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What is the Water telling Us about the Land?
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This Morning
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This Morning
Rain
Land
Water
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The Water
• Precipitation• Soil Water• Groundwater• Streams• Lakes
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TheWater
• Let’s explore how these are connected!
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Hydrologic Cycle
Stream
Lake
Groundwater
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Elevation
• Water goes downhill
Greetings from Wisconsin….?
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Elevation
• Water goes downhill
Lake Superior
Gulf ofMexico
WISCONSIN?
Mississippi River
Dubuque
601’ 592’
2000’
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• Precipitation• Evapotranspiration• Streamflow
The Water
32” Precip.
22” EvapoTrans.
~10” Streamflow
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And it is a lot of water….
one squaremile
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And it is a lot of water….
one squaremile
Per Second!
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How could we test this?
• Figure out the area that contributes water to a point– We’ll call this the watershed
• Measure the streamflow and convert that to a depth of water per year– This is some math… – Volume of water divided by area = depth
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The Watershed
• A land area• Remember,
water flows downhill
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The Watershed
• A land area• Remember,
water flows downhill
• Some clues from a map
• Topography
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Really?• USGS 05379500 TREMPEALEAU RIVER
AT DODGE, WI• DRAINAGE AREA.--643 square miles.
Average flow ~470 cubic feet per second
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Really?• USGS 05340500 ST. CROIX RIVER AT ST.
CROIX FALLS, WI• DRAINAGE AREA.—6,240 square miles.
Average flow ~4,432 cubic feet per second
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What is the Water telling Us about the Land?
How much water is moving through the land!
(we might measure it as flow…. gallons/day or cubic feet per second….. But that is a depth/time if we know the “watershed “ area (area that contributes the water))
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This is very useful!
1) How long does water spend in a lake?2) What is the low flow in a stream?
3) How might these change if the amount of water changes?
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Part 2.
• What can we learn in a single storm?
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Part 2.
• What can we learn in a single storm?
R. Mentz Photo, Pioneer Farm
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Part 2.
• What can we learn in a single storm?
The Rain
__ Inches per Year +/-
___ storms per year +/-
___ hours of precipitation (>trace) per year +/-
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Part 2.
• What can we learn in a single storm?
The Rain
32 Inches per Year +/-
100 storms per year +/-
500 hours of precipitation (>trace) per year +/-
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Part 2.
• What can we learn in a single storm?
How much rain do we get in these hours?
Based on P8 hourly rainfallFile for 36 years, Madison
¼ inch/hour
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Part 2.
• What can we learn in a single storm?
How much rain do we get in these hours?
Based on P8 hourly rainfallFile for 36 years, Madison
½ inch/hour
1 inch/hour
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Part 2.
• What can we learn in a single storm?
What’s going on here?
R. Mentz Photo, Pioneer Farm
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Part 2.
• What can we learn in a single storm?
What’s going on here?
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Part 2.
• What can we learn in a single storm?
What’s going on here?
1) Raining faster than it can infiltrate2) Raining on saturated ground
R. Mentz Photo, Pioneer Farm
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What if we could
monitor some small areas and
the stream
!
Small Area
Stream
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• Let’s look at one of those projects
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Edge-of-field to Stream
• Jersey Valley 5000 acre watershed
• Discovery Farms • USGS
Rain
Runoff & Streamflow
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Stream Flow vs Runoff Flow1:1 Line Stream Flow = Edge of Field Flow
Stream Flow Volume
During Event(ft3/mi2)
Edge of Field Runoff Volume During Event (ft3/mi2)
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What do we learn?
• 0 to 4 inches/yr of water across the surface• 6 to 14 inches/yr of infiltration• Streamflow combines sources of runoff • What separates runoff from infiltration?
– Infiltration rates are important!
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Type of Soil
Soil TexturePonded
Infiltration Rate (in/hr)
Sand 2 to 10
Silt Loam 0.2 to 1
Clay 0.03 to 0.3
Factors Controlling Water Movement
Example Infiltration Rates
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Condition (compaction/structure)
ConditionPonded
Infiltration Rate (in/hr)
Vegetated 3.4
Open Soil 0.7
Traffic 0.1Silt loam soil described by Vervoort, R.W., S.M. Dabney and M.J.M. Romkens. 2001. Tillage and Row Position Effects on Water and SoluteInfiltration Characteristics, Soil ScienceSociety of America Journal 65:1227-1234.
Factors Controlling Water Movement
Example Infiltration Rates
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What is the Water telling Us about the Land?
