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Sodium, Potassium, Calcium And Magnesium Content Of Northwest Arkansas Rain Water In 1974, G. H. Wagner
Sodium, Potassium, Calcium And Magnesium Content Of Northwest Arkansas Rain Water In 1974, G. H. Wagner
Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports
No abstract provided.
Final Report: Buffalo National River Ecosystems, R. E. Babcock, H. C. Macdonald, D. G. Parker, Joe F. Nix, Kenneth F. Steele, Richard L. Meyer, R. W. Raible, D. A. Becker, R. V. Kilambi, E. H. Schmitz
Final Report: Buffalo National River Ecosystems, R. E. Babcock, H. C. Macdonald, D. G. Parker, Joe F. Nix, Kenneth F. Steele, Richard L. Meyer, R. W. Raible, D. A. Becker, R. V. Kilambi, E. H. Schmitz
Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports
The objective of this study was to sample the Buffalo River on a seasonal basis for a year, in order to determine whether any potential water quality problems existed.
Environmental Evaluation Report Onn Various Completed Channel Improvement Projects In Eastern Arkansas, Edward E. Dale Jr., Thomas M. Buchanan, Richard L. Meyer, Robert T. Huffman
Environmental Evaluation Report Onn Various Completed Channel Improvement Projects In Eastern Arkansas, Edward E. Dale Jr., Thomas M. Buchanan, Richard L. Meyer, Robert T. Huffman
Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports
The objective of this report is to evaluate the beneficial and adverse effects that certain channel improvement projects have had on the natural or man-made environments of selected areas in eastern Arkansas. This evaluation will be used as a baseline for determining the immediate and long-term effects that a project may have on the existing environment of the Village Creek Basin.
Selected Aspects Of The Limnology Of Zooplankton In Beaver And Degray Reservoirs, Arkansas, With Emphasis On The Development Of A Method For The Estimation Of Zooplankton Biomass, Eugene H. Schmitz, John T. Mccraw, Pamela J. Williams
Selected Aspects Of The Limnology Of Zooplankton In Beaver And Degray Reservoirs, Arkansas, With Emphasis On The Development Of A Method For The Estimation Of Zooplankton Biomass, Eugene H. Schmitz, John T. Mccraw, Pamela J. Williams
Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports
No abstract provided.
Sodium, Potassium, Calcium And Magnesium Content Of Northwest Arkansas Rain Water In 1973 And Trace Metal Analyses Of 1974 Rains, G. H. Wagner, R. W. Holloway
Sodium, Potassium, Calcium And Magnesium Content Of Northwest Arkansas Rain Water In 1973 And Trace Metal Analyses Of 1974 Rains, G. H. Wagner, R. W. Holloway
Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports
No abstract provided.
Build-Up Of Mineral Content In Lake Dardanelle And The Effect On Zooplankton, Tom N. Palko
Build-Up Of Mineral Content In Lake Dardanelle And The Effect On Zooplankton, Tom N. Palko
Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports
No abstract provided.
Distribution Of Trace Metals In A Warm Water Release Impoundment, J. Nix
Distribution Of Trace Metals In A Warm Water Release Impoundment, J. Nix
Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports
A water quality study of the DeGray Reservoir, Arkansas, was conducted beginning immediately following the beginning of impoundment through the first year in which the reservoir was operated near normal pool elevation. DeGray Reservoir is the first major dam in Arkansas to be equipped with upper level release capabilities. Temperature, dissolved oxygen, and turbidity were measured in situ at stations located over the old river channel. Samples were taken from selected levels within the water column at each station and analyzed for the following parameters: pH, sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, nitrate, phosphate, sulfate, chloride, fluoride, alkalinity, COD, iron, manganese, copper, …
Biochrome Analysis As A Method For Assessing Phytoplankton Dynamics Phase I, Richard L. Meyer
Biochrome Analysis As A Method For Assessing Phytoplankton Dynamics Phase I, Richard L. Meyer
Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports
Selected chemical, physical and biological parameters were determined for a man-made lake, Beaver Lake, on the White River of Arkansas and Missouri. The research program determined the qualitative and quantitative aspects of the temporal and spatial distribution of the algal subcommunities. It was determined that the epipelic, epilithic, epizooic and metaphytic subcommunities had little influence on the euplanktonic subcommunity. The relationship between the qualitative and quantitative analysis of the biochromes chlorophyll-a, -b, and -c and the phytoplankton species clustered into biochrome sets is discussed. The temporal and spatial distributional patterns of temperature, oxygen, ammonia-N, nitrate-N, ortho phosphate-P and silicates are …
