PROCEEDINGS OF THE AWRA 2003 SPRING SPECIALTY CONFERENCE: AGRICULTURAL HYDROLOGY AND WATER QUALITY

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SWAT Applications

Assessment of Alternative Management Scenarios with SWAT for the Upper Maquoketa River Watershed
- Khalil Ahmad, P.W. Gassman, R. Kanwar, A. Saleh

Hydrologic Simulations of the Maquoketa River Watershed with SWAT
- Manoj Jha, Philip W. Gassman, Silvia Secchi, Roy Gu, Jeff Arnold

Calibration of ADAPT and SWAT Models for Field-scale Water Quality Response to Management Practices
- Shilpa Anand, Kyle Mankin, Kent McVay, Gary Pierzynski, Dave Regehr

Nutrients in the Environment - I

Nutrient Concentration Gradients and Biological Response in Central Nebraska Streams
- Jill Frankforter, Michaela R. Johnson, Ronald B. Zelt

Nitrogen and Phosphorus in the St. Johns River, Florida, 1991-2002
- Sharon Kroening

Water Quality of the Pumpkin Creek Aquifer, Western Nebraska
- Gregory Steele, James Cannia, Steven Sibray

Water Quality Implications of Crop Water Use Patterns
- Jerry Hatfield, J.H. Prueger

BMPs and Water Quality - I

A BMP Optimization Model for Watershed Management
- Avinash Patwardhan, Aditya Tyagi

BMP Implementation Within the Willacoochee River Basin in South Central Georgia
- Robert Lindsey, Gary L. Hawkins, Luther Jones, Mary Davis

Upper Pocomoke Agricultural BMP Evaluation Project
- John McCoy, M. Sigrist, J. Jaber

Update and Outlook of Florida's BMP Program for Vegetable Crops
- Eric Simonne, Chad Hutchinson, Michael Dukes, George Hochmuth

HSPF Applications

HSPF Model Evaluation Based on Formulations and Applications
- Deva Borah, Maitreyee Bera

Hydrologic Modeling of the Iroquois River Watershed Using HSPF and SWAT
- Jaswinder Singh, H. Vernon Knapp, J. G. Arnold, Misganaw Demissie

TMDLs - I

Innovative Model for Watershed Management and the Development of Narrative TMDLs
- Avinash Patwardhan, Farhan Shaikh

The USDA Clean Sediment TMDL Procedure Applied in Southern Minnesota
- Joe Magner, Mike Feist, Scott Niemela

Nutrients in the Environment - II

Transport and Fate of Nitrate in the Cedar River Basin, Eastern Iowa
- Douglas Schnoebelen, James F. Fairchild , Pam J. Waisanen, Stephen J. Kalkhoff

Relationship of Increasing Baseflow, Changing Land Use and Nitrate Concentrations in Iowa's Streams
- Keith Schilling

Hydrologic Factors Affecting Nutrient Transport from Agricultural Watersheds
- James Baker, M. M. Agua, P. A. Lawlor, S. W. Melvin

Nutrients and Hydrologic Modeling

Modeling Long-Term Nitrate Base-Flow Loading From Two Agricultural Watersheds
- Mohamed Hantush, Migyu Wang

Watershed Modeling of Critical Source Areas of Runoff Generation and Phosphorus Transport
- M Srinivasan, Pierre Gerard-Marchant, W.J. Gburek, T.S. Steenhuis

Integration of Field Scale and Regional Models in the EAA
- Angela Prymas, Roger Copp, Alex Vazquez, Deavon Uter

Water Quality: Research and Policy Development

Developing Central Valley, California, Agircultural Runoff/Discharges Water Quality Monitoring Programs
- G. Fred Lee, Anne Jones-Lee

Environmental Water Rights Purchase Impact on Walker River Basin Agricultural Lands
- John Tracy

TMDLs - II

Targeting Watershed Improvement Efforts Using AGNPS and GIS Modeling Results
- Pushpa Tuppad, Kyle Mankin, Shawn Hutchinson, John Harrington, James Koelliker

Bokes Creek Water Quality Enhancement Project Powderlick Run Channel Restoration
- Steve Phillips, Miles Hebert Sandra Doyle-Ahern

