Assessing the effectiveness of land and water management practices on nonpoint source nitrate levels in an alluvial stream-aquifer system

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 179, Issue , 2015, Pages 102-115

  Bailey, Ryan T ^a   Gates, Timothy K ^a   Romero, Erica C ^b  

^a Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^b URS   (United States)

Author keywords

Best management practices; Groundwater; Loading to streams; Nitrate; Nonpoint source pollution; Numerical modeling; RT3D

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CANALS; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; IRRIGATION; IRRIGATION CANALS; NITRATES; NUMERICAL MODELS; POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; GROUNDWATER MODELING; LAND AND WATER MANAGEMENT; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RIPARIAN BUFFER ZONES; RT3D;

LOADING;

FERTILIZER; NITRATE; WATER; GROUND WATER; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; AQUIFER; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION; LAND MANAGEMENT; NITRATE; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; STREAMWATER; VADOSE ZONE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); NONHUMAN; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; STREAM (RIVER); ANALYSIS; COLORADO; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PROCEDURES; RIVER; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARKANSAS RIVER; COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; COLORADO; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FERTILIZERS; GROUNDWATER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITRATES; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84931274863     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: 18736009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2015.05.009     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. M.N. Almasri, and J.J. Kaluarachchi Modeling nitrate contamination of groundwater in agricultural watersheds J. Hydrol. 343 2007 211 229
2. B.A. Babcock, and A.M. Blackmer The value of reducing temporal input non-uniformities J. Agric. Res. Econ. 17 1992 335 347
3. R.T. Bailey, W.J. Hunter, and T.K. Gates The influence of nitrate on selenium in irrigated agricultural groundwater systems J. Environ. Qual. 41 3 2012 783 792
4. R.T. Bailey, E.D. Morway, R. Niswonger, and T.K. Gates Modeling variably saturated multispecies reactive groundwater solute transport with MODFLOW-UZF and RT3D Ground Water 51 5 2013 752 761
5. R.T. Bailey, T.K. Gates, and A.D. Halvorson Simulating variably-saturated reactive transport of selenium and nitrogen in agricultural groundwater systems J. Contam. Hydrol. 149 2013 27 45
6. R.T. Bailey, T.K. Gates, and M. Ahmadi Simulating reactive transport of selenium coupled with nitrogen in a regional-scale irrigated groundwater system J. Hydrol. 515 2014 29 46
7. R.T. Bailey, E.C. Romero, and T.K. Gates Assessing best management practices for remediation of selenium loading in groundwater to streams in an irrigated region J. Hydrol. 521 2014 341 359
8. S.J. Birkinshaw, and J. Ewen Nitrogen transformation component for SHETRAN catchment nitrate transport modelling J. Hydrol. 230 2000 1 17
9. G.W. Buchleiter, H.J. Farahani, and L.R. Ahuja Model evaluation of groundwater contamination under center pivot irrigated corn in eastern Colorado A.S. Gurman, C. Heatwole, 1995 Proceedings of the International Symposium on Water Quality Modeling Orlando, Florida 41 50
10. V. Chaplot, A. Saleh, D.B. Jaynes, and J. Arnold Predicting water, sediment and NO3-N loads under scenarios of land-use and management practices in a flat watershed Water Air Soil Pollut. 154 2004 271 293
11. T.P. Clement RT3D - A modular computer code for simulating reactive multi-species transport in 3-dimensional groundwater aquifer. Draft report. PNNL-SA-28967 Richland, Washington: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 1997
12. Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) "Regulation No. 31: The Basic Standards and Methodologies for Surface Water." Denver, Colorado 2012
13. E. Conan, F. Bouraoui, N. Turpin, G. de Marsily, and G. Bidoglio Modeling flow and nitrate fate at catchment scale in Brittany (France) J. Environ. Qual. 32 2003 2026 2032
14. A.M. Fan, and V.E. Steinberg Health implications of nitrate and nitrite in drinking water: an update on methemoglobinemia occurrence and reproductive and developmental toxicity Regul. Toxicol. Pharmacol. 23 1996 35 43
15. E.O. Frind, W.H.M. Duynisveld, O. Strebel, and J. Boettcher Modeling of multicomponent transport with microbial transformation in groundwater: the Fuhrberg case Water Resour. Res. 26 8 1990 1707 1719
16. T.K. Gates, B.M. Cody, J.P. Donnelly, A.W. Herting, R.T. Bailey, and J. Mueller-Price Assessing selenium contamination in the irrigated stream-aquifer system of the Arkansas River, Colorado J. Environ. Qual. 38 2009 2344 2356
17. M.M. Hefting, and J.J.M. de Klein Nitrogen removal in buffer strips along a lowland stream in the Netherlands: a pilot study Environ. Pollut. 102 1998 521 526
18. H. Johnsson, L. Bergström, P. Jansson, and K. Paustian Simulated nitrogen dynamics and losses in a layered agricultural soil Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 18 1987 333 356
19. C.J. Jørgensen, O.S. Jacobsen, B. Elberling, and J. Aamand Microbial oxidation of pyrite coupled to nitrate reduction in anoxic groundwater sediment Environ. Sci. Technol. 43 2009 4851 4857
20. S.F. Korom Natural denitrification in the saturation zone: a review Water Resour. Res. 28 6 1992 1657 1668
