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Current Projects

AWRC received funding from the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission for the following projects:

Water Quality Monitoring in the Upper Illinois River Watershed and Upper White River Basin--The goal of this project is to collect water samples at multiple sites in the Upper Illinois River Watershed and Upper White River Basin in northwest Arkansas, to estimate annual constituent loads, and then to evaluate changes in water quality. The information gained from this project will be used by scientists, stakeholders, and policy-decision makers in Arkansas, who will update or remove streams from the 303(d) list. This project also monitors the water quality of select stream reaches listed on the 303(d) list to address impairment by pathogens and low dissolved oxygen concentrations.

Water Quality Monitoring for Selected Priority Watersheds in Arkansas, Upper Saline, Poteau and Strawberry Rivers--The goal of this project is to collect water samples across selected watersheds to better understand how water quality changes across sub-watersheds draining different land uses. We will also estimate nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment loads at sites where US Geological Survey discharge monitoring stations exist. The knowledge attained from this project will help validate the SWAT modeling output conducted under a separate Arkansas Natural Resources Commission 319 Program project, and improve the level of confidence that we have in the subwatershed prioritizations based on the model output.

USGS 104 B Program Funded Projects:

The Arkansas Water Resources Center funded four projects in 2012 including:

  • Preparing drinking water utilities on Beaver Lake Reservoir to meet disinfection byproduct regulations: The impact of continued nutrient enrichments, Drs. Julian Fairey and Wen Zhang, University of Arkansas Department of Civil Engineering $32,000
  • Development and implementation of nutrient runoff reduction measures for poultry houses, Dr. Andrew Sharpley and Sheri Herron, University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, $21,000
  • Effect of global climate change on algal biomass and total organic carbon concentrations in Beaver Lake, Dr. Thad Scott, University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, $22,700.

104 B Reporting Requirements
The following must be completed and emailed to AWRC by May 1 of each year during which your project is active.

  1. 104B_Project Summary.   The project summary is to be completed by May 1 of the year during which your project ends (i.e. February 201X).  If your project has been extended you will still be required to submit this report in May of the year your project was originally to end and again the following May.  Please contact Leslie Massey at lbartsc@uark.edu if you have any questions.  Please include in relevant pictures, tables and graphs in the results section.
  2. 104B Program Reporting Codes.  Please provide the reporting code and the required information for each code applicable to your project.  For example:

R4: 3 faculty, 1 post-doc, 0 Ph D, 3 masters and 4 undergraduates supported.