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EXHIBIT D "Saturated Zone Denitrification: Potential for Natural Attenuation of Nitrate Contamination in

Shallow Groundwater Under Dairy Operations," Environmental Science and Technology, 41:759-765 (2007)

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Saturated Zone Denitrification: Potential for Natural Attenuation of Nitrate Contamination in ShaDow Groundwater Under Dairy Operations M. J. SINGLETON,-·f B. K. ESSER,t J. E. MORAN,' G. ~. HUDSON,t W. W. MCNAB,- AND T. HARTERt c:.mmiall Sa.nra DMston, LawmtCl! UIIUI7ID" NIl1io1l41 Labortl1DT)', EnvironmentAl RBSfOraIion Division, La_ LIvermore Natlona1/Aborazory, and Department of LImd, AIr, and Water Resources, Untuemry oJ outfomill at Davis

We present results from field studies at two central California dairies that demonstrate the prevalence of saturated-zone denitrification in shallow groundwater with 3fiJ 'He apparent ages of <35 years. Concentrated animal feeding operations are suspected to be major contributors of nitrate to groundwater, but saturated zone denitrifiCPQn could mitigate their impact to groundwater qu.ality. Denitrification is identified and quantified using Nand 0 stable isotope compositions of nitrate coupled with measurements ofexcess Nz8nd residual NOa- concentrations. Nitrate in dairy groundwater from this study has 615N values (4.3-61%0), and 61'0 values (-4.5-24.5%0) that plot with c51'O/61iN slopes of 0.47-0.66, consistent with denitrification. Noble gas mass spectromatry is used to quantify recharge temperature and excess air content Dissolved N2 is found at concentrations well above those expected for eqUilibrium with air or incorporation of excess air, consistent with reduction of nitrate to N2.

. Fractionation factors for nitrogen and oxygen Isotopes in nitrate appear to be highly variable at a dairy site where denitrification is found in a laterally extensive anoxic zone 5 m below the water table, and at B second dairy site where denitrification occurs near the water table and is strongly influenced by localized lagoon seepage.

IntroduclioD High concentrations of nitrate, a cause of methemoglobin­emia in infants (1), are a national problem in the UDited States (2), and nearly 10% of public drlnking water wells in the state of California are polluted with nitrate at concentra­tions above the maximum contaminant level (MCL) for dIinJcing water set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (S). The federal MCL is 10 mglL as N, equivalent to the California EPA limit of 45 mglL as NO,- (all nitrate concentrations are hereafter siven as NO.1. In the agricuJ­rural areas ofCalifomia', Central Valley, it is not uncommon

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to have nearly half the active drinking water wells produce groundwater with Ditr8te concentrations in the range con­sidered to indicate anthropogenic impact (>13-18 mglL) (2, 4). The major sources of this nitrate are septic discharge, fenilization using natural (e.g., manure) or syntheticDitrogen sources, and concentra.red animal feeding operadons. Dairlcs are the largest concentrated animal operationsw California, with a total beard size of 1.7 mfJlIon mfIk1ng cows (5).

Deni1Iification Is the miaobia1ly mediated reduction of nitrate to gaseous N ... and can occur in both unsatumted soils and below the water table where the presence ofNOJ -, denitrlfying bacteria. low Oz concentrations, and electron donor avaiIabllity exist. In the unsaturated zone, denitrifi­cation is recognized as an important process in manure and fenilizermanagement (6). Althoughanumber offield atudies have shoWJI the impact of denitrlfication in the saturated zone (e.g., 7, 8-11), pIlor to this stUdy it was not mown whether saturated zone denitrification could mitigate the Jmpact.ofnltrateloadlng at dairy operations. The combined use of traceD ofden1tdfication and groundwater dating allows us to distingulsb between nitrate dlllnlon and denitrification, and to detect the presence of pre-modem water attwo dairy operations in the Central Valley of California, refezred to bereastbeIGngsCountyDalry(l(CD) and the Merced ColUlty Dairy (MCD; Figure 1). Detailed descriptions of the hydro·

. geolosicsettiqlanddairyopera1ionsateachsiteare1ncluded as Supporting Information.

