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Arkansas Water Resources Center RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY OF NITRATE CONCENTRATIONS IN GROUND WATER IN HOWARD AND PIKE COUNTIES, ARKANSAS Final Report for Contract 0003229 Submitted to: Arkansas Department of Pollution Control and Ecology By: Travis Thornton and Kenneth F. Steele Arkansas Water Resources Research Center Department of Geology University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701 Publication No. MSC-0085 February 1992 Arkansas Water Resources Center Ozark Hall 113 University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701

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Arkansas Water Resources Center

RECONNAISSANCE SURVEY OF NITRATE

CONCENTRATIONS IN GROUND WATER IN HOWARD AND PIKE COUNTIES, ARKANSAS

Final Report for Contract 0003229

Submitted to:

Arkansas Department of Pollution Control and Ecology

By: Travis Thornton and Kenneth F. Steele

Arkansas Water Resources Research Center Department of Geology University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701

Publication No. MSC-0085

February 1992

Arkansas Water Resources Center Ozark Hall 113

University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701

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Abstract

In recent years, the rapid growth of poultry and hogproduction in Arkansas has caused concern regarding nitratecontamination of the ground water. In the study area of Pike andHoward Counties, the number of hogs has increased from 3,300 hogsin 1970 to 75,000 hogs in 1990. Poultr¥ production for the areahas increased from 38,933,000 per year 1n 1970 to 62,774,000 peryear in 1990. As animal production increases, so does the amountof animal waste that must be disposed. Hog production is ofparticular concern. Typical hog operations store concentratedanimal waste in lagoons prior to land application. If the lagoonsare improperly constructed and leak, they can contaminate groundwater with bacteria and nitrate. Disposal of chicken litter onpastureland is also a significant source of 9round water nitrate.In response to these concerns, a study of n1trate concentrationsin rural water wells was conducted for Pike and Howard Countiesduring "wet" and "dry" seasons in 1991. Approximately fiftysamples were collected from each county and analyzed for nitrateas well as other chemical parameters.

Pike and Howard Counties are divided into two distinctphysiographic regions; the Ouachita Mountains and the Gulf CoastalPlain.

Comparisons of nitrate concentrations indicates that theGulf Coastal Plain portion of the study area may be moresusceptible to surface contamination than the Ouachita Mountainportion.

Average mean nitrate plus nitrite (NO3-N) values for theGulf Coast portion of the study area was 1.06 mg/L as compared to0.59 mg/L for the Ouachita Mountains. Also, nitrate data from a1955 study indicates that the increased animal production in pikeand Howard Counties corresponds with increased levels of ground-water nitrate. In 1955 the average mean NO3-N value was 0.26 mg/L(Gulf Coastal Plain area) as compared to 1.06 mg/L in 1991. Wetseason average mean NO3-N values for the Gulf Coast region (0.22mg/L)

and the Ouachita Mountain region (0.06 mg/L) were higherthan dry season NO3-N values (0.16 mg/L and 0.02 mg/L,respectively).

Nitrate levels in ground water for pike and HowardCounties were all below the 10 mg/L NO3-N drinking water standard.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

i

Abstract.

Table of Contents ii

List of Figures and Tables iii

L1st of Append1ces 111Introduction.

1Nature of Concerns 1Previous Investigations 2

study Area Location and PhysiograJ?hy Animal Production statlstics 336

General Geology 7

101111

General Hydrogeology Pike County Howard County

1212141515

Methodology.

Selection of Sample sites Sample Collection and Field Analysis Laboratory Analysis Quality Control/Quality Assurance

17Summary of Study Results..

References.

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23

Appendices.