How much of the precipitation is moving rapidly and how much is moving more
slowly to the stream!(Separating into “new” and “old” water may not be easy but we know that a portion of the water moves rapidly to the stream and a portion is more slowly delivered)
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Part 3.
• Let’s do some chemistry
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Part 3.
• Let’s do some chemistry
• Why is this important?
• Remember, it doesn’t explain everything
20
100 µg/l P
40
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Part 3.
• Let’s look at two important examples
• Groundwater • Runoff (…lake and
stream)
Remember, this distinction is a little tricky
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Part 3.
• Groundwater• Water
percolating through soil profile
• Rain becomes groundwater! http://www.exploringnat
ure.org
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Part 3.
• Groundwater• Water
percolating through soil profile
• Rain becomes groundwater! http://www.exploringnat
ure.org
pH5.5
pH7.5
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Part 3.
• Groundwater• Water
percolating through soil profile
• Rain becomes groundwater! http://www.exploringnat
ure.org
pH5.5
pH7.5
Calcium0.3 mg/l
Calcium40 mg/l
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Part 3.
• Groundwater• Water
percolating through soil profile
• Rain becomes groundwater! http://www.exploringnat
ure.org
pH5.5
pH7.5
Calcium0.3 mg/l
Calcium40 mg/l
Soil microbes=
Carbon dioxide
Minerals + Carbonic
Acid
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Part 3.
• Calcium and Magnesium (“hardness”) varies across Wisconsin… Why?
“Soft” Water
“Hard” Water
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http://www.exploringnature.org
Part 3.
• Groundwater• Large
amounts of nitrogen in the soil profile increase groundwater nitrate
(and hardness)
pH5.5
pH7.5
Calcium0.3 mg/l
Calcium60 mg/l
Soil microbes=
Carbon dioxide
Minerals + Carbonic
Acid
Org N=Ammonia +O2 =Nitrate + Acidity
Nitrate10 mg N/l
Nitrate0.2 mg/l
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Part 3.
• Groundwater Nitrate Concentrations (County Averages)
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What is the Water telling Us about the Land?
The chemistry of groundwater (pH, hardness) reflects the geology of the soil
and bedrock. Additions of nitrogen increase nitrate concentrations
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Part 3.
• Chemistry… Continued
• What about “Runoff”?
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Part 3. A “mass balance” Concentration =Total Mass / Total Volume• Chemistry…
Continued• What about
“Runoff”?
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Part 3. A “mass balance” Concentration =Total Mass / Total Volume
Runoff
LakeGroundwater / Streamflow
• Chemistry… Continued
• What about “Runoff”?
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Part 3. Phosphorus Concentration& Streamflow
The “hydrograph” &The “chemograph”
• Chemistry… Continued
• What about “Runoff”?
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Part 3. PhosphorusConcentration
(mg/l)
• Chemistry… Continued
• What about “Runoff”?
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Phosphorus Concentration
Increases During the Event
Nitrate Concentration
Decreases During the Event
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1E-05
0.0001
0.001
0.01
0.1
1
10
0.001 0.01 0.1 1 10 100
Event Total P
Loss (lb/acre)
Runoff Depth (mm)
LawnsWoodsCornAlfalfa
Let’s take one last look at phosphorusin different runoff studies
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1E-05
0.0001
0.001
0.01
0.1
1
10
0.001 0.01 0.1 1 10 100
Event Total P Loss
(lb/acre)
Runoff Depth (mm)
Lawns
Woods
Corn
Alfalfa
5 mg/l
0.5 mg/l
10 fold concentration difference!10000 fold runoff volume difference
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WHY?
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WHY?
45,000 lb plant P50,000 lb organic matter P250,000 lbs soil P (top 6”)
350,000lb P
/sq mile
Adapted from Yanai, R.D., 1992. Phosphorus Budget of a 70-year-old northern hardwood forestBiogeochemistry 17:1-22
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A Tale of Two Pathways
• 10 inches of infiltration at 0.02 mg P/liter= 0.05 pounds of Phosphorus from 1 acre
• 2 inches of runoff at 2 mg P / liter= 0.90 pounds of Phosphorus from 1 acre
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Part 3.
• The concentration we see reflects the mix ing of these pathways
20
100 µg/l P
40
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What is the Water telling Us about the Land?
The land has a relatively high concentration of phosphorus…
Runoff acquires this phosphorus….The mass that is transported reflects the
runoff volume x runoff concentration
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What is the Water Telling Us About the Land?
• The water moves through land first!
• The pathways it takes – The amount of water – The timing of the water– The mineralization of our water– The nutrient content of our water
• Good Luck with your Watershed Connections!
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