Item talk:Q227607

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 "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/kansas-water-science-center/science/kansas-river-time-travel-study",
 "headline": "Kansas River Time of Travel Study",
 "datePublished": "May 1, 2021",
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     "@type": "Person",
     "name": "Craig Painter",
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     "name": "Chantelle  A Davis",
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     "text": "Where & How:"
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     "text": "Frequently Asked Questions:"
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     "text": "The primary purpose of performing a dye-tracer study on the Kansas River is to calibrate a time-of-travel model used for estimating streamflow velocities and travel times, which can be used by the public as well as drinking water-suppliers to protect water resources and public-water supplies. The study is an exciting opportunity to better understand the behavior of the Kansas River."
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   {
     "@type": "TextObject",
     "text": "Photos below are from: McCarthy, P.M., 2009, Travel times, streamflow velocities, and dispersion rates in the Yellowstone River, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5261, 25 p. https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20095261"
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     "text": "What:"
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     "text": "\u201cRecent events with spills above intakes in rivers have pointed out the need for travel time data to monitor and respond appropriately,\u201d said Tom Stiles, Bureau of Water Director at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. \u201cWith so many people dependent upon surface water supplies in Kansas, understanding how those rivers move is critical to proper water management.\u201d"
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     "text": "When:"
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     "text": "Why:"
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     "text": "The study is being done in cooperation with the City of Lawrence, City of Manhattan, City of Olathe, City of Topeka, Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Kansas Water Office, The Nature Conservancy, and WaterOne have cooperated on this study to improve our understanding of streamflow velocities and travel times in the Kansas River."
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     "text": "The harmless, non-toxic red dye\u2014known as Rhodamine Water Tracer (RWT)\u2014will be added into the Kansas River during low, medium and high-flow conditions at Manhattan, Topeka, and Eudora. The red-hued dye may be visible to the public as it moves downstream and will be measured and monitored using instruments in the stream, as well as laboratory analysis."
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     "text": "The Kansas River provides drinking water for multiple cities in northeastern Kansas and is used for recreational purposes. Thus, improving the scientific knowledge of streamflow velocities and traveltimes will greatly aid in water-treatment plans and response to critical events and threats to water supplies. Dye-tracer studies are usually done to enhance knowledge of transport characteristics, which include streamflow velocities, traveltimes, and dispersion rates, within a river system. To achieve this in the Kansas River, rhodamine water-tracing dye is planned to be poured into the Kansas River during three different flow ranges at three locations: Manhattan, Topeka, and Eudora. The primary purpose of doing a dye-tracer study in the Kansas River is to calibrate a time-of-travel model used for estimating streamflow velocities and traveltimes, which can be used by the public as well as drinking water suppliers to protect water resources and public-water supplies."
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     "text": "Beginning the summer of 2020"
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     "text": "Frequency Asked Questions"
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   "name": "Kansas Water Science Center",
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