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List of :E'igures PageFigure 1. Location of the study area 5

Figure 2. Generalized stratigraphic column of theOuachi ta Mountain System 8

Figure 3. Generalized stratigraphic column of theGul f Coastal Plain 9

Figure 4. Location of sample sites 13

List of Tables

Table 1. Animal production for Pike and HowardCounties. 6

Table 2. NO3-N statistics of well water samplesfor Pike and Howard Counties 17

Table 3. NO3-N statistics of well water samplesby physiographic region 18

Table 4. Comparison of historical nitrate data tonitrate data collected for this study 20

List of Appendices

Appendix A. Resul ts of chemical analysis 23

Appendix B. Quality control/quality assurance 28

Appendix c. Sample collection field check list 32

Appendix D. Well locating system 33

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Introduction

In recent years, the tremendous expansion of hog and poultry

production in Arkansas has caused concern regarding nitrate

contamination of ground water. Nitrate contamination can occur

when animal waste is applied as fertilizer to pastureland. This is

of particular concern in rural areas where domestic wells supply

most if not all drinking water. It can also affect municipal water

systems, which may not adequately treat for nitrate.

While the major source of ground water nitrate in Arkansas is

surface application of animal waste, other agricultural practices

may contribute to ground water nitrate. The use of commercial

fertilizers containing nitrogen, sewage disposal, cattle feeding

operations, and the cultivation of virgin soils (leading to

oxidation of large quantities of nitrogen existing as organic

matter in the soil), have been considered major sources of nitrate

contamination.

Nature of Concerns

Nitrate (NO3) is by far the most dominant nitrogen species in

ground water. Measurements of nitrate concentrations are usually

reported in one of two ways: nitrate (NO3) or nitrate-nitrogen

(NO3-N). The current national primary drinking water standard for

NO3-N is 10 mg/L, which is equivalent to 45 mg/L NO3 (EPA, 1985).

There are two main health effects related to nitrate. The

first is methemoglobinemia ("blue baby syndrome"), a type of blood

disorder in which oxygen transport in young babies and fetuses is

impaired (Craun, 1984). The second health effect is the

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possibility of forming cancer-causing compounds after drinking

contaminated water. Under certain conditions, nitrate is reduced

to nitrite in the gastrointestinal tract. It then reacts with

secondary amines and amides present in food and water to form N-

nitroso compounds, many of which are carcinogenic in animals.

A 1982 epidemiological study found evidence that elevated

nitrate in ground water may cause human fetal malformations. The

study found a higher death rate due to such congenital

malformations in a region that had 10+ mg/l nitrate-N in its

drinking water than had occurred in surrounding areas that showed

negligible nitrate levels (Scragg et al., 1982).

Previous Investigations

Although a number of nitrate studies have been conducted in

other parts of Arkansas, no recent study has examined nitrate,

levels in well water for this area. A 1955 ground water resource

study (Counts et al., 1955) examined an area of southwest Arkansas

which included the southern half of Pike and Howard County. The

purpose of this study was to gather information about the

occurrence and quality of ground water, with emphasis on areas of

Cretaceous age.

A water chemistry study was conducted in 1978 by a University

of Arkansas graduate student (Sharp, 1978). The goal of this study

was to examine the potential of spring water chemistry as a

geothermal and mineral exploration tool. Springs in Pike and

Howard Counties (as well as Sevier, Polk, Montgomery, and Garland)

were analyzed for heavy metals and the normal anion/cation suite,

including NO3-N.

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A 1980 study was done to study the chemistry of the spring

waters of the Ouachita Mountains (Steele et al., 1980). Ninety-

three springs and nine wells were sampled, with twenty-five sample

sites located in Pike and Howard Counties. A follow-up study

examined these same springs and wells as an evaluation of ground

water sampling as a sampling medium for uranium exploration

(Steele, 1982). In conjunction with this study, an additional

study investigated the seasonal effects on ground water chemistry

(Steele et al., 1982).

study Area

Location and Physiography

The study area, which consists of pike and Howard Counties,

covers 1169 miles2 (748,160 acres). The two counties are located

in southwest Arkansas, as shown in Figure 1. The two county area

has a 1990 total population of 23,655, which is down 0.8% from the

1980 population of 23,832 (U.S. Census, 1990). The economy of

this area is based primarily on animal production and the timber

industry.

Both pike and Howard Counties are divided by the fall line

which separates Arkansas into two physiographic provinces: the

northwestern Interior Highlands and the southeastern Gulf Coastal

Plain. The study area north of the fall line lies in the Ouachita

Mountain region of the Interior Highlands. The study area south of

the fall line is located in the Gulf Coastal Plain.

