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Water chemistry data for three agricultural ponds in the southern Coastal Plain of Georgia, USA

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posted on 2025-04-09, 19:29 authored by Oliva PisaniOliva Pisani, Dan Liebert, Yakov A. Pachepsky, Alisa W. Coffin

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, Oliva

Data contact email

oliva.pisani@usda.gov

Publisher

Ag Data Commons

Temporal Extent Start Date

2021-10-06

Temporal Extent End Date

2023-10-18

Frequency

  • irregular

Theme

  • Non-geospatial

Geographic Coverage

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Geographic location - description

Sumner Cooperator Farm: 31.614247, -83.710532 Ty Ty Cooperator Farm, North: 31.5139853, -83.6177578 Ty Ty Cooperator Farm, South: 31.5086980, -83.6167862

ISO 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; hydrochemistry

OMB Bureau Code

  • 005:18 - Agricultural Research Service

OMB Program Code

  • 005:040 - National Research

ARS National Program Number

  • 211
  • 108

ARIS Log Number

424275

Pending 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