Materials lad Melli_ Concemratfon. andNltratellotopkComposltfons. Samples for nitrate N and 0 Isotopic compositions were filtered in the field to Q.45 pm and stored cold md dark until analysis. AnIon and cation concentrallons were determined by Ion chromatOgraphyusingaDionexDX-600.Fiddmeasurements of dissolved oxygen and oxidationreductiOD potential (using Ag/At,O with 3.33 moULKClas the reference electrode) were

. carried out using a HoIiba U-22 water quality analyzer. The nitrogen and cnygenlsotopic compositions (6' 'N and 61ll() of nitrate in 23 groundwater samples from ICCD and MCD were measured at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Center for Isotope Geochemistty using a version of the denil:rlfying bacteria procedure (12) as described in Singleton et aJ. (IS)- In addition, the nitrate from 17 samples was utracted by Ion exchllIl8e procedure of (14) and analyzed for 6'SN at the Unlvemty of Waterloo. Analytical uncertainty (1u) is 0.391.. for 61SN of nitrate and 0.5 .... for 6110 ofnlttate. Isotopic compositions of oxygen in water were determined on a VG Prism isotope ratio mass spectrometer at Lawrence Livermore National Labomtory (UNL) using the COz equili­bration method (15), and have an analytical uncenainty of 0.1%0.

Membnme Inlet Mass Spectrometry. Previous studies have used gas chromatography and/or mass spectrometty to measure dissolved N. gas in groundwater samples (16-19). DissolVed concentrations of N. and Ax for this study were analyzed by membrane Inletmass spectrometry (MIMS), which allows for precise and fast determination of dlssolvecl gas concentrations In water samples without a . separate extraction step, as described In Kana et aI. (20.21) . The gas abundances are cahDmted u6ing water equilibrated with air under Jcnown conditions of temperature, altitude, and hmnidity (typically 18 °C,183 m; and 100% relative humidity). A small isobaric interference from ~ at mass 28 (Nz) is corrected based on calibmtion with COz-rich watexs with known dissolved N20 but is negligible for most samples. Samples are collected for MIMS analY5is in 40 mL amber

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Noble Gues and SJIIIBe Dating. Dissolved noble Ps samples are co1Iectedincoppertubes,wbicharefilledwlthout bubbles and sealed wlth a cold weld in the field. Dissolved noble gas concentrations were mellSured at lJ..NL after gas extraction on a vacuum manifold and cryogenic separation of the noble gases. Concentrations of He, Ne, AI, and Xe were measured on a quadrupole mass 5pectrometer. The ratio of lBe to 4He was measured on a VG5400 mass spectrometer. Calculations of excess air and recharge tem­perature from Ne and Xe measurements are described in detail in 1!kwun.el G22), using an approach simllar to that of Aeschbach-Hertig et al. (29).

Tritium samples were co11ected in 1 19lass bottles. Tritium was determined by measuring 'He accumulation after vacuum degassing each sample and allowing 3-4 weeks accumulation time. After correcting for sources of 'He not related lo'H decay ~4, 25), the measurement of both tritium and its daughter product 'He allows calculation of the initial tritium present at the time of recharge, and apparent ages an be determined from the foUowingrelationship based on the production of tritlogenlc helium ('Heu;J: .

Groundwater Apparent Age (years) = -17.6 x In (1 + 3H!!n!lH)

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sample, and furthennore, is only the age of the portion of thewater thatcoDtainsmeasurabletritium. Average analytical error for the age detenninations is ±l year, and samples with IB that is too low for accurate age deteJmination «1 pCi/l) are reponed as >50 years. Signlficant/oss of'Hefram groundwater is not Ifrdy in this setting given the relatively shon residence times and high Infiltration rates from irrtgation. Apparent ages give the mean residence time of the fraction of recently recharged water in a sample, and are especially useful for comparing relative qes or water from different locations at each site. The absolute mean age of groundwater may be obscured by mixing along .flow patbli due to heterogeneity In the sediments (28).