Water Quality Investigations

Continuous Real-Time Water Quality Monitoring of Kansas Streams
- Andrew Ziegler, Victoria G. Christensen, Patrick P. Rasmussen, Xiaodong Jian

Land Use, Hydrology, and Water Quality in a Karst Watershed
- Alan Stueber, Jennifer L. Arras, Joseph N. Genslinger, Robert E. Criss

Upstream Rural Watershed Projects Contributions to Improved Water Quality
- John Peterson

BMPs and Water Quality - II

Economic and Environmental Benefits from Mandated Agriculture Best Management Practices
- John Westra, Julie K. H. Zimmerman, Bruce Vondracek

Economic and Environmental Modeling of Phosphorus BMPs at Broiler Operations
- Keith Keplinger, Joju Abraham

Assessment and Remediation of Agricultural Research Facilities in Florida
- Eric Arenberg, William Tucker, Edward Kellar, John Armstrong, Frank Tipton

Water Quantity: Use and Timing

Simulating the Effects of Shelterbelts on Corn Transpiration
- Mohamud Egeh, W. D. Batchelor, C. W. Mize, G. Horvath

CAFOs and Poultry

Biotic Degradation of Roxarsone in Poultry Litter
- John R. Garbarino, A.J. Bednar, D.W. Rutherford, R.S. Beyer, R.L. Wershaw

Mechanisms of Roxarsone Degradation in Poultry-Litter Matrices
- Anthony J. Bednar, J.R. Garbarino, D.W. Rutherford, I. Ferrer, J.F. Ranville, T.R. Wildeman, R.L. Wershaw

Fate of Roxarsone in Poultry-Litter-Amended Soils
- David W. Rutherford, A.J. Bednar, J.R. Garbarino, R. Needham, K.W. Staver, R.L. Wershaw

Nutrient and b17-Estradiol Loss in Runoff Water From Various Poultry Litters
- Brian Haggard, P.A. Moore, Jr., D.R. Smith, P.B. DeLaune

Riparian Buffers and Water Quality

Hydrologic Variables and Terrain Features to Strategically Locate Riparian Buffers
- Michael Burkart, D.E. James, M.D. Tomer

Hydrogeologic Setting Controls NO3-N Removal in Groundwater Beneath Multi-Species Riparian Buffers
- William Simpkins, Timothy R. Wineland, Thomas M. Isenhart, Richard C. Schultz

Groundwater Phosphat Attenuation by Giant Cane and Forest Riparian Buffers
- Karl Williard, Christopher Blattel, Sara Baer

Riparian Buffer System Removal of Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Suspended Solids from Runoff
- Daniel Ngandu, Kyle Mankin, Charlie Barden, Wayne Geyer, Stacy Hutchinson

Sediment Modeling

Multi Objective Optimization of Suspended Sediment Runoff Model
- Kazuhito Sakai, Kazutoshi Ohsawa, Anshun Yoshinaga

Modeling of Sediment Yield in a Small Agricultural Watershed Using Kineros-2
- Latif Kalin, Mohamed Hantush

Construction of the Suspended Sediment Runoff Model for Agricultural Basins
- Kazutoshi Osawa, Kazuhito Sakai, Masashi Shimada

Improved AVGWLF Model for Sediment and Pesticide Prediction from Agricultural Watersheds
- James Hamlett, L.T. Ghebremichael, G. Zhang, B.M. Evans

CAFOs: Microbial Research

Sources of Fecal Bacteria in Shoal Creek, Southwestern Missouri
- John Schumacher, Claire Buffaut

Environmental Dissemination of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria and Antibiotics
- Dana Cole, M. T. Meyer, Mark Sobsey, Gloria Ferrell, Joseph Bumgarner

Pesticide Fate and Transport

Irrigation Methods and Herbicide Transport to Ground Water: Greenfields Bench, Montana
- Kate Miller, Donna Rise

Glyphosate, Its Tranformation Product AMPA, and Other Herbicides in Midwestern Streams, 2002
- William Battaglin, E.M. Thruman, D.W. Kolpin, K.M. Kuivila, M.W. Sandstrom

A Litmus Area for Transport of Agricultural Chemicals into Ground Water and Lakes, Central Florida
- Anne Choquette, D.K. Moore, E.C. DeHaven, J.D. Haber, R.M. Turner