Limnetic Zooplankton Dynamics In Beaver Reservoir Including An Inventory Of Copepod Species And An Evaluation Of Vertical Sampling Methods, Eugene H. Schmitz
Limnetic Zooplankton Dynamics In Beaver Reservoir Including An Inventory Of Copepod Species And An Evaluation Of Vertical Sampling Methods, Eugene H. Schmitz
Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports
There can be little doubt that the development of primary food sources (i.e. plankton) is an important factor contributing to fish production. Applegate and Mullan (1968) report that an exceptional sport fish harvest is generally associated with the development of new reservoirs, although the precise reasons for such interrelations are not known. Kramer and Smith (1962) demonstrated the tendency of bass fingerlings to feed on Cladocera in proportion to the latter's abundance, and Hodson (1966) reported the same basic pattern for largemouth and spotted bass fingerlings in Beaver Reservoir. Applegate and Mullan (1969) analyzed the digestive tract contents of larval …
Effects Of Mosquito Control Chemicals On Aquatic Fauna, J. L. Lancaster Jr., M. V. Meisch
Effects Of Mosquito Control Chemicals On Aquatic Fauna, J. L. Lancaster Jr., M. V. Meisch
Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports
No mosquito abatement districts have ever been organized in Arkansas. Mosquito control efforts have been largely adulticiding operations by either aerial application or ground thermal fogging machines. Practically no chemical applications have been directed at the larval stage in residual water in ditches and depressions from which adult populations arise. Some larviciding with ethyl parathion has been done in ricefields. Although the treatment is very effective in mosquito reduction, voluntary treatment has not been completely successful. Because relatively little insecticide has been used as a larvicide in Arkansas, it was possible to evaluate the effect of recommended larvicides on non-target …
Automation Of The Continuous Coagulation Monitor, Dee Mitchell, James J. Oskowis
Automation Of The Continuous Coagulation Monitor, Dee Mitchell, James J. Oskowis
Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports
The development of automation in the past 50 years has paralleled the accelerating growth of today’s vast technological society. Automatic control systems are indispensable extensions of man's brain that enable him to monitor and regulate his complex environment. The principles of automatic control have a wide range of applications and interests in virtually every scientific field. The need for automatic control systems in vital applications of environmental engineering is both real and urgent. Extensive pollution has resulted in unavoidable water re-use and in the inevitable establishment of stringent effluent standards. Both water and wastewater treatment processes have necessarily become more …
Limnological, Ichthyological, And Parasitological Investigations On Arkansas Reservoris In Relation To Water Quality, John S. Carter, Carl E. Hoffman, Larry L. Olmsted, Raj V. Kilambi, Donald G. Cloutman, David A. Becker
Limnological, Ichthyological, And Parasitological Investigations On Arkansas Reservoris In Relation To Water Quality, John S. Carter, Carl E. Hoffman, Larry L. Olmsted, Raj V. Kilambi, Donald G. Cloutman, David A. Becker
Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports
Lake Fort Smith, a 525 acre (212 ha) reservoir, was impounded in 1936 as a water supply for the city of Fort Smith. The reservoir is located on Clear Creek (Frog Bayou), a tributary of the Arkansas River, in the Boston Mountains 28 miles (45 km) northeast of the city of Fort Smith in Crawford County, Arkansas. A map and morphometric characteristics of Lake Fort Smith are given in Fig. 1 and Table I (Hoffman, 1951; Nelson, 1952). In 1956 Lake Shepherd Springs, a 750 acre (304 ha) impoundment, was created one mile upstream of Lake Fort Smith (Rorie, 1961). …
Environmental Evaluation Report On The Big Mulberry Creek Basin In Franklin, Madison, Newton, Johnson And Crawford Counties, Arkansas, Edward E. Dale Jr.
Environmental Evaluation Report On The Big Mulberry Creek Basin In Franklin, Madison, Newton, Johnson And Crawford Counties, Arkansas, Edward E. Dale Jr.
Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports
The environmental evaluation report which follows is based on information supplied by the Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District, available literature, field observations made during the summer of 1972, and results of research now in progress on natural features of the Big Mulberry Basin. Since most major dams, levees, and flood retarding structures now in existence in the Ozarks have been constructed since about 1940, opportunities to make long term studies of their effects have been limited. Also, the natural vegetation, fauna, and archeology of the Big Mulberry Basin have not been extensively investigated, but available sources provide enough information …
Preliminary Reconnaissance Water Quality Survey Of The Buffalo National River, R. E. Babcock, H. C. Macdonald, E. E. Dale Jr., R. L. Meyer, Joe Nix, D. G. Parker, Eugene Schmitz
Preliminary Reconnaissance Water Quality Survey Of The Buffalo National River, R. E. Babcock, H. C. Macdonald, E. E. Dale Jr., R. L. Meyer, Joe Nix, D. G. Parker, Eugene Schmitz
Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports
In accordance with Contract No. CX 700030105, dated 12 February 1973, the University of Arkansas , Water Resources Resear ch Center is submitting a "Preliminary Reconnaissance Water Quality Survey of the Buffalo National River." The Water Resources Research Center of Arkansas has supplied the necessary personnel and facil ities to perform a preliminary reconnaissance survey of the Buffalo National River of Arkansas with special emphasis placed on the establishment of both permanent and temporary benchmarks for water quality sampling. Preliminary water quality samples have been collected to make those chemical, physical, and biological analyses as defined by Mr . Roland …
The Economic Impact Of Beaver Lake Reservoir: A Cost Benefit Study, Don R. Market
The Economic Impact Of Beaver Lake Reservoir: A Cost Benefit Study, Don R. Market
Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports
This study was undertaken to determine the impact of Beaver Lake Reservoir on four contiguous Arkansas counties. Analysis of economic data indicated that lake related personal income in the area has, since the project was completed, been about 2.5 percent higher than it would have been had the lake not been constructed. The greatest impact has been associated with the counties having the largest share of the shore line. In the aggregate, however, the most significant cause of economic growth in the area has been associated with growth of manufacturing employment. Also the relative economic position of each of the …
A Eutrophication Model Of The White River Basin Above Beaver Reservoir In Northwest Arkansas, Robert A. Gearhart, Dee Mitchell, Louis Thibodeaux, Richard Meyers
A Eutrophication Model Of The White River Basin Above Beaver Reservoir In Northwest Arkansas, Robert A. Gearhart, Dee Mitchell, Louis Thibodeaux, Richard Meyers
Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports
With national interest focused on man’s ever increasing degradation of the waters in this nation, it is clearly evident that an accurate assessment of all parameters influencing water quality needs to be made. Moreover, nutrient levels and budgets reflecting eutrophication trends are important parameters in the overall factors effecting water quality in lakes and reservoirs. The ability to predict future eutrophication levels will greatly enhance the retardation of the eutrophication process. Through mathematical simulation of this process, eutrophication can be analyzed and intelligent decisions regarding water quality management can be made.
Broad Spectrum Microwave Systems For Remotely Measuring Soil Moisture Content, W. P. Waite, K. R. Cook, B. B. Bryan
Broad Spectrum Microwave Systems For Remotely Measuring Soil Moisture Content, W. P. Waite, K. R. Cook, B. B. Bryan
Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports
A theoretical and experimental study of the microwave reflectivity of soils with varying moisture content was conducted. A system was developed to measure reflectivity over a continuous frequency range of 4 to 26.5 GHz, at incidence angles from 10° to 70°, and with both horizontal and vertical polarization. The measurements were found to be extremely accurate for smooth homogeneous surfaces, however, the effects of surface roughness were found to be more severe than predicted due to the discontinuous nature of naturally occurring rough surfaces. An algorithm was developed which used the frequency dependence of the reflectivity to estimate the effective …
Mathematical Modeling Of Stream Storage Potential, Hugh M. Jeffus
Mathematical Modeling Of Stream Storage Potential, Hugh M. Jeffus
Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports
Streamflow data from unregulated streams in Arkansas were processed through Moran’s Model for a dam. The process involved calculating a cumulative gamma distribution for each stream as the streamflow values were incremented in units of 0.1 cubic feet per second per square mile of drainage area. This gamma distribution was then used as input for Moran’s Model. The output from Moran's Model includes the probability of the reservoir having zero contents as the size of the reservoir is decreased. The logarithm of the probability of zero contents, 1n PO, versus reservoir size, K, is a straight line of the form …
A Study To Improve Dissolved Oxygen Analysis Techniques To Facilitate Water Quality Field Survey Applications, R. W. Raible, M. K. Testerman
A Study To Improve Dissolved Oxygen Analysis Techniques To Facilitate Water Quality Field Survey Applications, R. W. Raible, M. K. Testerman
Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports
This report describes studies made of the temperature characteristics of dissolved oxygen electrodes having a large surface area. Large area electrodes proved to have much longer lifetime between rejuvenations. Many measurements of dissolved oxygen in water need to be made in field situations where recalibration techniques would be difficult and where making temperature corrections is time consuming for operators who may be making numerous measurements. This study was directed toward design of a compensation circuit for a dissolved oxygen electrode which will give the best possible measurement over a large water temperature range of 5° - 35°C without the necessity …
Groundwater - Surface Water Integration Study In The Grand Prairie Of Arkansas, Carl L. Griffis
Groundwater - Surface Water Integration Study In The Grand Prairie Of Arkansas, Carl L. Griffis
Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports
A mathematical model of the Quaternary Aquifer of the Grand Prairie, Arkansas was developed and used to evaluate a variety of methods of artificially recharging this aquifer. In addition, the model was used to evaluate the impact of various levels of water management and the probable movement of artificially recharged water in the aquifer. Improved water management and the use of recharge wells were the two alternatives that showed the most promise as potential solutions. The rate of movement of recharged water was determined by the model to be 300 ft./year under a gradient of 16 ft./mile.
A Survey Of The Fishes Of The Mulberry River, Arkansas, Larry L. Olmsted, Gary D. Hickman, Donald G. Cloutman
A Survey Of The Fishes Of The Mulberry River, Arkansas, Larry L. Olmsted, Gary D. Hickman, Donald G. Cloutman
Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports
Announcement of plans to dam Mulberry River, Arkansas, by the United States Army Corps of Engineers has generated some dispute. Most agruments against damming the stream revolve around environmental degradation and loss of aesthetic values. This report serves as a pre-impoundment survey of the fishes of the Mulberry River so that possible effects of impoundment can be more objectively assessed. Knowledge on the fishes of the Mulberry River is severely lacking. The first study was by Jordan and Gilbert (1886) who collected in the southern U.S. in July, August, and September, 1884. They collected in many streams in Arkansas including …
A Study Of Phytoplankton Dynamics In Lake Fayetteville As A Means Of Assessing Water Quality, Richard L. Meyer
A Study Of Phytoplankton Dynamics In Lake Fayetteville As A Means Of Assessing Water Quality, Richard L. Meyer
Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports
Phytoplankton community was analyzed for seasonal and vertical distribution in Lake Fayetteville. This northwest Arkansas reservoir maintains a stable water level and chemical input with a relatively constant, slow overflow. Its source is groundwater seepage through a calcareous substrate with little contribution from the limited drainage basin. Phytoplankton community development with its associations and assemblages, chlorophylls -a, -b and c, and biomass distribution are described. The seasonal cycles of the chemical parameters NH4-N, NO2-N, NO3-N, ortho-phosphate, silicon, pH, HCO3- and total-alkalinity plus oxygen are described and discussed. The physical parameters of temperature, light and climate are included. The interaction of …
Interim Report On Water Quality Investigation Degray Reservoir, Arkansas, J. Nix
Interim Report On Water Quality Investigation Degray Reservoir, Arkansas, J. Nix
Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports
Impoundment of the Caddo River near Arkadelphia, Arkansas began in August, 1969. Detailed patterns of the dissolved oxygen distribution in this reservoir are presented for the period September, 1969 through April, 1971. Although the reservoir had not reached normal pool elevation, thermal stratification accompanied by severe hypolimnic oxygen depletion has been observed. The dissolved oxygen data show that an under flow occurs in the fall of the year and carries dissolved oxygen into the hypolimnic zone. The gradients of dissolved oxygen concentration observed during the winter indicate that the reservoir does not undergo complete mixing. A short summary of the …
Environmental Changes Produced By Cold-Water Outlets From Three Arkansas Reservoirs, Carl E. Hoffman, Raj V. Kilambi
Environmental Changes Produced By Cold-Water Outlets From Three Arkansas Reservoirs, Carl E. Hoffman, Raj V. Kilambi
Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports
Water qualities of two natural streams (Buffalo and Kings Rivers), one new coId-tailwater (Beaver), and two old coId-tailwaters (Norfork and Bull Shoals) in northwestern Arkansas were studied from July 1965 through October 1968. The essential difference between the old cold-tailwaters and natural streams is a change in water quality which allows the development of a new productive ecological environment. Features which typify the old tailwaters are as follows: (1) relatively homioithermal temperatures; (2) stream beds scoured by strong hydoelectric power generation currents; (3) abundant phytoplankton and benthic macroinvertebrates; and (4) absence of warm water game fishes. Environmental factors characterizing natural …
Impoundment Effects On Water Quality As Reflected In Parasitism Of Reservoir Basses, David A. Becker
Impoundment Effects On Water Quality As Reflected In Parasitism Of Reservoir Basses, David A. Becker
Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports
Our aquatic environments are rapidly becoming useless as natural resources through pollution from various sources. It is therefore necessary for us to further understand the various means which relate to this process. The interrelationships between the physico-chemical and biological water qualities undergo marked changes during the ageing of a reservoir. Eutrophication of these impoundments render them rela-tively useless as natural resources. It thus becomes apparent that we must gain further knowledge of these processes if we are to devise methods for proper reservoir management.
