Surface-water-quality assessment of the lower Kansas River basin, Kansas and Nebraska: Project data November 1986 through April 1990

Fallon, J.D.; McChesney, J.A.

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“…Some historical waterquality information for Perry Lake is available from USCOE (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1975). Addi tional historical information on water quality and (or) sediment quality in Perry Lake and (or) the Delaware River Basin is available from several sources including Tanner and others (1990), Fallon and McChesney (1993), Fallon (1994), Scrib ner and others (1994), Stamer and Zelt (1994), and Jordan and Stamer (1995). and analyzed for nutrients and herbicides (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2001).…”

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Sediment deposition and occurrence of selected nutrients, other chemical constituents, and diatoms in bottom sediment, Perry Lake, northeast Kansas, 1969–2001

Juracek¹

2003

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Current Study A 2-year study by the USGS, in cooperation with KDHE, was begun in 2001 to estimate sedimentation in Perry Lake as well as the deposition of, and trends in, various chemical constituents and diatoms. The specific study objectives were to: Dam to range line 1 Range lines 1 to 2 Range lines 2 to 3 Range lines 3 to 4 Range lines 4 to 5 Range lines 5 to 6 Range lines 6 to 7 Range lines 7 to 8 Confluence with Delaware River to range line 24 Range lines 24 to 25 Range lines 25 to 26 Confluence with Delaware River to range line 28 Range lines 28 to 29 Range lines 29 to 30 Total for lake Delaware River

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Sediment deposition and occurrence of selected nutrients, other chemical constituents, and diatoms in bottom sediment, Perry Lake, northeast Kansas, 1969–2001

Juracek¹

2003

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“…'Map-index numbers from Fallen and McChesney (1993). Because of the diel variability of DO and to assess the streams at a time of minimal DO concentration, efforts were made to sample sites before sunrise.…”

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Surface-water-quality assessment of the lower Kansas River basin, Kansas and Nebraska: Dissolved oxygen and Escherichia coli bacteria in streams during low flow, July 1988 through July 1989

Pope¹

1995

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“…Latitude and longitude coordinates 40°03'11"96°35'16" 40° 27 '26" 98° 24' 05" 40°19'58"98°04'20" 40°12'43"97°43'35" 40°12'27"97°23'26" 40° 23 '06" 97° 56' 43" 40°18'26"97°45'11" 40°14'06"97°23'20" 40°06'54"97°10'13" 40°03'59"97°10'14" Drainage area (square miles) 4,447 659 979 1,250 1,557 250 600 2,350 290 Water-quality study 1 N, R N N N N LB N N N,R N 1 Explanation of water-quality study: N, sampled for the National Water-Quality Assessment Program (Jordan and Stamer, 1991;Fallen and McChesney, 1993); R, sampled for the regional herbicide reconnaissance study (Thurman and others, 1991); T, sampled for the temporal variability study (Goolsby and others, 1991); UB, sampled for the Upper Big Blue Natural Resources District ground-water recharge study (Bitner, 1992); and LB, sampled for the Little Blue Natural Resources District 1983 Edgar Sandpit water-quality sampling study (Little Blue Natural Resources District, 1986). Figure 2.…”

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“…1 Explanation of water-quality study: N, sampled for the National Water-Quality Assessment Program (Jordan and Stamer, 1991;Fallen and McChesney, 1993); R, sampled for the regional herbicide reconnaissance study (Thurman and others, 1991); T, sampled for the temporal variability study (Goolsby and others, 1991); UB, sampled for the Upper Big Blue Natural Resources District ground-water recharge study (Bitner, 1992); LB, sampled for the Little Blue Natural Resources District 1983 Edgar Sandpit water-quality sampling study (Little Blue Natural Resources District, 1986).…”

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Compilation of atrazine and selected herbicide data from previous surface-water-quality investigations within the Big Blue River basin, Nebraska, 1983-92

Frankforter¹

1994

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median concentration of 0.6 microgram per liter. INTRODUCTION Nebraska is one of several Midwestern States that rely on large quantities of inorganic fertilizers and herbicides to sustain crop production. Agricultural herbicides usually are applied during the spring to row crops, such as corn, sorghum, and soybeans, for control of broadleaf weeds and grasses. The occurrence of herbicides in surface water depends primarily on their rate of use, rate of degradation (persistence), and on properties determining their rate of transportation in the hydrologic environment (solubility) (Bevans and others, 1993). Within the States that form the Upper Midwest, the herbicides alachlor, atrazine, cyanazine, and metolachlor accounted for about 73 percent of the pesticides used in 1982 (Goolsby and others, 1991). Atrazine has a solubility of approximately 33,000 ng/L (micrograms per liter) and a persistence of approximately 1 year in soil (Gilliom and others, 1985). Atrazine also has been detected during every month of the year in the surface water of the Big Blue River Basin in Nebraska (Bevans, 1991). Although generally referred to as the Big Blue River Basin, the basin consists of the Big Blue River and the Little Blue River watersheds. The Big Blue River is the largest downstream tributary of the Kansas River, contributing 27 percent of the mean flow rate of the Kansas River measured at its confluence with the Missouri River from 1971-86 (Dugan and others, 1991). The occurrence of agricultural pesticides in surface water is an important water-quality issue in eastern Kansas and other areas where crop production is a principal economic and land-use activity, and where publicwater supplies are derived primarily from surfacewater resources (Bevans and others, 1993). Three reports have been written compiling available surface-water-quality data for areas that include the Big Blue River Basin. Jordan and Starrier (1991) analyzed available surface-waterquality data for the lower Kansas River Basin in Kansas and Nebraska. Bevans and others (1993) documented the occurrence and transport of agricultural pesticides in the Tuttle Creek Lake watershed in Kansas and Nebraska. Both reports included available data for surface-water-quality samples, which were analyzed for the presence of atrazine and other herbicides through 1986. Fallon and McChesney (1993) summarized water-quality data from water and sediment samples collected as part of the lower Kansas River Basin National Water-Quality Assessment pilot study (1987-90) in Kansas and Nebraska. This report presents available data from past surface-water-quality studies, within the Big Blue River Basin in Nebraska, in which water samples were analyzed for atrazine and other related herbicides. The number of detections, the range in concentrations, and the median concentration of the herbicides detected are documented. The drinking-water regulations associated with atrazine and other herbicides as stated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (1992) and the water-quality criteria fo...

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Surface-water-quality assessment of the lower Kansas River basin, Kansas and Nebraska: Project data November 1986 through April 1990

Cited by 5 publications

References 4 publications

Sediment deposition and occurrence of selected nutrients, other chemical constituents, and diatoms in bottom sediment, Perry Lake, northeast Kansas, 1969–2001

Sediment deposition and occurrence of selected nutrients, other chemical constituents, and diatoms in bottom sediment, Perry Lake, northeast Kansas, 1969–2001

Surface-water-quality assessment of the lower Kansas River basin, Kansas and Nebraska: Dissolved oxygen and Escherichia coli bacteria in streams during low flow, July 1988 through July 1989

Compilation of atrazine and selected herbicide data from previous surface-water-quality investigations within the Big Blue River basin, Nebraska, 1983-92

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