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Center for Watershed Science and Education Reports and Publications

Reports

The following Center for Watershed Science and Education reports can be found on the UWSP archives.

  • An Evaluation of Past and Present Water Quality Conditions in Rinehart Lake, Portage Co., WI
  • An Evaluation of the Impacts Septic Systems have on the Groundwater and Surface Water Quality of Minocqua Lake, Wisconsin
  • An Evaluation of Water Quality Characteristics in Stratton Lake, Waupaca Co., WI
  • Assessment of Shallow Groundwater Flow and Chemistry and Interstitial Water, Sediment, Aquatic Macrophyte Chemistry for Tri Lakes, Adams County, Wisconsin
  • Column Leaching Study of Six Pesticides, Nitrate, and Chloride through Four Wisconsin Soils
  • Design and Optimization of Two Reciruclating Sand Filters for the Removal of Nitrogen and Organic Chemicals from Domestic Wastewater
  • Developing Community-Based Lake Management Plans for 30 Lakes in Portage County, Wisconsin
  • Does Management Intensive Grazing Protect Groundwater Quality by Denitrification
  • Effects of Barnyard Management Practices on Groundwater Quality in the Central Sands of Wisconsin
  • Green County Well Water Monitoring 5-Year Summary
  • Groundwater Pollutant Transfer and Export from a Northern Mississippi Valley Loess Hills Watershed
  • Impact of Ginseng Production on Groundwater Quality
    Lac Du Flambeau Natural Resources Department Water Quality
  • Baseline Sampling in Watersheds Potentially Impacted by Mining Activity
  • Legend Lake Menominee Reservation and County, WI Diagnostic Feasibility Study
  • Microbial Contaminants in Groundwater from On-Site Waste Disposal – A Literature Review
  • Nitrate and Pesticide Residue Penetration into a Wisconsin Central Sand Plain Aquifer
  • Nitrate and Pesticide Residue Penetration into Aquifers – The Springfield Corners Profile
  • Nutrient and Water Budget Modeling of the Petenwell Flowage Adams, Juneau, and Wood Counties Wisconsin
  • Strategies for Reducing Fish Kills in the Big Eau Pleine Reservoir
  • Subdivision Impacts on Groundwater Quality
  • Water Quality Assessment of the Plover River Watershed
  • Watershed Management Plan for Fish Creek, Door County, Wisconsin

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Education and Outreach Materials

The following Center for Watershed Science and Education materials can be found on UWSP archives.

  • A CE-QUAL-W2 Model
  • A Survey of Baseflow Discharges
  • Algal and Water Quality Assessment
  • An Evaluation of Past and Present Water Quality Conditions
  • An Introduction to Groundwater in St. Croix County
  • Appendix A – Portage County Lake Management Menu
  • Aquatic Macrophyte Survey of the St. Croix-Gordon Flowage
  • Aquatic Plant Management Plan
  • Aquatic Plant Survey of Lower Rib River and Lake Wausau
  • Assessment of Groundwater Chemistry, Peppermill Lake
  • Assessment of Water Quality, Sediment, Easton Lake
  • Bettering the Branch
  • Choosing Management Strategies for Portage County Lakes
  • Conference Proceedings – Nitrate in Wisconsin’s Groundwater
  • Contaminant Source Assessment and Management Wellhead Protection Area
  • Creating regional watershed-based groundwater, Upper St Croix – Eau Claire Rivers Watershed
  • Dodge County Groundwater – A Community Resource
  • Evaluating Chemical Tracers in Suburban Groundwater
  • Fond Du Lac County Groundwater – A Community Resource
  • Groundwater in Iowa County – A Citizen’s Guide
  • Groundwater Pumping Effects Wisconsin Central Sands
  • Information Support for Groundwater Management in the Wisconsin Central Sands, 2009-2011
  • Information Support for Groundwater Management in the Wisconsin Central Sands, 2011-2013
  • Information Support for Groundwater Management in the Wisconsin Central Sands, 2013-2015
  • Integrative Monitoring Wisconsin Central Sand Plain
  • Investigation of Nitrate in Groundwater Stockbridge-Munsee Reservation
  • Knowledge Development for Groundwater Withdrawal Management
  • Mead Lake Watershed Sediment and Nutrient Export Modeling
  • Mirror and Shadow Lakes, Waupaca, Wisconsin
  • Monitoring Environmental Effects at an Established Phytoremediation Site
  • Monitoring the Effectiveness of Phytoremediation
  • Operational Strategy and Plan for Surface Water Management and Protection
  • Phosphorus Loading Model for Lake Eau Claire and Lake Altoona
  • Port Edwards Groundwater Priority Watershed
  • Portage County Well Water Quality – 2017
  • Preserving Willow Creek as a Coastal Resource
  • Selection and Evaluation of Chemical Indicators for Waste Stream Identification
  • Shoreland Assessment of Shell Lake Washburn County, Wisconsin
  • Spirit Reservoir Water Quality Assessment Northern Wisconsin
  • Stratton Lake Well Water Testing Summary
  • Water Quality in the Schoenick Creek Watershed and Long and Schoenick Lakes
  • Watershed Assessment of Shawano Lake, Shawano County, Wisconsin

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Archival Interpretive Guides

The following Center for Watershed Science and Education materials can be found on UWSP archives.