North of the fall line (Interior Highlands) the outcrops are

mostly Mississippian and Pennsylvanian in age, and the land

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surface is hilly to mountainous. The highly folded structure ofthe Ouachita Mountains produces long, narrow, east-west trending

ridges of more resistant sandstone and narrow, parallel valleys of

less resistant shale. South of the fall line (Gulf Coastal Plain)

the outcrops primarilyare Cretaceous in The surface

age.

expression of the Cretaceous area is characterized by low rounded

hills, aligned in a general northeastern direction, the trend

conforming to the outcrop bands of the formations. The moreresistant formations, such the Nacatochas Sand and the Tokio

Formation,

stand up as low ridges (Counts et al., 1955).

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Animal Production statistics

Pike and Howard Counties have experienced relatively

growth in poultry and swine production. Table 1 shows the increase

rapid

in animal production for each county over the last 20 years.

pike County

YEAR BROILERS SWINE CATTLE

197019801990

11,608,00017,200,00017,124,000

1,4002,700

18,000

18,00020,30018,000

Howard County

YEAR BROILERS SWINE CATTLE

28,00031,70033,000

197019801990

27,325,00043,369,00045,650,000

1,9001,500

57,000

Table 1. Animal production for Pike and Howard Counties (USDA,1970, 1980, 1990). Broiler numbers are total production per year,swine and cattle numbers are a one time head count for that year.

County ranked fifth of all counties in theIn 1990, Howard

state in broiler production fourth in swine production. Pikeand

ranked nineteenth in broiler production inand eleventhCounty

swine production (USDA, 1990).

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General Geology

The Ouachita Mountain portion of the study area is part of a

structural belt which extends for more than 1300 miles along the

America from northern Mexicosouthern edge of North across

Oklahoma, Texas, and to southwestern Alabama (Flawn et

Arkansas,

The major this is the Ouachitaof beltal., 1961 exposure

Mountains of western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma

A generalized stratigraphic column for the Ouachita Mountain

The lithologies of the Ouachitain Figureis shown 2.systemin age from Cambrian to PennsylvanianMountain system range

Paleozoic-ageOuachita Mountains mostlyrocks in the are

deposited in a deep oceanic basin.

sandstone,shale,

and chert

compressed,folded,

and faultedrocks were subsequentlyThese

late Pennsylvanian and Permian. ofSmall segmentsduring the

also folded up into the Ouachitaunderlying basaltic

Mountains (Guccione, 1985)

rock

were

Ouachita Mountainis theThe Gulf Coastal Plain south of

south-centralsouthwestern anddivision extendsand across

rocks

are not folded, and only a few normal faults

Arkansas.

The

rocks of the Gulf Coastal Plain wereare present. The sedimentary

southern partdeposited in the shallow sea that covered the

Arkansas during the Cretaceous and the shallow Gulf of Mexico

and the middleMesozoicthe lateduringcovered the same area

sedimentary rocks are all poorly lithified and

of evaporites, sandstones, and shales (Guccione,

Cenozoic.

These

mostlyconsistGulf Coastalfor the

1985).

A generalized stratigraphic column

Plain is shown in Figure 3

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Generalized stratigraphic coluron of the Gulf CoastalPlain. From Counts et al., 1955.

Figure 3.

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General Hydrogeology

The Ouachita Mountain portion of the study area is very

complex lithologically. This complex lithology, in combination

with intense folding and faulting and highly variable hydraulic

conductivities and porosities, results in very complex hydrologic

systems. The Stanley Formation, which is a turbidite sequence of

up to 12,000 feet of alternating sandstones and shales (Flawn et

al., 1961), supplies most of the well water in this portion of the

study area.

The Gulf Coastal Plain portion of the study area is composed

of a wedge of Cretaceous age sedimentary deposits that thin to an

edge at the fall line and thicken rapidly to the south. The lower

Cretaceous Trinity Group and the Tokio Formation crop out in a

band bordering the Interior Highlands.

The Trinity Group consists of alternating beds of sand, clay,

gravel, and limestone. The total thickness for the Trinity Group

ranges from 20 to 100 feet. The upper sand of the Trinity is the

principal source of water in the group (Counts et al., 1955).