Drainage Systems

Using Cluster Analysis and GIS to Delineate Subsurface Drainage Patterns
- Ramesh Kanwar, Allah Bakhsh

Mechanistic Evaluation of Agricultural Chemicals Transport for First Order Stream
- Angel Roman-Mas

CAFOS: Antibiotics

Do Antibiotics Occur in Midwestern Streams During Runoff Conditions?
- Dana Kolpin, W.A.Battaglin, E.M. Thurman, K.M. Kuivila, M.W. Sandstrom

Transport of Veterinary Antibiotics to Surface Water in a Tile Drained Clay Soil
- Paul Kay, Paul A Blackwell, Alistair B A Boxall

Agricultural/Urban Interrelations

Atmospheric Deposition of Nutrients in Urban and Agricultural Area
- Alex McCorquodale, Donald E. Barbé, Youchao Wang, G. Cothren

Impacts of Nonpoint Source Gasoline Oxygenates from Vehicle Emissions on Shallow Groundwater in Nebraska
- Yi Zhang, Daniel D. Snow, Roy F. Spalding

Periphytic Chlorophyll - A Response to Triclosan Exposure at the White River, Northwest Arkansas
- Kati White, B.E. Haggard, J.W. Kim, M.D. Matlock

Biodiversity and Wetlands

Benthic Macroinvertebrate Community Response to Agriculturally Induced Habitat Perturbation
- Greg Phillips, Shon Simpson

Challenges to Conserving Native Freshwater Biodiversity in Agricultural Watersheds
- David Braun, Larry J. Clemens, Paul C. West

Wetlands for Water Quality in Agricultural Landscapes: The Iowa Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program
- Thomas Isenhart, William G. Crumpton, Dean W. Lemke, James L. Baker, Stewart W. Melvin

Orange County Water District's Dairy Wastewater Treament Wetlands Demonstration Project
- Katherine O'Connor Patel, Stephen Lyon

National Manure Center - I

Animal Feeding Operation Size and Soil Phosphorus Distribution Within Fields
- Pete Nowak, Perry Cabot

Remediation Techniques for Manure Nutrient Loaded Soils
- Hailin Zhang, Thanh H. Dao, Nicholas T. Basta, Elisabeth A. Dayton, Tommy C. Daniel

Ammonia Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations
- Phil Westerman, J. Argo, A.J. Heber, W.P. Robarge, J.J. Classen

CAFOs: Lagoon Seepage Research

Compacted Clay Liner Case Studies for Animal Waste Ponds
- Stephen Reinsch

Standards for Measuring Seepage from Anaerobic Lagoons and Manure Storages
- Jay Ham, T.M. DeSutter

Seepage Rates from Animal Waste Storage Ponds
- Danny McCook

An Overview of Methodology of Seepage Characteristics of Earthen Animal Waste Ponds
- Jody Kraenzel

National Manure Center - II

Manipulation of Animal Diets to Affect Manure Production, Composition and Odors: State of the Science
- Al Sutton, T. Applegate, S. Hankins, B. Hill, G. Allee, W. Greene, R. Kohn, D. Meyer, W. Powers, T. van
Kempen

CAFOs: Manure Management Research

Case Study: Anaerobic Digestion of Dairy Manure and Food Waste
- Peter Wright, Jiangno Ma

Manure Management for Control of Phosphorus in Runoff
- Anne McFarland, Larry Hauck

Innovative Technologies for Agricultural Manure Management
- Peter Hubbell

Performance Verification Will Assist Selection of Swine Waste Solids Separators
- Maren Roush, Thomas Stevens, Raymond Frederick, John Classen

National Manure Center - III

Odor Emmissions From Livestock and Poultry Production/Waste Management Systems
- Jose Bicudo, Richard Gates, Larry D. Jacobson, David R. Schmidt, Dwaine Bundy, Steve Hoff

Treatment Lagoons for Animal Agriculture
- Douglas W. Hamilton

Site Selection of Animal Operations Using Air Quality Criteria
- Larry D. Jacobson, Susan L. Wood, David R. Schmidt, Albert J. Heber, Jose R. Bicudo, Roger D. Moon

