Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
5-1-2015
Keywords
Lower Ouachita-Smackover Watershed, Arkansas, soil assessment, water resource management
Abstract
Water quality was monitored at 21 sites in the Lower Ouachita‐Smackover Watershed from 2013 November through 2014 September. The U.S. Geological Survey maintains discharge monitoring stations at two of these sites, Moro Creek (USGS 07362500) and Smackover Creek (USGS 07362100), which were sampled during base flow and storm event conditions, whereas the other sites were only sampled during baseflow. The Arkansas Water Resources Center (AWRC) estimated constituent loads for nitrate‐N (NO₃‐–N), total nitrogen (TN), soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP), total phosphorus (TP) and total suspended solids (TSS) using the U.S. Geological Survey LOADEST software. LOADEST creates regression models between constituent concentrations and discharge, as well as time. The resulting models were applied to daily discharge throughout calendar years 2013 and 2014 to estimate loads. Annual and monthly loads and flow volumes for each site are summarized in this report.
Citation
Simpson, Zach P.; Scott, Erin E.; and Haggard, Brian E.. 2015. Constituent Load Estimation in the Lower Ouachita-Smackover Watershed. Arkansas Water Resource Center, Fayetteville, AR. MSC373. 10
https://scholarworks.uark.edu/awrctr/12
Report Number
MSC373
Page
10