Trinity water is usually fair to good in chemical quality.

The Tokio Formation consists of sands, gravels, and clays.

The Tokio Formation ranges from about 50 feet thick in the study

area to as much as 350 feet thick further downdip. It yields

moderate amounts of good quality water to domestic, industrial,

and public supply wells.

Both the Trinity Group and the Tokio Formation serve as both

recharge points and major aquifers for the study area. On the

basis of a few pumping tests and an approximation of its gradient,

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the rate of ground water movement through these units is on the

order of about 5 feet per year (Counts et al., 1955).

with the existing data it is difficult to determine which

aquifer supplies a given well. While deeper aquifers such as the

Atoka, Jackfork, and Stanley may supply water to some wells, they

are rarely utilized because of sufficient water yields in

shallower aquifers.

Pike County

Most of the wells in the Ouachita Mountain portion of Pike

County receive their water from the Stanley Formation. Low volume

wells with fair to good quality water can usually be obtained at

depths of less than 300 feet.

In the region of the fall line where the Trinity group crops

out, little ground water is available. Here the Trinity group is a

calcareous clay that bears little water (Veatch, 1906).

Further south, the Tokio formation provides ground water of

good chemical quality (suitable for domestic use without

treatment), typically at depths of less than 100 feet. However,

at the extreme end of Howard County domestic wells may be as much

as 500 feet deep.

Howard County

As in Pike County, the Stanley Formation supplies wells in

the Ouachita Mountain portion of Howard County. In central Howard

County, many wells derive their water from the middle and lower

sands of the Tokio Formation. In the extreme south end of the

county wells yield water from the upper sand of the Tokio and the

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Woodbine Formation. Sands in the upper part of the Trinity group

also supply wells in central Howard County (Counts et al., 1955).

Well depth varies from a few feet in the northern end of the

county to as much as 700 feet in the southern part. The chemical

quality of the Tokio water is generally good. Water supplied by

the Trinity group is generally highly mineralized and often

requires treatment.

IMethodology

Selection of Sample Locations

A total of 100 samples were collected from Pike and Howard

Counties. Sample site distribution is shown in Figure 4.

Initially, random sampling based on the use of a grid system was

planned. After evaluating the two county area; however, it was

determined that a grid system would not be practical due to the

population concentrations along roadways and the large areas of

timber company land. The sample sites in Howard County were

selected by spacing fifty sites as evenly as possible over the

populated areas of that county. pike County presented more of a

problem. Most of the chicken and hog production for pike County is

located in the upper one-third of the county along Arkansas

Highways 84 and 70, both of which run east to west. Of the 50

samples collected, 38 are distributed over this area. The

remaining samples are distributed over the lower two-thirds of the

county, which is predominantly timber company land (non-

populated) .

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Sample Collection and Field Analysis

Residential wells in Howard and pike Counties were sampled

this study. Two rounds of samples collected duringwere

successive wet and dry seasons. Wet season samples were collected

between March 21, 1991 and May 25, 1991. Dry season sampl.es were

collected between July 17,

1991

and August 10, 1991. A total of

100 samples were collected and analyzed for the wet season, but

only 91 samples were collected and analyzed for the dry season.

Reasons for fewer dry samplesseason range from well owners not

being home to wells having gone dry.

Samples collected at each site inwere 1000a mL

polypropolene bottle. This sample was then filtered through a 0.45

urn pore-size cellulose-acetate membrane and placed on ice. At the

end of each sampling day the 1000 mL filtered sample was divided

into three

portions.

A 500 mL portion was refrigerated at 4°C to

be analyzed for sulfate (8°4 A 250 mL portionand chloride (Cl).

to be used for the cations was acidified with 1.0 mL of HNO3 to a

pH of <2. The remaining 250 mL portion of the filtered sample was

acidified with 1.0 mL of 1:1 H2SO4 to a pH of <2 and stored in a

polypropolene bottle at 4 °C. This sample was used for nitrate

plus nitrite (as N) and ammonia (NH4 and NH3).

minimize contaminationTo

problems,

samples were collected

from the closest outlet to the well. Most samples were collected

the well house faucet. All wells were purged fiveat at least

minutes in order to flush the holding tank and well bore.

temperature, specific conductance, and totalWater

pH,

alkalinity as calcium carbonate determined in the field atwere

collection time. Temperature was determined with a mercury bulb

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thermometer. Hydrogen ion activity (pH) was measure:d with an

orion Research Model SA 250 pH meter and a Ross probe. Field

conductance was measured with a YSI model 33 conductivity meter

and mathematically adjusted to specific conductance at 25°C.

