U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey Nitrate and Groundwater Flow to Springs in the Upper Floridan aquifer, Lower ACF—Chipola Basin by Christy Crandall
Objectives of Study—2007 through ) To quantify groundwater travel times areas contributing recharge hydrologic and geochemical processes occurring along flowpaths 2) Test 3 nitrogen management scenarios from 2002 through 2050 in areas contributing recharge to Jackson Blue, Baltzell Group, and Sandbag Springs. Cessation of nitrogen input after percent decline per year of nitrogen input Maintain nitrogen input at 2001 levels
Study Area
Lower ACF Basin Elevation Streams Physiographic provinves
Floridan Aquifer System Named Springs Mapped Closed-basin depressions Confinement Status
Crack-in-the-woods Spring in the Chipola River Bed
Approximately 50 % of the Land Use is Agriculture
ACFB agricultural land use study -- trend data for nitrate
Regional Model
Sub-Models And Selected Groundwater sites
Results
STATION IDSTATION NAME WELL DEPTHDODOCFENO 3 as NN15/N MALONE No <0.3< JAPSTER < BALTZELL SPRING GROUP --9.5<0.2< CITY OF COTTONDALE NO.3, HUTTON < SAND BAG SPRING --5.4<0.3< NWFWMD <0.4< NWFWMD <0.3< JACKSON BLUE SPRING --10.<0.3< Water Quality Results
AGE OF RECHARGE WATER AND PARTICLE TRACKING RESULTS
Preliminary Age Dating Results
pART Particle Age and Area Contributing Recharge to Springs
StatisticSandbagJacksonBaltzell Maximum Minimum Average Median Standard Deviation
NITRATE IN THE UPPER FLORIDAN AQUIFER AND SCENARIOS
Uncertainties of Fertilizer Data Locations of use? K Jackson County, Florida, 1945 to 2001 Nitrate-N in mg/L
Estimated changes in nitrate concentrations in Jackson Blue, Baltzell Group, and Sandbag Spring from 2002 through 2050 with 3 different management scenarios Cessation of nitrogen input after percent decline per year of nitrogen input Maintain nitrogen input at 2001 levels
Estimated changes in nitrate concentrations in Jackson Blue Spring from 2002 through 2050 with 3 different management scenarios
Estimated changes in nitrate concentrations in Baltzell Spring Group from 2002 through 2050 with 3 different management scenarios
Estimated changes in nitrate concentrations in Sandbag Spring from 2002 through 2050 with 3 different management scenarios
Future of Study
Future Directions--Large Objectives Develop linked groundwater/surface water model to calculate daily stage, stream flux, and head, as a function of pumpage, rainfall, upstream conditions, climate events, and dam releases through 2050
Future Directions—my tasks Convert Current Model to transient flow model Use more sophisticated unsaturated flow and streamflow routing to account for aquifer- stream interaction, evaporation and recharge in the surficial aquifer/residium. Calibrate transient model for 1978 to 2008 recharge, stream and spring flow and pumpage conditions.