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Investigating the Effect of Row-Crop Runoff on Water Quality in the Big Walnut Creek Watershed
Peter Steiner, Sarah White, Nick Meszaros, and Amelia Wilson-Wright
Faculty advisor: Jeanette Pope
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What is Agricultural Runoff?
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What is Agricultural Runoff?
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Nonpoint Source Pollution
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Eutrophication
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Why?
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What is Agricultural Runoff?
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Local agricultural runoff contributes toward a national problem
Concerns from Agricultural RunoffNitrogen and Phosphorus
Eutrophication is the driving force behind the Gulf hypoxia crisis
Schematic diagram developed by Tulane University and available at http://images.universityherald.com/data/images/full/5788/hypoxia.png?w=600
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What is a Watershed?
A watershed is the area of land that drains to a particular point along a
stream
Subwatershed
Catchment
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What is Big Walnut Creek Watershed?
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Why does Land Usage Matter?
VS.
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Where are we Sampling?
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What is our Field Methodology?
Collection by hand sample
Collection via “bridge sampler”
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How Does Our Lab Work?Concentrations of chemical species will be measured using a ICS 2000 Ion Chromatography System.
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What Results Can We Get?
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Questions?