Temporal variability in water quality of agricultural tailwaters: Implications for water quality monitoring

N. Brauer, A.T. O'Geen and R.A. Dahlgren

Agricultural Water Management, 2009, vol. 96, issue 6, 1001-1009

Abstract: Accurate assessments of non-point source pollution and the associated evaluation of mitigation strategies depend on effective water quality monitoring programs. Intensive irrigation season water quality monitoring was conducted on three agricultural drains (6h to daily sampling) along with analysis of decade long records from two larger agricultural drains (biweekly to monthly sampling) in the San Joaquin Valley, California. Analyses revealed significant temporal variability in concentrations of nutrients, salts, and turbidity over short time-scales (

Keywords: Non-point; source; Tailwater; Temporal; variability; Irrigation; runoff; Water; quality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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