Closure of Earthen Manure Structures (Including Basins, Holding Ponds and Lagoons)
- Don D. Jones, Richard K. Koelsch, Saqib Mukhtar, Ronald E. Sheffield, John W. Worley

Manure Management Strategies/Technologies
- Jeffery Lorimor, Charles Fulhage, Ruihong Zhang, Ted Funk, Ron Sheffield, D. Craig Sheppard, G. Larry
Newton

CAFOs: Water Quality Research

Movement of Nitrogen Below Animal Waste Lagoons
- Tom DeSutter, G.M. Pierzynski, J.M. Ham

RTI Paper on Multiple CAFO Atmospheric Ammonia Deposition Modeling
- Marion Deerhake, Chengwei Yao, Jame Cajka, Jeffrey Coburn

Pesticides and Drinking Water

A Drinking Water Exposure Assessment for Atrazine, Simazine and Metolachlor in 32 States, 1993-2000
- Dennis Tierney, Brian Christensen, Cheryl Dando

Susceptibility of Surface-Water in Texas to Non-Point Sources Pesticide Contamination
- William Battaglin, R. Ulery, T. Winterstein, T. Welborn

Discovery of Chlorinated Degradates of Cyanazine in Minnesota Ground Water
- Earl Thurman, Imma Ferrer, Michael T. Meyer

Policy Issues - III

Nutrient Management Policy: Pennsylvania Views About Progress, Challenges and Future Directions
- Alyssa Dodd, Charles Abdalla

The Comparative Regulation of Intensive Livestock Operations in North America
- Jerry Speir, Marie-Ann Bowden, Dave Ervin, Jim McElfish, Rosario Percz Espejo

Water Resources Protection

Ag-Water Alliances: A Cooperative Approach to Source Water Protection
- Grantley Pyke

Source Water Potection Alliances Between Utilities and Agricultural Operators
- Jill M. Reinhart

Mid-High Plains Education Initiative: A Collaborative Approach to Basin Management
- Jennifer Nelson

Agricultural Nitrate Contamination of Ontario Aquifers: A Nutrient Management Planning Response
- Stewart Sweeney

Poster Session I

Agricultural Water Quality Improvement Program Effectiveness for Carbonate Aquifers
- Douglas Boyer

Application of SWAT for the Upper Mississippi River Basin
- Philip Gassman, Silvia Secchi, Manoj Jha, Jeff Arnold

Bacteriological Water Quality of Forested and Pastured Streams Receiving Land Applied Poultry Litter
- Matthew McBroom, Mingteh Chang, Charles W. Wells

Changes in Water Quality at Buffalo National River, Arkansas, 1991-2001
- Kati White, B. E. Haggard, I. Chaubey

Community Based Watershed Management Planning Process and Guidebook
- Verlon Barnes, Paul Brakhage

Cropping and Nitrogen Management Effects on Nitrate Nitrogen Leaching
- Peter Lawlor, James L. Baker, Stewart W. Melvin, Dean W. Lemke

A Paired-Drainage Four-Year Notill System Project in North-Central Oregon
- John Williams

Grazing and Buffer Strips Effects on Nutrient Losses with Runoff
- Syed Ahmed, Steven K. Mickelson, James Russell, John Kovar, W. Powers, Richard Schultz

Herbicide Contamination and Transport in Northern Missouri and Southern Iowa Streams
- Robert Lerch, P.E. Blanchard

Herbicides in Ground Water - We've Got Data in Illinois
- Patrick Mills, Kelly L. Warner

Hydrologic Routing of Farm Runoff and Implications for Riparian Buffers
- Michael Dosskey, M.J. Helmers, D.E. Eisenhauer, T.G. Franti, K.D. Hoagland

The Impact of Land Use on Water Quality in Northern Indiana
- Sara Peel

Impact of Poultry Manure on Water Quality
- Melissa Cheatham, R. Kanwar, J. Lorimor, H. Xin, C. Pederson

Impact of Wastewater Treatment Plants in Streams of Illinois River Basin
- Sujit Ekka, B. E. Haggard, M. Matlock, I. Chaubey

The Iowa Phosphorus Index: Major Concepts and Implications for Phosphorus Management
- James Baker, A. P. Mallarino, B.M. Stewart

Long-Term Effects of Nitrogen Fertilizer on Groundwater in Two Small Watersheds
- Mark Tomer, Mike Burkart

Mercury Concentrations in Streams of East Texas
- Matthew McBroom, Mingteh Change, R. Scott Beasley, Mark C. Cochran

Pathogenic Escherichia Coli From Agricultural Watersheds in Michigan and Indiana
- Joseph Duris, Sheridan K. Haack, Howard W. Reeves, James L. Kiesler, Jr.

