Managing pollutant inputs from pastoral dairy farming to maintain water quality of a lake in a high-rainfall catchment

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dc.contributor.authorWilcock, RJen_AU
dc.contributor.authorMonaghan, RMen_AU
dc.contributor.authorMcDowell, RWen_AU
dc.contributor.authorVerburg, Pen_AU
dc.contributor.authorHorrox, Jen_AU
dc.contributor.authorChagué-Goff, Cen_AU
dc.contributor.authorDuncan, MJen_AU
dc.contributor.authorRutherford, Aen_AU
dc.contributor.authorZemansky, Gen_AU
dc.contributor.authorScarsbrook, MRen_AU
dc.contributor.authorWright-Stow, AEen_AU
dc.contributor.authorHoward-Williams, Cen_AU
dc.contributor.authorCotton, Sen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-01T02:23:04Zen_AU
dc.date.available2015-11-01T02:23:04Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2013-05-03en_AU
dc.date.statistics2015-10-27en_AU
dc.description.abstractA study (2004–11) of a dairy catchment stream entering an oligotrophic lake in an area of very high rainfall (~5 m year–1) yielded median concentrations of total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP), suspended sediment (SS) and Escherichia coli (E. coli) of 0.584, 0.074 and 3.7 g m–3, and 405/100 mL (most probable number method), respectively. Trend analysis indicated significant (P < 0.01) decreases for TN (–0.08 ± 0.02 g m–3 year–1), TP (–0.01 ± 0.005 g m–3 year–1) and SS (–0.45 ± 0.14 g m–3 year–1) and were partly attributable to improved exclusion of cattle from the stream. Water balance calculations indicated that approximately one-half the rainfall left as deep drainage that by-passed catchment outlet flow recorders. Estimates of catchment yields for TN were improved by taking into account groundwater hydrology and concentrations from well samples. Storm-flow monitoring inflows exceeding the 97.5th percentile contributed ~40% of total loads leaving the catchment so that specific yields for SS, TN and TP augmented by groundwater inputs and storm flows were ~960, 45 and 7 kg ha–1 year–1, respectively. These compared well with modelled results for losses from dairy farms in the catchment of 40–60 kg N ha–1 year–1 and 5–6 kg P ha–1 year–1 and indicated that attenuation losses were relatively small. © CSIRO, 2013. Open Access.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationWilcock, R. J., Monaghan, R. M., McDowell, R. W., Verburg, P., Horrox, J., Chagué-Goff, C., Duncan, M. J., Rutherford, A., Zemansky, G., Scarsbrook, M. R., Wright-Stow, A. E., Howard-Williams, C., & Cotton, S. (2013). Managing pollutant inputs from pastoral dairy farming to maintain water quality of a lake in a high-rainfall catchment. Marine and Freshwater Research, 64(5), 447-459. doi:10.1071/MF12296en_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc6226en_AU
dc.identifier.issn1323-1650en_AU
dc.identifier.issue5en_AU
dc.identifier.journaltitleMarine and Freshwater Researchen_AU
dc.identifier.pagination447-459en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF12296en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/6378en_AU
dc.identifier.volume64en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherCSIRO Publishingen_AU
dc.subjectRainen_AU
dc.subjectNitrogenen_AU
dc.subjectEscherichia colien_AU
dc.subjectStreamsen_AU
dc.subjectHydrologyen_AU
dc.titleManaging pollutant inputs from pastoral dairy farming to maintain water quality of a lake in a high-rainfall catchmenten_AU
dc.typeJournal Articleen_AU
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