Water quality in the Ozark Plateaus, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma, 1992-95

Petersen, James C.; Adamski, James C.; Bell, R.W.; Davis, Jerri V.; Femmer, Suzanne R.; Freiwald, D.A.; Joseph, Robert L.

doi:10.3133/cir1158

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“…It is interesting to note that 4‐yr FWM NO 3 –N runoff concentrations measured in this study (Table 5) were within the range detected in the Ozark Highlands, but that 4‐yr FWM soluble P runoff concentrations (Table 5) were three to five times greater than that observed in the regional survey (Table 6). Furthermore, though trace metal water concentrations were not reported in the USGS water quality survey, trace metals were detected at somewhat high concentrations at times in the bed sediments of surface waters (Petersen et al, 1998), likely indicating an external source of trace metals to these waterways. It was also concluded that surface and groundwater nutrient concentrations were greater when the surrounding land use was agricultural than when it was forest (Petersen et al, 1998).…”

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Runoff Water Quality from Broiler Litter‐Amended Tall Fescue in Response to Natural Precipitation in the Ozark Highlands

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The Arkansas poultry industry produced more than 1.2 billion broiler chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) and generated approximately 1.3 million Mg of broiler litter in 2002. High transportation costs of relocating broiler litter have led to annual land applications near poultry houses, increasing concern for potential surface water contamination from runoff. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of broiler litter application rate on runoff water quality in response to natural precipitation. Six plots (1.5 by 6.0 m), located on a Captina silt loam (finesilty, siliceous, active, mesic Typic Fragiudult), were amended with fresh broiler litter at 0, 5.6, and 11.2 Mg ha(-1) (control, low, and high litter treatments, respectively) once annually for 4 yr (May 2003 through April 2007). Runoff collected after each runoff-producing event was analyzed for soluble nutrients and metals. Cumulative runoff did not differ among litter treatments over the 4-yr study. At times, flow-weighted mean (FWM) concentrations of As from all litter treatments exceeded the maximum contaminant level for drinking water (0.01 mg As L(-1)). Four-year FWM Fe concentrations and runoff losses were greater (P < 0.05) from the high than from the low litter treatment and unamended control, and the 4-yr FWM P concentration from the low litter treatment (3.0 mg L(-1)) was greater than that from the unamended control (1.8 mg L(-1)). Since precipitation is temporally variable, evaluating runoff water quality in response to natural precipitation over several years is key to ascertaining the long-term impacts of surface-applied soil amendments like broiler litter.

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“…The USGS monitored surface and groundwater quality between 1992 and 1995 at selected sites in the Ozark Highlands region (Petersen et al, 1998). Table 6 summarizes concentration ranges of selected nutrients in surface and groundwater and of selected trace metals in bed sediments.…”

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Runoff Water Quality from Broiler Litter‐Amended Tall Fescue in Response to Natural Precipitation in the Ozark Highlands

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“…4A). Several studies have shown that agricultural land use (i.e., pasture) can influence water chemistry in ground and surface waters in the Ozark Highlands (Petersen et al, 1999; Haggard et al, 2003) and in other basins (e.g., see McFarland and Hauck, 1999; Buck et al, 2004). However, conductivity and Cl concentrations in the selected streams were positively correlated to the percent urban land use in the catchments (data not shown; Cond: r = 0.60, P < 0.01; Cl: r = 0.65, P < 0.01).…”

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Variations in Stream Water and Sediment Phosphorus among Select Ozark Catchments

Haggard

Smith

Brye³

2007

J of Env Quality

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Stream sediments play a large role in the transport and fate of soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP) in stream ecosystems, and equilibrium P concentrations (EPC 0) of benthic sediments at which P is neither adsorbed nor desorbed are often related to stream water SRP concentrations. This study evaluated (i) the variation among water chemistry and sediment-P interactions among streams draining catchments that varied in the land use; (ii) the relations between SRP concentration, sediment EPC 0, and other measured abiotic factors (e.g., particle size distribution, slope of linear sorption isotherms, etc.) in the stream sediments; and (iii) the use of the traditional Mehlich-3 (M3) soil extraction on stream sediments to elucidate other abiotic factors (e.g, M3P, P saturation ratio, etc.) related to SRP concentration in stream sediments. Stream water and sediments were sampled at 22 selected Ozark streams in northwest Arkansas during fall 2003 and spring 2004. Nitrate-N concentrations in the water column (r = 0.69) and modified P saturation ratios (PSR mod) ) of the benthic sediments (r = 0.79) at the selected streams increased with an increase in percent pasture in the catchments, whereas SRP concentration (r = -0.56) and Mehlich-3-extractable P (M3P) content (r = -0.47) decreased with an increase in the percent forested area. Soluble reactive P concentrations in the stream water were positively correlated to sediment EPC 0 (r = 0.51), although sediment EPC(0) was generally greater than SRP. The M3 soil extraction was useful in identifying abiotic factors related to SRP concentrations in the selected streams, in particular SRP concentrations were positively correlated to M3P contents (r = 0.50) and PSR mod (r = 0.71) of the benthic sediments. Thus, M3P and EPC 0 estimates from stream sediments may be valuable yet simple indicators of whether benthic sediments act as sinks or sources of P in fluvial systems, as well as estimating changes in stream SRP concentrations.

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“…Northwest Arkansas has transitioned from a rural, family‐farm‐based agricultural economy to an urban, corporate agricultural economy, with an increase in population density of 47.76% from 66.87 persons km −2 in 1990 to 98.81 persons km −2 in 2000 (Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, 2006; Ward, 2007). Such changes in land use practices are often reported to affect stream morphology (Dutnell, 2000; Panfil and Jacobson, 2001; Reuter et al ., 2003; Keen‐Zebert, 2007; Nickolotsky and Pavlowsky, 2007) as well as the ambient nutrient concentrations in streams regionally (Haggard et al ., 2001; Petersen et al ., 1998; Popova et al ., 2006).…”

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The effect of land use on channel geometry and sediment distribution in gravel mantled bedrock streams, Illinois River watershed, Arkansas

Shepherd

Dixon

Davis

et al. 2011

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Headwater stream morphology is a direct reflection of watershed characteristics and therefore can inform our understanding of anthropogenic influence on channel geometry and sediment dynamics. Little knowledge of the geomorphology of headwater streams in the Ozark Plateaus region of northwest Arkansas exists. The Illinois River watershed, in northwest Arkansas, is of critical interest within the region because of land use changes in the headwaters due to rapid population growth. A mixture of forest and agricultural (open pasture and poultry houses) land use dominates the watershed, but urban areas are rapidly expanding. These land use types: forest, agriculture and urban are an effective proxy for increasing anthropogenic disturbance. Analysis of longitudinal profile, crosssection and sediment distribution in streams from each land use type shows a strong trend of increasing slope and channel crosssectional area with a greater degree of anthropogenic disturbance. Additionally, urban streams are characterized by the presence of exposed bedrock in the stream bed, while agricultural and forested streams are gravel mantled. These data have important implications for current and future stream management policies and practices regionally.

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Water quality in the Ozark Plateaus, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma, 1992-95

Cited by 26 publications

References 2 publications

Runoff Water Quality from Broiler Litter‐Amended Tall Fescue in Response to Natural Precipitation in the Ozark Highlands

Runoff Water Quality from Broiler Litter‐Amended Tall Fescue in Response to Natural Precipitation in the Ozark Highlands

Variations in Stream Water and Sediment Phosphorus among Select Ozark Catchments

The effect of land use on channel geometry and sediment distribution in gravel mantled bedrock streams, Illinois River watershed, Arkansas

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