Results lad Discussion Nitrate in Daby GrolDlIlwater. Ninte concentrations atICCD range from below detection limit (DOL, <0.07 mg/IJ to 274 mglL Within the upper aquifer" there is a sharp boundary between high Idtrate waters near the surface and deeper, IowIdtra!ewatezs. Nitrate concentrationsarerughest between 6 and 13 m below ground surface (DGS) at ell multilevel wells (0.5 m screened Intervals), with an avezage concentration of 96 mg/l. Groundwater below 15 m has low Idtrate concen­trations ranging from BDl to 2.6 mg/L, and also has low or nondetectable ammonium concentrations. The transItion from high to low nitrate concentration corresponds to decreases in field-measured oxidation-reduction potential (ORP) and dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration. ORPvalues are generally above 0 mY and DO concentrations are > 1 mg/l in the upper 12 m of the aquifer, defining a more Oxidizing zone (Figure 2). A reduclngzone is indicated below

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N.itratec:oncenlrationsatMCDmonftoringwellssampled for this study range from 2 to 426 mg/L with an average of 230mg/L. SewralwellsCW-02. W-16,andW-11)locatednext to alagoonand com! have lower nitIate buthigb ammonium concentrations crable 1 In Supportillg lnfonnation). '!be MCD wells are an screened at the top of the unc:onfined aquifer except W98. a supply well that is pumped from approximately 57 m BGS. Nitrate concentrations observed for this deeper well are <1 mg/L

DlIaolwd Gues. Nitrogen gas, the comparatively con­servative product of denitdlication, has been used as a natural tIacer 10 detect denitrification in the subswface (16-18). Groundwater often also contaIns Na beyond equlh'brium concentIations due to incoIporation of excess air from physical processes at the water table interface (29, 29, 3(1). in the saturated zone, total dissolved Nz Is a sum of these three sources:

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where the N. and Ar terms for equilibrium are calculated from equilibrium concentrations determined by gas solubil­ity. The Nz/Ar ratio is relatively insensitive to recharge temperature, but the incoIpOration of excess air must be constrained in order to determine wbether denitrification has shifted the ratio to higher values (19). Calculations of excess Nz based on the N2/AI ratio assume that any excess air entrappeddUIing recharge has the ratio of Na/AI in the atmosphere (83.5). Any partial dissolution of air bubbles would lower the Nz/Ar Illtio (30. 31), thus decreasing the apparent amount of excess Nz.

For this study, Xe and Ne derived recharge temperature and excess air content were determined for 12 of the monitoring wells atKCD and 9 wells atMCD. For these sites. excess Nz can be calculated directly, accounting for the contribution of excess air and recharge temperature. Site

representative mean values of recharge temperature and excess air concentration are used for samples without noble gas measurements. Mean annual air teinperatures at the KCD and MCD sites are 17 and 16 .c, respectively (32), and the Xe-derived average recharge temperatures for the KCD and MCD sites are 19 and 18"C. Rechargeternpellltures are most Iilcelyhigher than mean annual airtem:perature because most recbBIgeisfromexcessirrigationdwingthesummermonlhs. The average amoqnt of excess air indicated by Ne concen­trations1s2.2 x 10-' cm'(STP)/gHzOforlCCD and 1.7 x 10-' cm'(STP)/g HzO for MCD. From these parameters, we estimate the site repreaentative inItial Nz/AI ratios Including excess air to be 41.2 for KCD and 41>.6 for MCD. Measured Nz/Ar ratios graater than these values are attdbuted to production of Na by den1trlfication.

The excess Nz concentration can be expJessed in terms of the equivalent reduced nitrate that It represents in mg/L NO, - based on the stoichiometly of denitrification. Con­sideriDg excess Na in terms of equivalent NO. - provides a simple test to determine whether there is a mass balance between nitrate concentrations and r:u:ess N •. From Figure 2, there does not appear to be 8 balance between nitrate concentrations and excess N. in KCD groundwater, since nitIate concentIations In the &hallow wells are more than twicethiltofequlvalentexcessNaconcentrationsintheanoxic zone. There are multiple possible causes of the discrepancy between No,-concentrations and excess N2 concentrations including (1) the NOs-loading at the suIface has increased over time, and denitrification is limlted by slow vertical transpOn Into the anoxic zone, (2) mixing with deeper, low initial NO, - waters has diluted both the N03- and acess Na concentrations. OJ (3) some dissolved Nz has been lost from the saturated zone. All three processes may playa role in N cycling at the dairies, but we can shed some light on their relative importance by considering the extent of denitrifl.­cation and then constraining the time scale of denitrification as discussed in the following sections.

