Effectiveness of animal waste containment in a Texas playa

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 563-572

  Daniel, John A ^a  

^a USDA ARS GRAZINGLANDS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Geochemistry; Ogalalla aquifer; Playas

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CONTAINMENT; DENITRIFICATION; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; PLAYA; WASTE DISPOSAL;

USA, TEXAS, TEXAS HIGH PLAINS;

EID: 0031393077     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.iii.4.563     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. ADRIANO, D. C. AND DONER, H. E., 1982, Bromide, chlorine and fluorine. In Page, A.L. (Editor), Methods of Soil Analysis, Part 2, Agronomy, Vol. 9, pp. 461-462.
2. CORY, J. C.; NIELSON, D. R.; AND KIRKHAM, 1967, Miscible displacement of nitrate through soil columns: Soil Science Society of America Proceedings, Vol. 31, pp. 497-501.
3. CRONIN, J. G., 1964, A Summary of the Occurrence and Development of Ground Water in the Southern High Plains of Texas, U. S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 1693: U. S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO, 88 p.
4. DANIEL, J. A.; SHARPLEY, A. N.; AND SMITH, S. J., 1993, Animal manure management and potential impacts of N and P on water quality, in Proceedings, FOCUS Conference on Eastern Regional Ground Water Issues, pp. 915-928.
5. DAY, P. R., 1965, Particle fractionation and particle-size analysis. In Page, A. L. (Editor), Methods of Soil Analysis, Part 2, Agronomy, Vol. 9, pp. 545-567.
6. FANNING, D. S. AND FANNING, M. C. B., 1989, Soil-Morphology, Genesis, and Classification: John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, 395 p.
7. GUSTAVSON, T. C. AND WINKLER, D. A., 1988, Depositional facies of the Miocene-Pliocene Ogallala Formation, Texas Panhandle and eastern New Mexico; Geology, Vol. 16, pp. 203-206.
8. HAVENS, J. S., 1966, Recharge Studies on the High Plains in Northern Lea County, New Mexico, U. S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1819-F: U. S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO, 52 p.
9. HOLLIDAY, V. T., 1989, The Blackwater Draw Formation (Quaternary): a 1.4-plus m.y. record of eolian sedimentation and soil formation on the Southern High Plains: Geological Society of America Bulletin, Vol. 101, pp. 1598-1607.
10. HOLLIDAY, V. T.; HOVORKA, S. D.; AND GUSTAVSON, T. C., 1996, Lithostratigraphy and geochronology of fills in small playas on the Southern High Plains, United States: Geological Society of America Bulletin, Vol. 108, pp. 953-965.
11. HOVORKA, S. D., 1995, Playa basin stratigraphy, in Summary Hydrogeologic Assessment, U.S. Department of Energy Pantex Plant, Carson County, Texas: Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, TX, pp. 21-30.
12. JACQUOT, L.; GEIGER, L. C.; CHANCE, B. R.; WOODS, V, D.; LEATH, D. A.; AND IMKE, L. C., 1965, Soil Survey of Armstrong County, Texas: USDA Soil Conservation Service, Washington, DC, 80 p., 70 sheets.
13. KEENEY, D. R. AND NELSON, D. W., 1982, Nitrogen-inorganic forms. In Page, A. L. (Editor), Methods of Soil Analysis, Part 2, Agronomy, Vol. 9, pp. 643-698.
14. LEHMAN, O. R., 1972, Playa water quality for groundwater recharge and use of playas for impoundment of feedyard runoff. In Reeves, C. C. (Editor), Playa Lake Symposium, ICASALS Publication No. 4, Lubbock, TX, pp. 25-30.
15. LEHMAN, O. R.; STEWART, B. A.; AND MATHERS, A. C., 1970, Seepage of Feedyard Runoff Water Impounded in Playas: Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, MP-944.
16. LOTSPEICH, F. B.; LEHMAN, O. R.; HAUSER, V. L.; AND STEWART, B. A., 1971, Hydrogeology of a Playa Near Amarillo, Texas, Research Center Technical Report Number 10: Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 37 p.
17. MCMAHON, M. A. AND THOMAS, G. W., 1974, Chloride and tritiated water flow in disturbed and undisturbed soil cores: Soil Science Society of America Proceedings, Vol. 38, pp. 727-732.
18. MULLIGAN, III, W. F.; JOHNS, N. D.; AND FRYAR, A. E., 1994, What a difference a playa can make: defining recharge scenarios, rates and contaminant transport to the Ogallala (High Plains) aquifer. In Urban, L. V. and Wyatt, A. W. (Editors), Proceedings, the Playa Lake Symposium: Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, pp. 97-107.
