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United States Department of Interior. Downstream loading and Trends in Water Quality in the Wabash and White Rivers - USGS. Jeff Frey, USGS November 4, 2011. White River at Hazleton, Ind. USGS Programs that Monitor the Wabash River System - Active.
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United States Department of Interior Downstream loading and Trends in Water Quality in the Wabash and White Rivers - USGS Jeff Frey, USGS November 4, 2011 White River at Hazleton, Ind.
USGS Programs that Monitor the Wabash River System - Active • National Stream Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN) • Wabash River at New Harmony, IN (1973-1983, 1996-present) • White River at Hazleton, IN (1973-1983, 2007-present) • National Water Quality-Assessment Program (NAWQA) • White River at Hazleton, IN (1991-present)
Location of the Active Wabash and White River sites Sugar Creek at New Palestine, IN, 2003
Smith and others, 1982, used seasonal Kendall test at NASQAN sites for Total Phosphorus
Sources of Nutrients From Nutrient Circular, Dubrovsky and others, 2010 Nutrient Primer
Nitrogen and Phosphorus nonpoint inputs – come primarily from fertilizer in the White and Miami River Basins
Wabash River at New Harmony, Ind. http://toxics.usgs.gov/pubs/of-2007-1080/methods.html Total Phosphorus
Wabash River at New Harmony, Ind. http://toxics.usgs.gov/pubs/of-2007-1080/methods.html Nitrate plus Nitrite
Total Nitrogen Loads for the Major Sub-basins of the Mississippi River … 1980-1996 average __ 5 year moving average Ohio River
Total Nitrogen Flow-weightedConcentrations:Major Sub-basins of the Mississippi River … 1980-1996 average __ 5 year moving average Ohio River
Total Phosphorus Loads for the Major Sub-basins of the Mississippi River … 1980-1996 average __ 5 year moving average Ohio River
Total Phosphorus Flow-weightedConcentrations:Major Sub-basins of the Mississippi River … 1980-1996 average __ 5 year moving average Ohio River
Nitrate Flow-weighted Concentrations: Major Sub-basins of the Mississippi River Wabash River Ohio River
Ammonia Flow-weighted Concentrations: Major Sub-basins of the Mississippi River Wabash River Ohio River
PO4Flow-weighted Concentrations: Major Sub-basins of the Mississippi River Wabash River Ohio River
TP Flow-weighted Concentrations: Major Sub-basins of the Mississippi River Wabash River Ohio River Total Phosphorus
AtrazineFlow-weighted Concentrations: Major Sub-basins of the Mississippi River Wabash River Ohio River Total Phosphorus
Super Gage White River at Hazleton, IN (03374100) http://waterdata.usgs.gov/in/nwis/uv/?site_no=03374100 http://www.ipcamhost.net/test_player.jsp?id=18&path=usgs-in
Suspended Sediment vs. Turbidity White River at Hazleton, IN
QA/QC leads to accurate data White River at Hazleton, IN
Suspended Sediment vs. Turbidity R2= 0.99 RSE = 1.359 N=13 Eagle Creek at Zionsville, IN
More information • National Stream Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN) • http://water.usgs.gov/nasqan/ National Water Quality-Assessment Program (NAWQA) • http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/