quality data, Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River basin, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, 1972-90

Water quality in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River basin, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, 1992-95

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