Sediment Flux and Storage in a Southeastern Piedmont River System

Abstract

Proceedings of the 2001 Georgia Water Resources Conference, April 26 and 27, 2001, Athens, Georgia.Total Maximum Daily Load sediment limits need to be assessed for Georgia. There is a need to create sediment budgets to prioritize sediment reduction efforts loadings for Non Point Source Pollution. Early analysis for Murder Creek reveal that there is a large source of sediment in floodplain storage. Volume analysis of exported sediment indicate that there has been large amounts of sediment mobilized after 1950. Dendro-geomorphology data reveal that there has been slight floodplain accretion over that time period. These factors suggest that constant erosion of stored sediments from past land uses may lead to elevated and continued levels of sediment in Georgia's waterways.Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Natural Resources Conservation Service, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of TechnologyThis book was published by the Institute of Ecology, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2202. The views and statements advanced in this publication are solely those of the authors and do not represent official views or policies of The University of Georgia, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Georgia Water Research Institute as authorized by the Water Resources Research Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-397) or the other conference sponsors