Phosphorus Leaching and Potential Loss with Artificial Subsurface Drainage
- James Baker, J. F. Lore, A. P. Mallarino, S. W. Melvin

Water Quality of Indus River in the Ladakh Himalaya
- Natarajan Madhavan, V. Subramanian

Stream Nutrient Retention and Limitation in Moores Creek, Northwest Arkansas
- Debabrata Sahoo, Indrajeet Chaubey, Brian Haggard, M. Matlock

Using Rainfall Simulation Combining Soil Properties to Determine Nitrate Leaching
- Jian Zhou, Anvar Nasritdinov, James L. Baker

Water-Quality Monitoring of Chemicals Used to Combat West Nile Virus
- Lisa Zimmerman, Stephen A. Terracciano, Dominick V. Ninivagg, E.M. Thurman

Poster Session II

Analysis of Aquatic Microbial Communities Impacted by Large Poultry Farms
- Joseph Ringbauer, Jr., Fred Genthner

Batch-Reactor Wetland for Dairy Wastewater Treatment: Monitoring System and Preliminary Performance
- Peter Clark, Kyle R. Mankin

Comparison and Continuous Estimates of Indicator Bacteria in Kansas Streams
- Patrick Rasmussen, Andrew C. Ziegler

Modeling Sustainable Field Sanitation Technology Addressing CAFO Waste Management Practices
- Carol Collins, Diana McCarter

E. Coli Transport Through Silt Loam Soil Column
- Lin Wang, Kyle Mankin, George Marchin

Effect of Suspended Sediment Distribution on Spectral Reflectance
- Vijay Garg, Sreekala Bajwa, Indrajeet Chaubey, Brian E. Haggard

Impact of Abandoned Animal Operations on Groundwater
- Glynn Beck, S. J. Compton, E.M. Pena-Yewtukhiw, J.H. Grove

Impact of Swine Manure Applications on Phosphorus, NO3-N, Bacteria Concentrations in Surface Runoff and Subsurface Drainage Water
- Carl Pederson, Rameshwar S. Kanwar, John Sawyer, Antonio Mallarino, James Baker

Impacts of Liquid Swine Manure Application on Nitrate Leaching Losses From Row Crops
- S. K. Mickelson, C.H. Pederson, J.L. Baker, J.C. Lorimor, R.S. Kanwar, E.A. Warnemuende, S.W. Melvin

Mass Balance Estimates of Ammonia and Sulfide Emissions at Swine Farms
- Gilbert Zemansky

Optimization Modeling of the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer in Arkansas
- John Czarnecki, Brian Clark, Thomas Reed, Greg Stanton

A Pilot to Evaluate Models for Future Investment Water Quality
- David Moffitt

Powder Creek Reservoir: An Integrated Watershed-Reservoir Planning Approach
- Jason Mead, Daryoush Razavian, Tom Moser, Paul Brakhage, Steve Satra

Regulating CAFOs in Delaware
- David Hansen, G.D. Binford, W.M. Rohrer

Soil Water Stress on Morphological Adaptation of Roots and Growth of Sugarcane
- Md. Akbar Hossain, Anshun Yoshinaga, Seiichi Gibo, Kazuhito Sakai

Vegetation and Soil Changes in Shortgrass Prairie Near a Beef Cattle Feedyard
- Richard Todd, Wenxuan Guo, Bobby Stewart, Clay Robinson

Water Quality of Subsurface Drainage Collected Near a Swine Manure Lagoon
- Peter Lawlor, James L. Baker, Thomas D. Glanville, Stewart W. Melvin

Watershed Management Planning Using an Integrated AGNPS-GIS Platform
- Jason Farnsworth, Daryoush Razavian, Tom Mountford, Greg Michi