Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
6-1-2006
Keywords
water quality sampling, water quality analysis, load calculations, Arkansas
Abstract
A water quality sampling station was installed at the L’Anguille River near Palestine in 2003. This station is coordinated with a USGS gauging station at the same location. This station is instrumented to collect samples at sufficient intervals across the hydrograph to accurately estimate the flux of total suspended solids, nitrogen and phosphorus in the River. The L’Anguille River was listed on Arkansas' 1998 (listed in later reports?) 303d list as impaired from sediment (turbidity). The L’Anguille River was the second stream to have total maximum daily loads (TMDL) determined in Arkansas. Accurate determination of stream nutrients and sediment is critical for future determinations of TMDLs, effectiveness of best management practices and trends in water quality.
Citation
Nelson, Marc; Cash, Wade; Trost, Keith; Purtle, Jennifer; Brahana, J.V.; Davis, R.; and Steele, K.. 2006. Water Quality Sampling, Analysis and Annual Load Determinations for TSS, Nitrogen and Phosphorus at the L'Anguille River Near Palestine 2005 Annual Report. Arkansas Water Resources Center, Fayetteville, AR. MSC334. 7
https://scholarworks.uark.edu/awrctr/43
Report Number
MSC334
Page
7