Nitrogen Loads and Ground-Water Residence Times in an Agricultural Basin in North-Central Connecticut Nitrogen Loads and Ground Nitrogen Loads and Ground - - Water Water Residence Times in an Agricultural Basin Residence Times in an Agricultural Basin in North in North - - Central Connecticut Central Connecticut John R. Mullaney U.S. Geological Survey, Connecticut Water Science Center, East Hartford, Connecticut [email protected]In Cooperation with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection John R. Mullaney U.S. Geological Survey, Connecticut Water Science Center, East Hartford, Connecticut [email protected]In Cooperation with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
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Importance of ground-water flow and travel time on nitrogen
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U.S. Department of the InteriorU.S. Geological Survey
Nitrogen Loads and Ground-Water Residence Times in an Agricultural Basin in North-Central Connecticut
Nitrogen Loads and GroundNitrogen Loads and Ground--Water Water Residence Times in an Agricultural Basin Residence Times in an Agricultural Basin in Northin North--Central ConnecticutCentral ConnecticutJohn R. MullaneyU.S. Geological Survey, Connecticut Water Science Center, East Hartford, Connecticut [email protected]
In Cooperation with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
John R. MullaneyU.S. Geological Survey, Connecticut Water Science Center, East Hartford, Connecticut [email protected]
In Cooperation with the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
The Base Flow Component of Streamflow
Basins (red) with base flow index of 50% or greater
Take Home Message:
Ground-water discharge to streams commonly is a large part of the water budget
Annual loading of nitrogen from ground-water discharge can be larger than from stormwater runoff
Surface-water quality improvements from BMPs may be delayed by ground-water travel times
Framework and Purpose
Long Island Sound Watershed in Connecticut
TMDL for nitrogen 58.5% reduction by 2014
10 percent reduction in nonpoint source required
Framework and Purpose (Cont.)
To gain understanding of the contribution of nitrogen from ground-water discharge
Provide information on the effect of ground-water travel time on surface-water quality
Explore scenarios to determine the most effective way to implement BMPs
Largest load and shortest ground-water travel time
Broad Brook Basin on the Connecticut List of Impaired Waters