The characterization of contaminant transport on a central Texas research facility /

(Groundwater Loading Effects of Agricultural Management

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schneider, Brian Meredith, 1969-
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1995.
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Summary:(Groundwater Loading Effects of Agricultural Management
1.0 %. Model simulation results included surface runoff and
1983; Mostaghimi et al., 1988). The purpose of this study
a non-reactive tracer. The field was planted in corn and
agreement between the measured results and the simulated
and its oxidation to nitrate (Padgett and Leonard, 1993;
and pesticides are the major contributors to the non-point
and sediment losses (Leonard et al., 1987). The study
approximately 10 miles west of the main campus in College
Ashraf and Borah, 1992). The amount of atrazine lost from the
atrazine, bromide, nitrate, ammonium, and sediment losses.
central Texas. The site provided the unique opportunity to
characteristics ranged from 0.35 to 0.83, indicating poor
during the four month growing season surface water runoff
emergent, were atrazine, bromide, and a granular fertilizer
field due to sediment transport was estimated as 1.0 % of the
initial amount applied using a fraction of organic carbon of
located on the Brazos River floodplain was instrumented for
measure the quantity and quality of runoff from an actual
measured little atrazine in the runoff (0. 15 % of applied).
Non point source (NPS) pollution is a growing concern in the
percentage of ammonium can be attributed to volatilization
respectively, with ammonium losses of 0.13 %. The lower
results.
river floodplain. A 0.89-ha agricultural research plot
samples were analyzed for these four chemicals and total
sediment on a research plot located in a river floodplain in
solids. The site is located on the Texas A&M research farm
source pollution problem in the United States (U.S. EPA,
Station, Texas. The soil surface layer is a Ships Clay,
surface water runoff studies. The chemicals applied, pre-
Systems) model was used to simulate runoff events, chemical
The bromide and nitrate losses were 4.0 % and 4.6 I/o,
The correlation coefficients for simulated versus measured
United States and the world. Sediment, nitrogen, phosphorous
was to monitor the fate of certain agricultural chemicals and
which contained ammonium and nitrate. Bromide was applied as
which has high shrink/swell properties. The GLEAMS
Item Description:"Major subject: Civil Engineering".
Vita.
Physical Description:xi, 152 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
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Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.