19. NATIV, R. AND RIGGIO, R., 1990, Meteorologic and isotopic characteristics of precipitation events with implications for groundwater recharge, Southern High Plains. In Gustavson, T. C. (Editor), Geologic Framework and Regional Hydrology: Upper Cenozoic Blackwater Draw and Ogallala Formations, Great Plains: Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, pp. 152-179.
20. OSTERKAMP, W. R. AND WOOD, W. W., 1987, Playa-lake basins on the Southern High Plains of Texas and New Mexico, Part I, hydrologic, geomorphic and geologic evidence for their development: Geological Society of America Bulletin, Vol. 99, pp. 215-223.
21. REEVES, R. C., JR., 1976, Quaternary stratigraphy and geologic history of Southern High Plains, Texas and New Mexico. In Mahaney, W. C. (Editor), Quaternary Stratigraphy of North America: Dowden, Hutchison, and Ross, Inc., Stroudburg, PA, pp. 213-234.
22. RETALLACK, G. R., 1988, Field recognition of paleosol. In Reinhardt, J. and Sigleo, W. R. (Editors), Paleosols and Weathering Through Geologic Time, Geological Society of America Special Paper 216; Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO, pp. 1-20.
23. SCANLON, B. R., 1995, Hydrologic characterization of the unsaturated zone, in Summary Hydrogeologic Assessment, U.S. Department of Energy Pantex Plant, Carson County, Texas: Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin, TX, pp. 47-58.
24. SCANLON, B. R.; GOLDSMITH, R. S.; HOVORKA, S. D.; MULLIGAN, W. F.; AND XIANG, J., 1994, Evidence for focused recharge beneath playas in the Southern High Plains, Texas. In Whetstone, G. A. (Editor), Proceedings, the Ogallala Aquifer Symposium II: Texas Tech University Water Resource Center, Lubbock, TX, pp. 87-96.
25. SCHUMACHER, W. K. AND FIXEN, P. E., 1989, Residual effects of chloride application in a corn-wheat rotation: Soil Science Society Journal, Vol. 53, pp. 1742-1747.
26. SOIL SURVEY STAFF, 1951, Soil Survey Manual, U.S. Department of Agriculture Handbook 18: Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 503 p.
27. SMITH, S. J.; STEWART, B. A.; SHARPLEY, A. N.; NANEY, J.W.; MCDONALD, T; HICKEY, M. G.; AND SWEETEN, J. M., 1994, Nitrate and Other Nutrients Associated with Playa Storage of Feedlot Wastes: Texas Agricultural Extension Service.
28. STONE, W. J., 1984, Preliminary estimates of Ogallala-Aquifer recharge using chloride in the unsaturated zone, Curry County, New Mexico. In Whetstone, G. A (Editor), Proceedings, the Ogallala Aquifer Symposium II: Texas Tech University Water Resource Center, Lubbock, TX, pp. 376-391.
29. STONE, W. J., 1990, Natural recharge of the Ogallala aquifer through playas and other non-stream channel settings, eastern New Mexico. In Gustavson, T. C. (Editor), Geologic Framework and Regional Hydrology: Upper Cenozoic Blackwater Draw and Ogallala Formations, Great Plains: Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, pp. 180-192.
30. TYLER, D. D. AND THOMAS, G. W., 1977, Lysimeter measurements of nitrate and chloride losses from soil under conventional and no-tillage corn: Journal of Environmental Quality, Vol. 6, pp. 63-66.
31. WHITE, W. N.; BROADHURST, L. L.; AND LAND, J. W., 1946, Ground Water in the High Plains of Texas, U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 889-F: U. S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO, pp. 381-421.
32. WINKLER, D. A., 1987, Vertebrate-bearing eolian unit from the Ogallala Group (Miocene) in northwestern Texas: Geology, Vol. 15, pp. 705-708.
33. WOOD, W. W. AND OSTERKAMP, W. R., 1984, Recharge to the Ogallala aquifer from playa lake basins on the Llano Estadcado (an outrageous proposal?). In Whetstone, G. A. (Editor), Proceedings, the Ogallala Aquifer Symposium II: Texas Tech University Water Resource Center, Lubbock, TX, pp. 337-349.
34. WOOD, W. W. AND OSTERKAMP, W. R., 1987, Playa-lake basins on the Southern High Plains of Texas and New Mexico: Part 2, a hydrologic model and mass-balance argument for their development: Geological Society of America Bulletin, Vol. 99, pp. 224-230.
35. WOOD, W. W. AND SANFORD, W. E., 1994, Recharge to the Ogallala: 60 years after C.V. Theis's analysis. In Urban, L. V. and Wyatt, A. W. (Editors), Proceedings, the Playa Lake Symposium, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, pp. 23-33.
36. ZARTMAN, R. E.; EVANS, P. W.; AND RAMSEY, R. H., 1995, Playa lakes on the Southern High Plains in Texas: reevaluating infiltration: Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, Vol. 49, No. 3, pp. 299-301.