Isotopic Compositions of Nitrate. Large ranges in ~15N and 6110values of nitrate are observed at both dairies (Fjgure 3). Nitrate from KCD has ~I5N values of 4.3-61.1L, and 61'0 values of -O.7-24.5'J!.o. At MCD, nitrate 615N values range from 5.3 to 30.2L, and 6180 values range from -0.7 to 13.1 %0. The extensive monitoring well networks at these sites increase the probability that water containing residual nltIate from denitrification can be sampled.

Nitrate 615N and~180 values at both dairies are consistent with nitrification of ammonium and mineralized organic N

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compounds from manure-rich wastewater. which is. stored and used as a fertilizer at bath daily sites. At some locations. nitrification has been followed by denitrification. Prior to nitrification, cow manure likely 5tart5 out with a bulk 6lIN value close to 5'l!.o. but is em:iched In lIN to V8l}'ing degrees due to' volatile loss of ammonia, resulting In 61'N values of 10-22'l!.o in nitrate derived from manure (33. 34). CUlture experiments have shown that nltrificationreact1ol1S typically combine 2 oxygen atoms from the Jocal pore water and one oxygen atom from atmospheric Oz (35.96). which has a 6UO of 23.5'l!.o (37). Different ratios of oxygen from water and atmospheric Oz are possible for very slow nitrification rates and low ammonia concentrations (38). however for dairy wastewater we assume that the 2:1 relation gives a reasonable prediction of the starting (1110 values for nitrate at the two dairies based on the average values for (11'0 of groundwater at each site (-12.69Lo atKCD and -9.9'l!.o atMCD). Based on this approach. the predicted Initial values for (11'0 In nitrate are -0.79Lo at ICeD and 1.1'l!.o at MCD. Samples with the lowest nitrate (llSN values have (1110 values In this range. and are consistent with nitrate derived from manure. There is no snong evidence for mixing with nitrate from synthetic nitrogenfertilizers, whicbare used occasionallyatbothsites. but typically have low 615N values (0-5'l!.o) and 61'0 values around 23'lLo (S9).

Denitrification drives the isotopic composition of the residual nitrate to hlgher 61IN and 6110 values. The stable isotopes of nitrogen are more strongly fractionated during denitrification than those of oxygen. leading to a slope of approximately 0.5 on a 6111() VIl 61'N diagram (34). Nitrate (l1'N and 15110 values at Individual KCD multilevel well sites are positively correlated with calculated slopes ranging from 0.47 to 0.60i the slope of first encounter wen data at MCD Is 0.66 (Figure 3). These nitrate (ll'N and 61'0 values indicate that denitrification is occUIIing at both sites. Because a wide raoge of fractionation facton; are known to exist for this process (40). it is not possible to determine the extent of denitrification using only the isotopic compositions ofninate along a denitrification trend. even when the initial value for manure-derived nitrate can be measured or calculated.

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Extent of DenllrlflcadoD. The concentrations of excess N2 and residual nitrate can be combined with the isotopic composition of nitrate In order to characterize the extent of denitrification. In an ideal system, denitrification leads to a regular decrease In nitrate concentrations, an Increase In excess Nz, and a Rayleigh-type fractionation of N and 0 isotopes in the residual nitrate (Figure .). 10 the Rayleigh fractionation model (41) the isotopic composition of residual nitrate depends on the fraction of Initial nitrate remaining in the system If = ClQ..daIl. the initial 6"N. and the fractionatio~ factor (oJ for denitrification:

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This fractionation can also be considered as an enrichment factor (d In 'l!.o units using the appraKimatlon E "" 1000 In a. lbe extent ofdenitrUlcation can be calculated as 1-f. Rather than relying on an estimate of initial nitrate concentration, the pa.nuneter lis determined directly using field measure­ments of excess N2 in units of equivalent reduced No,-:

