The following information is being made available by the Department of Soil Science at North Dakota State University. Comments & questions should be directed to Dr. Frank Casey or Mr. Nathan Derby.

Project Work For The Year:

1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, or 1995.

An overview of the selected year's progress, equipment specifications, and associated field data.

Construction Overview:

A photographic journal of the test equipment installation at the BMP site, and a very brief description of each type of equipment.

Data Comparison:

This page allows you to isolate, compare, and graph a variety of data from the BMP project.

Glossary:

A glossary of terms used in association with these pages.

Feature Map:

A feature location map of the La Moure and Oakes section, West Oakes test area.
Note: This page requires the Shockwave for Freehand plugin. Please refer to the NDSU Dept. of Soil Science site notes for more information.

Index:

An index of illustrations and tables used within these pages.

Publications:

Publications relating to Best Management Practices

An eleven year summary of subsurface water quality (starting from the initiation of irrigation in 1989) at the Oakes BMP site is provided in the following publication:
Casey, F.X.M., N.E. Derby, R.E. Knighton, D.D. Steele, and E.C. Stegman. 2002. Initiation of irrigation and the long-term impacts and trends in subsurface water quality. Vadose Zone J. 1: 300-309.

Masters Projects:

"Depression Focused Recharge and Preferential Flow to a Shallow Aquifer in Southeastern North Dakota." N.E. Derby