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War Eagle Creek Brush Creek Richland Creek White River West Fork White River Town Branch Tributary Town Branch  Stage recorded in 30 minute intervals by USGS to estimate discharge.  Water samples were collected once a week and storm events were targeted  Water samples were analyzed at the AWRC Water Quality Lab for: Chloride Sulfate Nitrate-N Ammonia-N Soluble reactive P Total N Total P Total Suspended Solids

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Brian Haggard Director Arkansas Water Resources Center Funding provided by ANRC through Beaver Water District War Eagle Creek Brush Creek Richland Creek White River West Fork White River Town Branch Tributary Town Branch Stage recorded in 30 minute intervals by USGS to estimate discharge. Water samples were collected once a week and storm events were targeted Water samples were analyzed at the AWRC Water Quality Lab for: Chloride Sulfate Nitrate-N Ammonia-N Soluble reactive P Total N Total P Total Suspended Solids Linear regression was used to determine the relationship between daily load, flow, and even seasonal factors: ln(L d ) = o + 1 ln(Q d ) or ln(L d ) = o + 1 ln(Q d ) + 2 sin(2T) + 3 cos(2T) BCF was used to remove bias from log transformations: BCF= e r n BCFR2R2 NH Cl NO SRP SO TN TP TSS White River We looked at how loads changed across these sites We also looked at how flow-weighted concentrations changed across these sites War Eagle Creek Brush Creek Richland Creek White River West Fork White River Town Branch Tributary Town Branch This monitoring program allowed us to sample several more sites, including some urban streams It would be possible to reduce the sampling frequency to estimate loads REDUCE COSTS