Titration to the bromocreosol green/methyl red end point with 0.02

N H2SO4 was used to determine total alkalinity.

Laboratory Analysis

Analysis for nitrate followed Hach Company procedures (Hach,

1984). Prior to analysis the nitrate samples were neutralized to

a pH of 7.0 using sodium hydroxide (NaOH). The concentrations of

the samples were adjusted to compensate for the change in volume

during neutralization. Nitrate and nitrite was then analyzed

using the cadmium reduction colorimetric method (APRA, 1985) as

modified by Hach (1984). A Bauch & Lomb Spectronic 20 Colorimeter

was used to measure the transmittance of the nitrate samples.

Samples that were below 12% transmittance were diluted and

reanalyzed. All the remaining anions and cations were analyzed

using EPA approved methods and time constraints (EPA, 1983).

Quality Control

Duplicate samples were analyzed to determine analytical

accuracy. For the wet season, ten of one hundred samples (10%)

were duplicates, and for the dry season, ten of ninety-one samples

(11%) were duplicates. A single pooled precision value of 0.015

mg\L as NO3-N for both seasons was calculated based on the method

of Skoog and West (1974). Appendix B, Table B-1 lists the initial

and duplicate analyses for both seasons, as well as pooled

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precision values for both seasons.

Trip blanks and field duplicates were collected and analyzed

as part of the QA/QC program. All field duplicates and trip blanks

were collected, filtered, acidified, neutralized, and analyzed by

the same procedures as described previously. The results of these

analyses are listed in Appendix B, Table B-2.

various known NO) concentrations were used to spike selected

samples.

These spiked samples analyzed with thewere same

procedure as the other nitrate samples and intabulatedare

Appendix B, Table B-3. The maximum difference between measured

expected values was 0.06 mg/L NO3-N. A percent recoverymean

of 103.91 and a relative standard deviation of 18.06% for the mean

percent recovery was calculated for the spiked samples

Additional quality control was ensured by analysis of blind

NO) samples provided by the water quality lab at the University ofArkansas.

All blind sample analyses were within the 90% confidence

analysis is given in AppendixData from the blind sample

limit.B,

Table B-4

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SUMMARY OF STUDY RESULTS

Because animal waste tends to be applied fairly close to the

production area, its seems likely that NO3-N levels in the ground

water would increase with increased animal production. As shown in

Table 2, Howard County has substantially higher levels of ground

water NO3-N than Pike County. This corresponds with the higher

animal production seen in Howard County (Table 1).

PIKE COUNTY HOWARD COUNTY

SEASON STATISTICS NO3-N(Mg/L) SEASON STATISTICS NO3-N(Mg/L)Wet High

LowAvg.

Medianstd. Dev.# Samples

4.56<0.01

0.480.040.99

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Dev.# Samples

Wet 8.50<0.01

1.250.302.05

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HighLowAvgMedianstd. Dev.# Samples

Dry 6.32<0.01

0.450.031.10

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7.55<0.01

0.680.121.34

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Table 2. NO3-N statistics of well water samples for Pikeand Howard Counties.

Because of the hydrogeologic differences in the study area,

the comparisons made in Table 2 may be misleading. Table 3

compares the Gulf Coastal Plain and Ouachita Mountain regions of

pike and Howard Counties. In the Ouachita Mountain Province,

median NO3-N values for both wet (0.56 mgjL) and dry (0.05 mgjL)

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seasons in Howard County are higher than the median ~.,et (0.02

mg/L) and dry (0.01 mg/L) NO3-N values for pike Counties. As

previously noted, this is likely due to the higher levels of

animal production in Howard County as compared to Pike County.

