Partnerships
The Ohio State University. The SDRU is located at OSU. The University provides office and laboratory space and utilities as well as land resources for field research. There is a strong and effective collaborative relationship between OSU and ARS scientists.
The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR). One of our Unit scientists is a visiting scientist at TIGR working on collaborative research to understand the genetic regulations of physiological pathways that control plant response to stress, especially flooding stress.
Defiance Agricultural Research Association. This county based group provides land and farming services for the primary site where our drainage water recycling research is conducted. Other sites are located on land owned and managed by Fred and Bill Shininger (Fulton County) and the Marsh Foundation (Van Wert County). The Maumee Valley RC&D; and the Defiance County Extension provides administrative support and assistance for this research.
Delaware Soil and Water Conservation District/Upper Big Walnut Creek Watershed Partnership. Numerous land owners within the watershed provide land for our research activities and instruments for monitoring water quality. We also get assistance from the county NRCS staff. The SWCD and the Partnership promote and support our research within the watershed community.
Agreements
Performance Evaluation for Subsurface Drainage Installation Equipment (The Ohio State University)
Objective: To assist in the development and field testing of monitoring equipment and testing procedures to evaluate the accuracy of the placement of drain pipes by drainage plows, including, but not limited to, the newer pull-beyond plows that are intended for use by farmers inexperienced in design and installation of water management systems.
Water Quality Monitoring From an Intensively Managed Watershed Scale Turfgrass System in Duluth, MN (U.S. Golf Association)
Objective: The objective of this cooperative research project is to continue a watershed scale surface water quality (nitrate, ammonia, phosphate, chlorothalonil, and its metabolites) monitoring project. The nutrient portion of this study was initiated in June of 2002. The monitoring program will capture the hydrologic and environmental response of watershed scale turf system from cultural, chemical, and mechanical processes.
Development and Compilation of Conservation and Farming Practices and Landscape Features Data Sets for the ACWF Source Water Protection Research Project (Delaware Soil and Water Conservation District)
Objective: To create and make available data sets that characterize the spatial and temporal applications of conservation practices, farming practices, land improvement practices, and land use patterns; and to precisely describe the soil-vegetation-landscape features and boundaries as well as manmade structures in the small catchments being monitored in the associated ACWF source water protection research project.
Amount, Timing, and Quality of Water Coming From Managed (Controlled) and Unmanaged Drainage Systems in Illinois (The University of Illinois)
Objective: To quantify and compare the amount, timing, and quality of water discharging from managed and unmanaged drainage systems in Illinois.
Development and Testing of Watershed Scale Drainage Water Management Models (The Ohio State University)
The broad objectives of the cooperative research project are to improve current models or develop new models that will accurately simulate the effects of drainage water management practices and technologies on hydrology and water quality under Midwest conditions. This will enhance and support the contributions of the ARS Soil Drainage Research Unit to the ARS Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP), the Source Water Protection Initiative (SWPI), and the Agricultural Drainage Management System (ADMS) Task Force goals.
Development, Enhancement, and Guidance of Software to Aid Storm Water Sampling Selection (Isco, Inc., Lincoln, Nebraska)
The objective of this cooperative research project is to jointly: 1) assess the value of incorporating ARS developed sampling strategies/software into Isco, Inc. products. If both parties agree to the value of incorporating the ARS developed water quality sampling strategies then; 2) enhance and incorporate ARS developed software into Flowlink, 3) develop user instructions for the software, 4) physically test the methodology, and 5) provide general guidance for development storm water monitoring protocols. The ARS software is specifically designed to aid in the development of water quality sampling strategies when using Isco, Inc. automated sampler technology. The ARS software enables a range of different sampling scenarios that include, but are not limited to, discrete flow-proportional and time sampling.
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