Water table management practice effects on water quality
1992
Wright, J.A. | Shirmohammadi, A. | Magette, W.L. | Fouss, J.L. | Bengtson, R.L. | Parsons, J.E.
Impacts of water table management (WTM) practices on water quality were modeled using a linked version of CREAMS and DRAINMOD (Parsons and Skaggs, 1988). The CREAMS denitrification component and the linked DRAINMOD-CREAMS model were modified to simulate daily hydrology (runoff, infiltration, evaporation, and soil moisture content), erosion, and nutrient processes for different WTM conditions. Measured data from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, were used to validate the linked model, and then controlled drainage-subirrigation (CD-SI) was simulated to investigate the effects of different WTM systems on runoff, erosion, and nitrogen losses. Results of the study indicated that the linked models performed better than the original CREAMS model in predicting runoff, infiltration, soil moisture content, and erosion, and that the modified linked model performed better than both CREAMS and the original linked model in predicting nitrogen losses from the study site. Results also showed that the CD-SI system simulated by the modified DRAINMOD-CREAMS model predicted increased denitrification and lowered nitrate leaching, unlike the original version. This study concluded that the CD-SI system may be used as a BMP to reduce nitrogen leaching to shallow groundwater systems for areas with high water table conditions.
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