In the Gulf Coastal Province, median NO3-N values for both

wet (1.73 mg/L) and dry (1.94 mg/L) seasons in pike County are

much higher than the median NO3-N wet (0.19 mg/L) and dry (0.16

mg/L) values for Howard County. The higher NO3-N levels for Pike

County were unexepected due to the lower animal production of Pike

County. However~ it should be pointed out that only five sites

are located in the Gulf Coastal portion of Pike County as compared

to 28 sites in the Gulf Coastal portion of Howard County. This is

not enough sites for a meaningful comparison.

The Gulf Coastal Province combined wet-dry season median NO3-N

value is 0.19 mg/L as compared to 0.04 mg/L for the Ouachita

Mountain Province. The higher nitrate levels in the Gulf Coastal

Plain Province are very likely due to the nature of the Gulf

Coastal Plain sediments which serve as area aquifers.. These

sediments are in general permeable and susceptible to local

contamination; whereas, the Stanley Formation, which serves as the

aquifer for the Ouachita portion of the study area, is a

relatively impermeable shale unit. However, local areas of

fracturing and faulting in the Stanley Formation could be

susceptible to surface contamination.

It is also worth pointing out that many poorly ca::;ed wells

were observed while collecting samples. These wells, which were

often located on or near pastureland, would be particularly

susceptible to local surface contamination and might even serve as

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be the result of surface contamination of poorly cased individual

wells or contamination from domestic septic systems.

other comparison that be made is withcan historicalnitrate data. In the study by Counts et ale (1955), 83 samples

from the Gulf Coastal Plain area in Pike and Howard Counties were

analyzed for nitrate. Table 4 is a comparison of these analyses

without regard to county or season

1955 STUDYNO3-N DATA

STATISTICS NO3-N(Mg/L)

AVERAGE OF ALL GULF COASTNO3-N DATA FROM THIS STUDY

STATISTICS NO3-N(Mg/L)

HighLowAvg.

Medianstd. Dev.

# samples

HighLowAvg.

Medianstd. Dev.# Samples

1.190.000.260.210.18

83

7.30<0.01

1.060.191.60

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Table 4. Comparison of historical nitrate data to nitrate datacollected for this study.

In reference to the 1955 data shown in Table 4, it is worth

noting that the study area was farmed in the early to mid 1900's.

The nitrate levels seen in the 1955 study are likely the result of

fertilizers applied to

land.

Because littlecrop or no cropfarming now occurs in pike and Howard Counties, the NO3-N ground

concentrations in thiswater study likely the reE,ul t ofare

surface application of animal waste. Although the median values

for the studies

similar,

the highertwo value andare average

suggestsdeviationstandard for the present study increased

nitrate contamination in some of the ground water.

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APPENDIX A

Results of chemical analyses

Format:

Sample locations -system used shown in Appendix D

Sample numbers -Locations are shown in Figure 4.

Ouachita Mountain samples -Indicated by * beside sample number.

Gulf Coastal Plain samples -Indicated by lack of *

Alk = Total alkalinity as mg/L CaCO3°

Spec.

Condo = uS/cm at 25 C.

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APPENDIX B

Quality-Control/ Quality-Assurance

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Table B-1: Nitrate plus nitrite (mgjL as N) values obtained fromduplicate sample analysis.

Pooled standard deviation -wet season =

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Sample Initial Duplicate Mean PercentNumber Conc. Conc. Value Differ~

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Blind sample analyses of NO3-N.Table B-4:

PARAMETER TRUE VALUE 95% CONFIDENCE ANALYTICA.L(mq/L) INTERVAL VALUE (mqLll

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Appendix c: Sample collection field check-list.

LOCATION INFORMATION

DATE COLLECTED:

WELL LOCATION:

SAMPLE NUMBER:

SURFACE ELEVATION:

LAND OWNER

WELL INFORMATION

AGE OF WELL: DISTANCE/DIRECTIONTO SEPTIC SYSTEM:

DEPTH OF WELL:

AMOUNT OF FLOW:

ODORS/MINERALIZATION:

FIELD TESTS

TEMPERATURE :

ALKALINITY:CONDUCTIVITY:

pH

LOCAL GEOLOGY:

NOTES/MAPS

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Appendix D: Diagram showing well location system.

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