Occurrence of Phosphorus, Nitrate, and Suspended Solids in Streams of the Cheney Reservoir Watershed, south-Central Kansas, 1997-2000.

摘要

Improving water quality of Cheney Reservoir in South-central Kansas is an important objective of State and local water managers. The reservoir serves as a water supply for about 350,000 people in the Wichita area and an important recreational resource for the area. In 1992, a task force was formed to study and prepare a plan to identify and mitigate potential sources of stream contamination in the Cheney Reservoir watershed. This task force was established to develop stream-water-quality goals to aid in the development and implementation of best-management practices in the watershed. The purpose of this report is to present the results of a 4-year (1997-200) data collection effort to quantify the occurrence of phosphorus, nitrate, and suspended solids during base-flow, runoff, and long-term streamflow conditions (all available data for 1997-2000) and to compare these results to stream-water-quality goals established by the Cheney Reservoir Task Force.