21. M. Lee, G. Park, M. Park, J. Park, J. Lee, and S. Kim Evaluation of non-point source pollution reduction by applying best management practices using a SWAT model and QuickBird high resolution satellite imagery J. Environ. Sci. 22 6 2010 826 833
22. E. Ledoux, E. Gomez, J.M. Monget, C. Viavattene, P. Viennot, A. Ducharne, M. Benoit, C. Mignolet, C. Schott, and B. Mary Agriculture and groundwater nitrate contamination in the Seine basin. The STICS-MODCOU modeling chain, Sci Total Environ 275 2007 33 47
23. L. Ma, M.J. Shaffer, J.K. Boyd, R. Waskom, L.R. Ahuja, K.W. Rojas, and C. Xu Manure management in an irrigated silage corn field: experiment and modeling Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 62 1998 1006 1017
24. C.A. Martin Uncertainty In Measuring Seepage From Earthen Irrigation Canals Using The Inflow-Outflow Method And In Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Polyacrylamide Applications For Seepage Reduction MS Thesis 2015 Dept. Civil and Environ. Engrg., Colorado State Univ. Fort Collins, CO
25. E.D. Morway, and T.K. Gates Regional assessment of soil water salinity across an intensively irrigated river valley J. Irrig. Drain. Eng. 138 5 2012 393 405
26. E.D. Morway, T.K. Gates, and R.G. Niswonger Appraising options to enhance shallow groundwater table and flow conditions over regional scales in an irrigated alluvial aquifer system J. Hydrol. 495 2013 216 237
27. R.G. Niswonger, D.E. Prudic, and R.S. Regan Documentation of the unsaturated-zone flow (UZF1) package for modeling unsaturated flow between the land surface and the water table with MODFLOW-2005 U.S. Geological Survey Techniques And Methods 2006 (6-A19)
28. R.G. Niswonger, S. Panday, and I. Motomu MODFLOW-NWT, A Newton Formulation for MODFLOW-2005: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques And Methods 2011 (6-A37: 44 pp.)
29. C.J. Ocampo, M. Sivapalan, and C.E. Oldham Field exploration of coupled hydrological and biogeochemical catchment responses and a unifying perceptual model Adv. Water Resour. 29 2006 161 180
30. R.S. Oremland, J.T. Hollibaugh, A.S. Maest, T.S. Presser, L.G. Miller, and C.W. Culbertson Selenate reduction to elemental selenium by anaerobic bacteria in sediments and culture: biogeochemical significance of a novel, sulfate-independent respiration Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 55 1989 2333 2343
31. Y. Rong, and W. Xuefeng Effects of nitrogen fertilizer and irrigation rate on nitrate present in the profile of a sandy farmland in Northwest China Procedia Environ. Sci. 11 2011 726 732
32. M. Sahu, and R.R. Gu Modeling the effects of riparian buffer zone and contour strips on stream water quality Ecol. Eng. 35 2009 1167 1177
33. G.R. Scott Geologic and structure contour map of the La Junta quadrangle, Colorado and Kansas U. S. G. Survey 1968 (Reston, Virginia)
34. R.L. Seiler Prediction of areas where irrigation drainage may induce selenium contamination of water J. Environ. Qual. 24 1995 973 979
35. R.L. Seiler Methods to identify areas susceptible to irrigation-induced selenium contamination in the Western United States edited by 1997 US Dept. of the Interior, USGS Washington, D.C. 4 Fact Sheet FS-038-97
36. J.A. Sharps Geologic map of the Lamar quadrangle, Colorado and Kansas U. S. G. Survey 1976 (Reston, Virginia)
37. R.F. Spalding, and M.E. Exner Occurrence of nitrate in groundwater: a review J. Environ. Qual. 22 1993 392 402
38. T.B. Spruill Statistical evaluation of effects of riparian buffers on nitrate and ground water quality J. Environ. Qual. 29 2000 1523 1538
39. R. Susfalk, D. Sada, C. Martin, M. Young, T. Gates, C. Rosamond, T. Mihevc, T. Arrowood, M. Shanafield, B. Epstein, B. Fitzgerlad, A. Lutz, J. Woodrow, G. Miller, and D. Smith Evaluation of linear anionic polyacrylamide (LA-PAM) application to water delivery canals for seepage reduction DHS Pub. No. 41245, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV 2008
40. E. Trachtenberg, and C. Ogg Potential for reducing nitrogen pollution through improved agronomic practices Water Resour. Bull. 30 1994 1109 1118
41. K.B. Vaché, J.M. Eilers, and M.V. Santelmann Water quality modeling of alternative agricultural scenarios in the U.S. Corn Belt J. Am. Water Res. Assoc. 38 3 2002 773 787
42. O. Weres, H.R. Bowman, A. Goldstein, E.C. Smith, and L. Tsao The effect of nitrate and organic matter upon mobility of selenium in groundwater and in a water treatment process Water Air Soil Pollut. 49 1990 251 272
43. A.F. White, S.M. Benson, A.W. Yee, J.H.A. Wollenberg, and S. Flexser Groundwater contamination at the Kesterson Reservoir, California 2 Geochemical parameters influencing selenium mobility. Water Resour. Res. 27 1991 1085 1098
44. WHO (World Health Organization) Guidelines For Drinking-Water Quality 4th ed. 2011 WHO (U.N.) Geneva
45. G. Wriedt, and M. Rode Modelling nitrate transport and turnover in a lowland catchment system J. Hydrol. 328 2006 157 176
46. W.-M. Wu, J. Carley, S.J. Green, J. Luo, S.D. Kelly, J.V. Nostrand, K. Lower, T. Mehlhorn, S. Carroll, B. Boonchayanant, F.E. Löfller, D. Watson, K.M. Kemner, J. Zhou, P.K. Kitanidis, J.E. Kostka, P.M. Jardine, and C.S. Criddle Effects of nitrate on the stability of uranium in a bioreduced region of the subsurface Environ. Sci. Technol. 44 2010 5104 5111
47. P. Zhang, Y. Liu, Y. Pan, and Z. Yu Land use pattern optimization based on CLUE-S and SWAT models for agricultural non-point source pollution control 2012 Math. Comput Model http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mcm.2011.10.061