1.1+Literature+Review

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 * __Literature Reviewed__**

__**WEEK 1**__: August 22
//**TOPIC: Water Quality of Fresh and Coastal Waters**//

[|Ambrosetti, W., Barbanti, L., & Sala, N. (2003). Residence Time and Physical Processes in Lakes. //Journal of Limnology//, 62(Suppl. 1): 1-15]. [|Eutrophication of Freshwater and Coastal Marine Ecosystems: A Global Problem....Bennett] [|Health and environmental policy issues in Canada: the role of watershed management in sustaining clean drinking water quality at surface sources] [|Improvement of drinking water quality by using plant biomass through household biosand filter - A decentralized approach (Iryna Lucas)] [|Initial appraisal of water quality of Lake Santa Ana, Mexico] ==== [|Water quality effectiveness of ditch fencing and culvert crossing in the Lake Okeechobee basing, southern Florida, USA (Chris Marr)] ====

Here is the link to my literature review for "siumulating dynamic load of naturally occurring TOC from watershed into a river"... Bennett [|Water Research, Volume 37, issue 4, Feb. 2003, pages 823-832] and the science direct link, ... [|ScienceDirect Link]

__**WEEK 2**__: August 29
//**TOPIC: Stream Gauging and Water Quality**//

[|Accuracy of stream gauging by dilution methods. JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY.] [|Designing water supplies: Optimizing drinking water composition for maximum economic benefit (Iryna Lucas)] [|Determining Discharge in a Stream] [|Stream-Gaging Program of the U.S. Geological Survey]< Stream Gauging (gaging) Information... Bennett [|The use of salt dilution gauging techniques: ecological considerations and insights]

__**WEEK 3**__: September 12
//**TOPIC: Hypothesis Research - Get Smart Related to, destratification, and their affects on water quality and water treatment costs.**// //**POSSIBLE AREAS OF INTEREST**//
 * TOC- DOC, POC
 * pH
 * ALK
 * DO
 * NTU
 * TN
 * TP
 * De-acidification
 * Lake salt content
 * TOC "countermeasures" and BMPs

[|Big Creek Lake Watershed Management Plan] (I believe this document is going to be beneficial to obtaining a focus for our research. This document gives information on all of the previous research completed within the reservoir's watershed as well as aknowledging the issues that have yet to be addressed. Richard Allen) [|The impact of forest to urban land conversion on streamflow, total nitrogen, total phosphorus, and total organic carbon inputs to the converse reservoir, Southern Alabama, USA] (The above article is from //__Urban Ecosystems__// and was published online first in July 2011. I am not sure whether or not it has been published "hard copy" yet. It relates directly to J.B. Converse Lake and should help give us better direction related to land use within the watershed.) [|USGS REPORT: "Non-Point and Point Sources of Nitrogen in Major Watersheds (Report 94-4001)] [|Water Quality and Simulated Effects of Urban Land-Use Change in J.B. Converse Lake Watershed, Mobile County, Alabama, 1990–2003 U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005–5171, 124 pages (Published 2005) FULL REPORT PDF LINK]

__**WEEK 4**__: September 19
//**TOPIC:**//

__**WEEK 5**__: September 26
//**TOPIC:**// //**I think this resource might be very useful for to us.**// //**Water Quality Monitoring: A Practical Guide to the Design and Implementation of Freshwater Quality Studies and Monitoring Programs**//

__**WEEK 6**__**: October 10**
//**TOPIC:**//
 * Note: No Class October 3

__**Miscellaneous**__**:**
I have found a few decent references if anyone wants to look at them. I have not read all the way through them but from what I saw they may be beneficial to what we are doing.The links are not the same. One of them is the actual thesis he submitted and the other is in a publication format. [|AN ECOLOGICALLY-SUSTAINABLE SURFACE WATER WITHDRAWAL FRAMEWORK FOR CROPLAND IRRIGATION – A CASE STUDY IN ALABAMA] [|AN ECOLOGICALLY-SUSTAINABLE SURFACE WATER WITHDRAWAL FRAMEWORK FOR CROPLAND IRRIGATION – A CASE STUDY IN ALABAMA] [|Valuing Ecosystem Services from Forested Landscapes: How Urbanization Influences Drinking Water Treatment Cost]

Here is a USACOE document that describes modeling watersheds using the FLUX, PROFILE, and BATHTUB models. The BATHTUB model is used in the USGS Reports. [|Simplified Procedures for Eutrophication Assessment and Prediction: User Manual]

Here is the document I refered to in the federal resources section. In this document they used J.B. Converse Lake sediment core samples as a reference. Richard Allen [|Resolution of Sedimentation Rates in Impacted Coastal Environments using Cs and Pb Markers: Dog River and Fowl River Embayments]

FYI, The USGS StreamStats application for Alabama is now operational. It was turned on Thursday evening. As of this time, the Tennessee watershed is the only one available but 90% of Alabama should be added within the next few months, per Peter Steeves of the U.S. Geological Survey. Here is a link to the site. [|Welcome to StreamStats]

This is a journal article I found illustrating the international norm for the measurements of TOC. This article also shows different methods for calculating the TOC levels. [|the MIRCOCHEMICAL JOURNAL link (TOC article)]
 * __Overview for Organic Carbons and TOC measurements --Bennett__**

Dr. Whelton provided references: Why nutrient levels can differ in lakes http://books.google.com/books?id=cunmSA6VpUMC&pg=PA4&lpg=PA4&dq=total+phosphorus+differences+at+depth+in+a+narrow+lakes&source=bl&ots=OY1Ifu0gsb&sig=QpR_AyS1U9oEhOtoIfw3WRWWW4M&hl=en&ei=S2OWTsv6CNCDtgeyvpWHBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

Example assessment of watershed impacts on water quality http://www.oneonta.edu/academics/biofld/PUBS/ANNUAL/2005/Water%20quality%20monitoring%20of%20five%20major%20trib.pdf