Trends and Comparison of Water Quality and Bottom Material of NortheasternArkansas Streams, 1974-85, and Effects of Planned Diversions

摘要

Increased usage of surface water is being considered in response to higherpumping costs due to declining ground-water levels and deterioration of ground-water quality in some areas of northeastern Arkansas. Tasks of the Eastern Arkansas Region Comprehensive Study include a description of existing water and bottom-material quality, assessment of effects of diversion on existing water and bottom-material quality, and assessment of the feasibility of artificial recharge. The report addresses these tasks and was prepared in cooperation with the Arkansas Soil and Water Conservation Commission. The purposes of the report are to: (1) describe and statistically summarize the water-quality, bottom-material quality, and suspended-sediment and bed-material data from streams and rivers in northeastern Arkansas (fig. 1); (2) assess possible effects of surface-water diversions on existing water-quality conditions in receiving streams; and (3) assess possible effects of use of selected surface waters for artificial recharge of ground water.