scholarly journals Water-quality maps for the Upper Cretaceous and Lower Tertiary aquifer in the southeastern coastal plain of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and southeastern North Carolina

1988 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
North Carolina ◽  
South Carolina ◽  
Coastal Plain ◽  
Upper Cretaceous ◽  
Lower Tertiary ◽  
Southeastern Coastal Plain ◽  
Quality Maps

Effectiveness of riparian buffers in controlling ground-water discharge of nitrate to streams in selected hydrogeologic settings of the North Carolina Coastal Plain

2004 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 63-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
T.B. Spruill
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
North Carolina ◽  
Ground Water ◽  
Coastal Plain ◽  
Water Discharge ◽  
Relative Effectiveness ◽  
Surface Water Quality ◽  
Riparian Buffers ◽  
Flow Paths ◽  
The North

Water-quality and hydrologic information were collected along ground-water flow paths from two well-drained and two poorly drained Coastal Plain settings in North Carolina to evaluate the relative effectiveness of riparian buffers in reducing discharge of nitrate to streams. At one well-drained site with a 100 m buffer, little or no effect was detected on surface-water quality by discharging ground water because extensive woody vegetation in the buffer was able to take up not only most nitrate, but also most ground water before discharging to the stream during the growing season (March-October). At the second well-drained site, ground water discharging to the stream from the side with a buffer contained about 2 mg/L of nitrate-nitrogen after passing through the bed of the stream compared to 6 mg/L in ground water discharging from the side with no buffer. In the poorly drained settings, nitrate in ground water decreased from about 6 mg/L in the recharge area to less than 0.02 mg/L downgradient from the riparian buffer. Ground water discharging from the side with no buffer contained 0.83 mg/L. Riparian buffers appear effective in reducing nitrate in ground water discharging to Coastal Plain streams.

The Water Quality Consequences of Restoring Wetland Hydrology to a Large Agricultural Watershed in the Southeastern Coastal Plain

Ecosystems ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1060-1078 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcelo Ardón ◽  
Jennifer L. Morse ◽  
Martin W. Doyle ◽  
Emily S. Bernhardt
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Coastal Plain ◽  
Wetland Hydrology ◽  
Agricultural Watershed ◽  
Southeastern Coastal Plain
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