Current Projects

The AWRC is working with the following organizations to monitor water quality and estimate constituent loads in:

  • The White River Basin (Beaver Water District)
  • The Kings River near Berryville, Arkansas (Kings River Watershed Partnership)
  • Upper Illinois River Watershed (Illinois River Watershed Partnership)

USGS 104 B Program Funded Projects:

In 2009, the Arkansas Water Resources Center funded three projects including:

  • Denitrification, Internal N Cycling, and N Retention in River Impoundment Reservoirs, Dr. Thad Scott, UA Division of Agriculture, $21,180.
  • Land-use Effects on Resistance and Resilience of Stream Metabolism to Flood Events in Ozark Highland Headwater Streams, Dr. Michelle Evans-White, University of Arkansas, $20,000.
  • Longitudinal Evolution of Nutrients in a Mixed-Use Watershed under Storm and Non-Storm Flow Regimes, Dr. Joshua Romeis, UA Division of Agriculture, $16,972.