Water chemistry data for three agricultural ponds in the southern Coastal Plain of Georgia, USA
Ponds used to capture and store water for irrigation are a common feature in agricultural landscapes of the southern Coastal Plain of Georgia, USA. However, not much is known about the biogeochemistry of these ponds. As part of a project describing water quality in irrigation ponds of agricultural landscapes, pond water samples were collected from October 2021 to October 2023 at three ponds in Georgia, USA. Two ponds were located on a farm near Ty Ty, GA (Ty Ty Cooperator Farm, TCF) and one pond was located on a farm near Sumner, GA (Sumner Cooperator Farm, SCF; 31.614247, -83.710532). The two ponds on the TCF are identified as TCF-North (TCF-N; 31.5139853, -83.6177578) and TCF-South (TCF-S; 31.5086980, -83.6167862). The TCF is a rotational cropland while the SCF is an integrated crop-livestock farm. At each pond, water samples were collected at various locations along the edges (littoral sites) and in the center (limnetic sites). At the limnetic sites, samples were collected at the water surface and at 1 m depth. Water samples were collected in 500 mL pre-washed plastic bottles using a peristaltic pump and kept on ice until returned to the laboratory. The samples were filtered (934-AH, Whatman) and the filtrate was split for various chemical analyses including dissolved nutrients (ammonia-N, nitrate-N, nitrite-N, orthophosphate-P, and chloride) using flow injection analysis with colorimetric detection, dissolved micro- and macronutrients (aluminum, arsenic, boron, calcium, iron, potassium, magnesium, manganese, molybdenum, sodium, phosphorus, sulfur, silica, and vanadium) using Inductively Coupled Plasma with Optical Emission Spectroscopy (ICP-OES), and optical characteristics of the dissolved organic matter using UV-Visible and Fluorescence spectroscopy.
Funding
USDA-ARS: 6048-13000-028-000D
USDA-ARS: 8042-42610-001-000D
USDA Conservation Effects Assessment Project: 6048-13000-028-0751
History
Data contact name
Pisani, OlivaData contact email
oliva.pisani@usda.govPublisher
Ag Data CommonsTemporal Extent Start Date
2021-10-06Temporal Extent End Date
2023-10-18Frequency
- irregular
Theme
- Non-geospatial
Geographic Coverage
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Sumner Cooperator Farm: 31.614247, -83.710532 Ty Ty Cooperator Farm, North: 31.5139853, -83.6177578 Ty Ty Cooperator Farm, South: 31.5086980, -83.6167862ISO Topic Category
- inlandWaters
National Agricultural Library Thesaurus terms
ponds; irrigation water; coastal plains; Georgia; biogeochemistry; water quality; irrigation; farms; cropland; littoral zone; bottles; ice; filtrates; chemical analysis; nutrients; ammonium nitrogen; nitrate nitrogen; nitrite nitrogen; chlorides; flow injection analysis; colorimetry; aluminum; arsenic; boron; calcium; iron; potassium; magnesium; manganese; molybdenum; sodium; phosphorus; sulfur; silica; vanadium; dissolved organic matter; fluorescence emission spectroscopy; hydrochemistryOMB Bureau Code
- 005:18 - Agricultural Research Service
OMB Program Code
- 005:040 - National Research
ARS National Program Number
- 211
- 108
ARIS Log Number
424275Pending citation
- Yes
Related material without URL
Albright A, Coffin AW, Pisani O, Bosch DD, Strickland TS. A pilot study for water storage and carbon variability in an irrigation pond of the Southeastern Plains, USA. Submitted to Journal of the American Water Resources Association.Public Access Level
- Public