Heterogeneity in groundwater systems can often com­plicate the interpretation of contaminant degnulation using aRaylelgh model (42). Denitrified water retains a proportion of its exCess Nz concentration (and low values of /J during mixing. but the isotopic composltion of nitrate may be disturbed by mixing since denitrified watell contain ex­tremely low concentrations ofnltrate « 1 mg/lJ. The sample from IS with afvalue close to zero and a 61'Nvalue of7.69Lo was lIlcely denitrlfled and is one example of this type of distwbance. However, In general, grounciwatersamplesfrom the same multilevel well 5ites at KCD fall along similar Rayleigh fractionation curves, indicating that the starting isotopic composition of nitrate and the fractionation factor of denitrification vary across the site !Figure 4).

Values of cl15N and/calculated from nitrate and excess Nz fall along Rayleigh fractionation curves with enrichment factors (~) ranging from -57'lLo to -,",- for three multllevel well sites at KCD and first encounter weDs at MCD. As expected for denltrlflcatlon, the enrichment !actors indicated for oxygen are roughly half of those for nltrogen. The magnitude of these enrichment factors for N In residual nitrate are among the lUghest reported for denitrification. which typically range from -4091.0 to -591.0 (34, 40). Partial gas loss near the water table interface at MCD could potentially increase the value off, resulting In larger values of~. Gas loss is unlikely to affect fractionation factors at KCD since most excess Nz is produced well below the water table. Considering the large differences observed for denitrlfication fractionation factors within and between the two dairy sites. it is not sufficient to estimate fractionation facton; for denitrification at dairies based on laboratozy-derlved values or field-derived values from other slles. The appropriate fractionation factors must be determined for each area, and even then the processes of mixing and gas loss must be considered In the relation between isotopic values and the extent of denitrification.. Nevertheless. direct determination of the original amount of nitrate using dissolved N2 values significantly improves our ability to detennine lhe extent of denitrification in settings where the initial nitrate concentra­tions are highly variable.

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11me Scale ofDeoitdfil:atlon Modem water (j.e., ground. water conUining measurable tritium) is found at all multi· levelwells completed in the upperaqulferatKCD, the deepest of which is 20 m BGS. The upper aquifer below KCD has 'H/~He apparent ages of <35 years.AtweD.lD1 (54 mBGS), the lower aquifer has no measurable NO,-and tritium below 1 pall, Indlcatinga groundwater age of more than 50 years. The sum of nitrate and excess Nz is highest in the young, shallow dairy waters at KCD. Samples with ~PHe ages > 29 years were belowthe MeLfor nitrate prior to denitrification. 'Ihese results are conslstent with an increasein nitrateloadlng

at the surface. which followed the startup ofKCD opemtions in the early 19705.

The extent of denitrification at KCD is related to both depth and groundwater residence time& based on 'HPHe apparent ages (Figure 5). There is a sh;up transition from high nitrate waten; to denitrified waters between 11 and 13 m depth across theKCDslte. This transition is also related to the apparent age of the groundwater, as the high nitrate waters typically have apparent ages of between 0 and 5 years, and most samples with ages greater than 8 years are significantly or completely denitrified. There are five samples

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that do not roHow this pattern. These outliers are from sites 35 and 4S where the shallow groundwater has much bigher lJU"He apparent ages due to slow movement around clay zones at the sctemed intervals for these samples. '!'be existence of older water that is DOt significantly impacted by denitrification indicates that it is the physical transport of water below the transition from mic to anoxic conditions rather than the residence time that governs denitrification in tbI$ system.

At the MCD site. gl'oundwater 'H/'He apparent ages indicate fast transit ntes from the water table to the shallow monitoring weDs. MOBt of the first encounter wells have appment ages of <3 years. consistent with the hydraulic analysis presented by Harter et al. (5). The very fast transit times to the shallow monitoring wells atMCD all ow for some constraints on minimum denitrification rates at this site. Based on the comparison of the calculated ages with the initial tritium curve. these manowweDs contain a negligible amOunt of old. 'Ii-decayed water. In shallow weDs near lagoons (e.g .• W-lS and V-21). the ' observed excess N2 (equivalent to 71 and 40 mg!L of reduced No,-) accumulated over a duration of less than 1 year. indicating that denini­fication ntes may be very high at these sites. Complete denltrlfication of groundwater collected from well W-98 (excess Na equivalent to 51 mg/L No,-) was attained within approximately 31 years, but may have occurred over a short period of time relative to the mean age of the water.

