Water Quality Monitoring Station Design for Remote Sites Experiencing Extreme Water Level Fluctuation

• Published in: River research and applications Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 173 - 180
• Main Authors: Rice, C. L, Weber, D. S, Haase, C. S, Piazza, B. P
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bognor Regis John Wiley & Sons 01.02.2015; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: conservation areas; design; Design engineering; farms; Fish; floodplain; floodplains; Freshwater; Monitoring; planning; river; Rivers; Stations; The Nature Conservancy; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Water quality; Wildlife conservation; Wildlife refuges; YSI; Louisiana; USA, Louisiana
• ISSN: 1535-1459; 1535-1467
• DOI: 10.1002/rra.2729

The Nature Conservancy and the US Fish and Wildlife Service initiated a multiyear floodplain restoration project on the Mollicy Farms tract of the Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge (UONWR) located in north‐east Louisiana. Large magnitude flood pulses, remote setting and other factors presented major challenges to the monitoring effort. A planning and design process resulted in the creation of a water quality monitoring station that could deploy Yellow Springs Instruments water sampling equipment in areas with large ranges in water level throughout the UONWR floodplain. Details of the station design, fabrication and diagrams are provided. Monitoring data will help measure the impact that large‐scale floodplains have on water quality once they are reconnected to river systems. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.