Digital Systems For On-Site Collection For Water Quality Analysis, M. K. Testerman
Digital Systems For On-Site Collection For Water Quality Analysis, M. K. Testerman
Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports
A prototype system has been developed for recording and transmitting digital data at a remote water quality monitoring station in an unattended manner. As many as eight analog signals from transducers, which measure water quality characteristics such as dissolved oxygen, temperature, pH, chlorides, conductivity, redox, and turbidity, are converted to digital signals and recorded in binary coded decimal format on magnetic tape. This unit may be contacted from a central station for playback of the day's recording. The transmitted data can be recorded at the central station by teletype. Each data record includes a time-of-day "word" so that all data …
Distribution Of Trace Elements In Impoundments, J. Nix
Distribution Of Trace Elements In Impoundments, J. Nix
Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports
An investigation of the trace element content of two impoundments on the Ouachita River, Arkansas, was conducted. Common water quality parameters were followed in the reservoirs in an effort to determine the factors which were influencing the trace element concentration. The following trace metals were determined in both the particulate phase (retained by a 0.45 micron filter) and the soluble phase (passed by a 0.45 micron filter): iron, manganese, copper, cobalt, nickel, lead, chromium, and zinc. These measurements were made periodically for one and a half years. Results indicate that the chemical regime of the impoundments which were studied was …
Water Resources Planning Study For Arkansas And Oklahoma, L. R. Heiple, H. M. Jeffus
Water Resources Planning Study For Arkansas And Oklahoma, L. R. Heiple, H. M. Jeffus
Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports
The purpose of this study is to make an appraisal of the local water resources in the Arkansas River Basin common to the two States of Arkansas and Oklahoma as defined by the Arkansas-Oklahoma Compact Committee (hereinafter referred to as "the Compact Committee"). A review, analysis, and correlation has been made of hydrologic data previously collected by others. Consideration is given to the evaluation at selected sites of the storage and potential use of existing water sources.
Virus Movement In Groundwater Systems, William A. Drewry
Virus Movement In Groundwater Systems, William A. Drewry
Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports
The purpose of this study is to investigate the extent to which soil acts as an agent in the transmission of waterborne viruses. Since many waterborne outbreaks of viral diseases have involved small wellwater supplies contaminated by effluents from subsurface wastewater disposal systems, there is a great need for such information. Results of this study show that virus adsorption by soils is greatly affected by the pH, ionic strength, and soil-water ratio of the soil-water system and various soil properties. Also, it is shown that one cannot predict the relative virus adsorbing ability of a particular soil based on the …
Subsurface Irrigation Research In Arkansas, John P. Hoskyn, Billy B. Bryan
Subsurface Irrigation Research In Arkansas, John P. Hoskyn, Billy B. Bryan
Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports
A pilot study conducted in 1963 indicated that (1) cotton yields could be increased by subirrigation, (2) drilled orifices were unsatisfactory because of internal plugging caused by burrs and drilling particles, and (3) operating pressures of 5 and 10 psi were excessive, and 5 psi probably should be considered as an upper-limit pressure. A greenhouse study of a subirrigation system indicated that 2 psi should, in general, for in-wall orifices, be considered as a lower-limit pressure when orifices are built into the pipe wall. The greenhouse study also indicated that a placement depth of 12 inches was preferable to 18 …