OcaIrrence of DenItrification at Dairy Sites. The depth at which denitrlfied waters are encountered is remarkably similar across the KCD site. ThIs transition Is not strongly correlatedwithachaDgem5edimenttextme. ThedeDitrified waters at aU KCD weDs coindde with negative ORP values and generally Jowdi&50Jved OJ concentrations. Total orpDk: carbon (TOC) concentration in the shallow groundwaters range from 1.1 to 15.7 mg/L at KCD. with the highest concentrations of TOe found in wells adjacent to lagoons. The highest concentrations of excess N2 are found in nested wel!-set 2S. which is located in afield downgradientfromtbe lagoons. However. sites distaJ to tbelagoona (3S and 45) that are apparently not impacted by lagoon seepage (43) also show evidence of denitrification, suggesting that dlrectlagoon seepage is DOt the sole driver for this process.

The chemical stratification observed in multilevel weDs at the KCD site demonstrates the Importance of character­izingvertical variations within aquifers for nitrate monitoring studies. Groundwater nitrate concentrations are integl'8ted over the hlgh and low nitrate concentratiOD zones by dairy water supplywel!s. which bave long screened Intervals from 9 to 18 m BGS. Water quality samples from these supply wells underestimate the actualnitrateconcenttationspresent in the uppermost oxic aquifer. Similarly. first encounter monitoring we1Is give an overestlmate of nitrate concentra­tions found deep In the aquifer. and thus wouJdmiss entirely the impact of saturated zone denitrification in mitigating nitrate transpon to the deep aquifer.

Monitoring weDs at MCD sample only the top of the aquifer. so the extent of denitrification at depth is unknown. except for the one deep supply well (W98). which has less than I mg/L nitrate and an excess Nt content consistent with reduction of 51 mg/LNO, - to Nz. ThIs supplywe1J would be abovetheMCLfornitratewithoutthe attenuationofnitrate by denitrification. The presence of ammonium at several of theweDswith excess N2indIcates a component of wastewater seepage in weDs located near lagoons. where mixing of oxic waters with anoxic lagoon seepage may induce both nini­fication and denitrification. WeDs that are located in the surrounding fields have high N03- concentrations. and do not have any detectable excess N .. a result consistent with mass-balance models of nitrate loading and groundwater nitrate concentration (5) .

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WhUe dairy operations seem likely to establish conditions conducive to saturated zone denitrification. the prevalence ofthepbenomenonisnotmown. MaJoruncertalntiesinciude the spatial extent of anaerobic conditions, and transport of organfccarbonunderdIffeDnghydrogeoJogicconditionsand diffeling nutrient management pnctices. Lagoon seepage may also increase the llkeIihood of denitrlfication in dairy aquifers. '!'be extent to which dairy animal and field open!­tions affect saturated zone denltrlflcation is an Important consideration in determining the assimilative capacity of underlying groundwater to nitrogen JoadIng associated with dairy operations.

Acknowledgments 'This waD: was performed under the auspices of the U.S. DepartmentofEnergybyUn1versityofCalifornia.LawreDCe livermore National Laboratory under ContractW-740S-Eng-48. Funding for this project was from the CaJifomia State Water Resources Control Board Groundwater Ambient

. Monitoring and Assessment Program and from the U.NL laboratory DIrected Research and Development Program. We thank Mark Conrad and Katharine Woods for use of the LBNL Center for Isotope Geochemistry's stable isotope lab and help with analyses. Weare gratefuJ for the effons of two joumaJreviewen. who prov.idedbelpfuJ critiques ofthiswoIk.

Sapporti.. 'llformation Avail.llI. A table of chemical, isotopic. and dissolved gas results from this study. a plot of apparent age with depth. and detafled descriptions of the study sites. 1bis material is available free of charge via the Internet at http://pubs.acs.org.

