Ponding Surface Drainage Water for Sediment and Phosphorus Removal

Brown, M.J. and Bondurant, J.A. and Brockway, C.E. (1981) Ponding Surface Drainage Water for Sediment and Phosphorus Removal. Transaction of the ASAE. 24(60):1478-1481.

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Abstract

SEDIMENT and phosphorus (P) removal efficencies of
a sediment-retention pond with a capacity of about
3400 m³ receiving surface water runoff from 4050 ha of
irrigated land, were measured for five years. Average
daily flow through the pond, during the irrigation runoff
period, was 347 L/s, with a pond retention time of 2.7 h.
The pond removed 65 to 76 percent of the sediment, and
25 to 33 percent of the total P entering the pond. Sediment
and phosphorus removal efficiencies depended
upon the flow rate and the sediment concentration of
surface return flow entering the pond. Sediment and
phosphorus were most efficiently removed when the
stream flow was 340 to 453 L/s and the sediment concentration
was in the range of 20 to 750 mg/L. Sediment
removed from the pond was used to cover protruding
basalt to improve and expand a golf course.

Item Type:	Article
NWISRL Publication Number:	0475
Subjects:	Irrigation > Furrow irrigation > Drainage water (see Percolation water) Irrigation > Furrow irrigation > Runoff losses > Sediment Mass Import - autoclassified (may be erroneous)
Depositing User:	Dan Stieneke
Date Deposited:	26 Feb 2010 17:15
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2017 22:51
Item ID:	381
URI:	https://eprints.nwisrl.ars.usda.gov/id/eprint/381