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This metadata record documents an ascii comma-delimited file representing estimated nitrogen in kilograms by NHDPlus v2.1 catchments for the conterminous United States. Nitrogen estimates were taken from Estimated nitrogen from septic for the conterminous United States, 2010 published by the U.S. Geological Survey. Nitrogen values by individual reach catchments (COMID) were determined by calculating a zonal mean in a GIS.
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This data release contains a netCDF file containing decadal estimates of nitrate leached from septic systems (kilograms per hectare per year, or kg/ha) in the state of Wisconsin from 1850 to 2010, as well as the python code and supporting files used to create the netCDF file. The netCDF file is used as an input to a Nitrate Decision Support Tool for the State of Wisconsin (GW-NDST; Juckem and others, 2024). The dataset was constructed starting with 1990 census records, which included responses about households using septic systems for waste disposal. The fraction of population using septic systems in 1990 was aggregated at the county scale and applied backward in time for each decade from 1850 to 1980. For decades...
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Concerns exist that the degradation of water quality in Salado Creek near Salado, Texas could adversely affect recreational uses and harm salamander populations that live in and near springs that discharge into the stream. Salado is part of the rapidly growing Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood area; land-use changes in the Salado Creek watershed could adversely affect water quality in Salado Creek. Streamflow in Salado Creek is generally derived from the Salado Springs complex during low-flow conditions (dry weather) and from the springs and surface runoff during high-flow conditions (wet weather). A better understanding of the types of waste (human, animal, or both) that may be entering the stream and springs is needed...
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This metadata record documents a rudimentary estimate of nitrogen from septic for the conterminous United States for 2010, derived from block-group 1990 and 2010 Decennial Census of Population and Housing data. Specifically, the data were computed from 1990 population and housing data where a ratio of the total population to the people on septic was obtained and applied to 2010 population data by block group. All input data were acquired from the National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS, Manson and others, 2017). The amount of nitrogen in pounds per person per year was derived from documentation supporting the Chesapeake Bay Program’s Phase 5.3 Community Watershed Model (USEPA, 2010). The Supplemental...


    map background search result map search result map Estimated nitrogen from septic for the conterminous United States, 2010 (SepN_CONUS_bg_2010) Nutrients, Escherichia coli, and microbial source tracking markers in surface-water and known-source samples collected in Salado Creek and its watershed near Salado, Texas, 2018 Attributes for NHDPlus version 2.1 catchments and modified routing of upstream watersheds for the conterminous United States: estimated nitrogen from septic, 2010 Calculated Leached Nitrogen from Septic Systems in Wisconsin, 1850-2010 Nutrients, Escherichia coli, and microbial source tracking markers in surface-water and known-source samples collected in Salado Creek and its watershed near Salado, Texas, 2018 Calculated Leached Nitrogen from Septic Systems in Wisconsin, 1850-2010 Estimated nitrogen from septic for the conterminous United States, 2010 (SepN_CONUS_bg_2010) Attributes for NHDPlus version 2.1 catchments and modified routing of upstream watersheds for the conterminous United States: estimated nitrogen from septic, 2010