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Attenuation of Nitrate ContaminatioD in Shallow Groundwater Under Dairy

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Description of Dairy Sites

study Site 1:

Study Site #1 is located at a dairy operation in Kings County, CA (KCD). Manure

management practices employed at KCD, with respect to corral design, runoff capture

and lagoon management are typical of practices employed at other dairies in the region.

KCD has close to the IOOO-cow average for dairies in the area, and operates three clay-

lined wastewater lagoons that receive wastewater after solids separation. Wastewater is

used for irrigation of 500 acres offorage crops (corn and alfalfa) on the dairy and on

neighboring farms; dry manme is exported to neighboring farms.

KCD is located in the Kings River alluvial fan, a sequence of layered sediments

transported by the Kings River from the Sierra Nevada to the low lying southern San

Joaquin Valley of California (1,2). The site overlies an unconfined aquifer, which has

been split into an upper aquifer from 3m to 24m below ground surface (BGS) and a lower

aquifer (>40 m BGS) that are separated by a gap of unsaturated sediments. Both aquifers

are predominantly composed of unconsolidated sands with minor clayey sand layers. The

lower unsaturated gap was likely caused by intense regional groundwater pumping, and a

well completed in this unsaturated zone has very low gas pressures. There are no

persistent gradients in water table levels across the KeD site. but in genera~ regional

groundwater flow is from the NW to SE due to topographic flow on the Kings River fan.

The water table is located about 5 m BGS. Local recharge is dominated by vertical fluxes

from irrigation, and to a lesser extent, leakage from adjacent unlined canals. Transient

cones of depression are induced during groundwater pumping from dairy operation wells.

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The regional groundwater is highly impacted by agricultural activities and contains

elevated concentrations of nitrate and pesticides (3, 4).

KCD was instrumented with five sets of multi-level monitoring wells and one

"up-gradient" well near an irrigation canal. These wells were installed in 2002, and

sampled between Feb. 2002 and Aug. 2005. The multi-level wells have short (0.5 m)

screened intervals in order to detect heterogeneity and stratification in aquifer chemistTy.

One monitoring well was screened in the lower aquifer, 54m BGS. The remaining

monitoring wells are screened in the upper aquifer from Sm to 20m BGS. In addition,

there are eight dairy operation wells that were sampled over the course of this study.

These production wells have long screens, generally between 9 to ~g meters below

ground surface (BGS).

Study Site 2:

The second dairy field site is located in Merced County, CA. The Merced COWlty

dairy (MeD) lies within the northern San Joaquin Valley. approximately 160 kIn NNW

from the KCD site. The site is located on the low alluvial fans of the Merced and

Tuolumne Rivers, which drain the north-central Sierra Nevada. Soils at the site are sand

to loamy sand with rapid infiltration rates. The upper portion of the unconfined alluvial

aquifer is comprised of arkosic sand and silty sand, containing mostly quartz and

feldspar, with interbedded silt and hardpan layers. Hydraulic conductivities were

measured with slug tests and ranged from 1 x 10'" mls to 2 x 10-3 mls with a geometric

mean of 5 x 10'" mls (5). Regional groundwater flow is towards the valley trough with a

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gradient of approximately 0.05% to 0.15%. Depth to groundwater is 2.5 m to 5 m BGS.

The climate is Mediterranean with annual precipitation of 0.5 m, but groundwater

recharge is on the order of 0.5-0.8 m per year with most of the recharge originating from

excess irrigation water (3). Transit times in the unsaturated zone are relatively short due

to the shallow depth to groundwater and due to low water holding capacity in the sandy

soils. Shallow water tables "are managed through tile drainage and groundwater pumping

specifically for drainage. The MCn site is instrumented with monitoring wells that are

screened from 2-3 m BGS to a depth of 7-9 m BGS. The wells access the upper-most part

of the unconfined aquifer, hence, the most recently recharged groundwater (6). Recent

investigations showed strongly elevated nitrate levels in this shallow groundwater

originating largely from applications of liquid daily manure to field crops. from corrals,

and from manure storage lagoons (6). For this study, a subset of 18 wells was sampled. A

deep domestic well was also sampled at MCD. This domestic well is completed to 57 m

BGS, and thus samples a deeper part of the aquifer than the monitoring well network.

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