  • Interpreting the results of your diaminochlorotriazine screen, 2023
  • Interpreting Well Water Quality Results–Homeowner, 2021
  • Interpreting Well Water Quality Results–Metals, 2020

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Lake Management Plans

Center for Watershed Science and Education Lake Management Plans can be found on UWSP archives.

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National Park Service

The following Center for Watershed Science and Education National Park Service reports can be found on UWSP archives.

  • Assessment of Coastal Water Resources and Watershed Conditions at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore (Wisconsin)
  • Assessment of Coastal Water Resources and Watershed Conditions at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
  • Assessment of Natural Resource Conditions – Isle Royale National Park
  • Assessment of Natural Resource Conditions in and Adjacent to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (Michigan)
  • Natural Resource Condition Assessment – Grant Portage National Monument
  • Natural Resource Condition Assessment – Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
  • Natural Resource Condition Assessment – St. Croix National Scenic Riverway
  • Natural Resource Condition Assessment – Voyageurs National Park

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Theses

The following Center for Watershed Science and Education graduate theses can be found on UWSP archives.

  • Agricultural Chemicals, Land Use, and Their Impacts on Stream and Groundwater Quality in the Little Plover River Watershed
  • An Evaluation of Conventional Septic Systems and Their Impact on Groundwater Quality in the Central Wisconsin Sand Plain
  • An Evaluation of the Nitrate-Nitrogen Loading to Groundwater from Two Unsewered Subdivisions near Stevens Point, Wisconsin
  • Application of the Universal Soil Loss Equation to the Big Eau Pleine Watershed
  • Color in the Upper Wisconsin River – Sources and Effects on Primary Production
  • Computer Modeling Snow Relationships in the Big Eau Pleine Watershed, Wisconsin
  • Developing and Testing a Method for the Analysis of Chemical Human Waste Markers in Groundwater and Identifying Sources of Nitrate Contamination
  • Development and Evaluation of an Optimum Nitrogen-Based Manure Application Rate for Corn Production and Groundwater Protection
  • Estimating Degradation Rates for Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Activated Sludge with Low and High Solids Retention Times
  • Evaluation of the Effect of Stormwater Disposal on Groundwater Quality
  • Evaluation of Urban Runoff Infiltration and Impact to Groundwater Quality in Park Ridge, Wisconsin
  • Groundwater and Surface Water Quality in the Little Plover River Basin, Portage County, Wisconsin
  • Identifying Potential Runoff Contributing Areas in a Glaciated Landscape using a GIS-Based Model
  • Lake Tomah Priority Watershed Water Quality Evaluation, Tomah, Wisconsin
  • Linking Field-Scale Phosphorus Export to a Watershed-Scale Model
  • Long-term BOD Analysis of the Big Eau Pleine Reservoir, Wisconsin, As Related to BOD Source
  • Oxygen Depletion Investigations of Legend Lake, Menominee County, Wisconsin
  • Phosphorus Release from Sediments in Shawano Lake, Wisconsin
  • Precipitation and Pumping Effects on Groundwater Levels in Central Wisconsin
  • Primary Production of the Big Eau Pleine Reservoir, Wisconsin
  • Quantifying the Effectiveness of Public Meetings to Generate Public Participation in Watershed Management
  • Relationships between Private Well Water, Stream Base Flow Water, and Land Use in the Tomorrow-Waupaca River Watershed
  • Relationships of Aquatic Macrophytes to Sediment and Groundwater Characteristics in McDill Pond – Implications for Lake Management
  • Release of Sediment P in Mill Creek of Portage and Wood Counties, Wisconsin
  • Sediment Oxygen Demand of the Big Eau Pleine Reservoir, Marathon County, Wisconsin
  • The Role of the Residential Shoreland Lawn as a Hydrologic Connection Between Downspout and Lake
  • Urban Impacts on Groundwater Quality and Flow Characteristics in Schmeeckle Reserve
  • Water and Nutrient Budgets and Phosphorus Models for the Big Eau Pleine Reservoir, Wisconsin

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Training Manuals

The following Center for Watershed Science and Education training manuals can be found on UWSP archives.

  • Training Manual for the Marsh McBirney 2000 Flow Meter
  • Training Manual for the OTT MF Pro Flow Meter

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