agricultural runoff
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Investigating the Effect of Row-Crop Runoff on Water Quality in the Big Walnut Creek Watershed
Peter Steiner, Sarah White, Nick Meszaros, and Amelia Wilson-Wright
Faculty advisor: Jeanette Pope
What is Agricultural Runoff?
What is Agricultural Runoff?
Nonpoint Source Pollution
Eutrophication
Why?
What is Agricultural Runoff?
Local agricultural runoff contributes toward a national problem
Concerns from Agricultural RunoffNitrogen and Phosphorus
Eutrophication is the driving force behind the Gulf hypoxia crisis
Schematic diagram developed by Tulane University and available at http://images.universityherald.com/data/images/full/5788/hypoxia.png?w=600
What is a Watershed?
A watershed is the area of land that drains to a particular point along a
stream
Subwatershed
Catchment
What is Big Walnut Creek Watershed?
Why does Land Usage Matter?
VS.
Where are we Sampling?
What is our Field Methodology?
Collection by hand sample
Collection via “bridge sampler”
How Does Our Lab Work?Concentrations of chemical species will be measured using a ICS 2000 Ion Chromatography System.
What Results Can We Get?
Questions?