Assessment of salinity intrusion in the James and Chickahominy Rivers as a result of simulated sea-level rise in Chesapeake Bay, East Coast, USA

Rice, Karen C.; Hong, Bo; Shen, Jian

doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.06.036

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“…SLR with the reduction of the freshwater flow increases this to 72 % of the time with severe consequences for the agricultural uses in this area. These results are consistent with the findings of Rice et al (2012) in James River, USA, where they noticed that number of days with violation of salinity limit for drinking purpose will be more than two times higher due to the SLR.…”

Section: Development Of An Equation For the Salinity Intrusion Lengthsupporting

confidence: 92%

“…For example, recent numerical studies of Liu and Liu (2014) in Wu River system in Taiwan showed that the salinity intrudes further during dry seasons. Similarly, Rice et al (2012) found that in Chesapeake Bay, the salt intrusion is enhanced in dry periods compared with that of typical periods. The observed inverse relationship between salinity intrusion length and discharge is also in line with the results of previous studies in which the relationship between salinity intrusion length and river discharge is reported as L * (Q -0.2 to Q -0.33 ) (Oey 1984;Monismith et al 2002;Zahed et al 2008;Parsa and Etemad-Shahidi 2011).…”

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confidence: 76%

“…Effect of sea level rise on the pump station Salinity is an important water quality parameter for both drinking and agricultural purposes (e.g., Rice et al 2012;Etemad-Shahidi et al 2009b). At the pump station (32 km upstream from the mouth), the salinity must be \1.6 ppt to comply with the water quality standards.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Effects of sea level rise on the salinity of Bahmanshir estuary

Etemad‐Shahidi

Rohani

Parsa

et al. 2015

Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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Bahmanshir estuary, which is connected to the Persian Gulf, is one of the most important water resources in region. In this study, saltwater intrusion due to possible sea level rise in the Bahmanshir estuary was investigated. A one-dimensional hydrodynamic and water quality model was used for the simulation of the salinity intrusion and associated water quality, with measured field data being used for model calibration and verification. The verified model was then used as a virtual laboratory to study the effects of different parameters on the salinity intrusion. A coupled gas-cycle/climate model was used to generate the climate change scenarios in the studied area that showed sea level rises varying from 30 to 90 cm for 2100. The models were then combined to assess the impact of future sea level rise on the salinity distribution in the Bahmanshir estuary. Using important dimensionless numbers, a dimensionally homogenous equation was subsequently developed for the prediction of the salinity intrusion length, showing that the salinity intrusion length is inversely correlated with the discharge and directly with the sea level rise. In addition, the magnitude and frequency of the salinity standard violations at the pump station were predicted for 2100, showing that the salinity violations under climate change effects can increase to 45 % of the times at this location. This reveals the importance of this type of approach for considering future infrastructure management.

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Section: Development Of An Equation For the Salinity Intrusion Lengthsupporting

confidence: 92%

Section: Effect Of Important Parametersmentioning

confidence: 76%

Section: Development Of An Equation For the Salinity Intrusion Lengthmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Effects of sea level rise on the salinity of Bahmanshir estuary

Etemad‐Shahidi

Rohani

Parsa

et al. 2015

Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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“…For example, hydrodynamic simulations driven by different sea level scenarios (from +0.3 to +1.0 m) were used to assess changes in the position of the saline wedge for the James and Chickahominy rivers in Virginia for a dry and typical flow year (Rice et al. ). In the James River, simulations using a +1.0 m SLR scenario moved the 10 parts per thousand (ppt) salt wedge 18 km upstream during dry periods (due to reduced riverine freshwater pushing downstream) and 9 km upstream during periods of typical riverine flow.…”

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“…The 0.1 ppt threshold considered in the study is indicative of a threat to the drinking water standard (Rice et al. ). Other modeling work for the Savannah River, Georgia and the Grand Strand region, South Carolina based on 14‐year simulations of historic flow data with imposed SLR suggests that the number of days with salinities above 0.5 ppt was likely to increase under various SLR and riverine flow scenarios (Roehl et al.…”

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A Review of Water Quality Responses to Air Temperature and Precipitation Changes 1: Flow, Water Temperature, Saltwater Intrusion

Paul

Coffey

Stamp

et al. 2018

J American Water Resour Assoc

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Anticipated future increases in air temperature and regionally variable changes in precipitation will have direct and cascading effects on United States (U.S.) water quality. In this paper, and a companion paper by Coffey et al., we review technical literature addressing the responses of different water quality attributes to historical and potential future changes in air temperature and precipitation. The goal is to document how different attributes of water quality are sensitive to these drivers, to characterize future risk to inform management responses, and to identify research needs to fill gaps in our understanding. Here we focus on potential changes in streamflow, water temperature, and salt water intrusion (SWI). Projected changes in the volume and timing of streamflow vary regionally, with general increases in northern and eastern regions of the U.S., and decreases in the southern Plains, interior Southwest, and parts of the Southeast. Water temperatures have increased throughout the U.S. and are expected to continue to increase in the future, with the greatest changes in locations where high summer air temperatures occur together with low streamflow volumes. In coastal areas, especially the mid‐Atlantic and Gulf coasts, SWI to rivers and aquifers could be exacerbated by sea level rise, storm surges, and altered freshwater runoff. Management responses for reducing risks to water quality should consider strategies and practices robust to a range of potential future conditions.

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Subtidal variability in water levels inside a subtropical estuary

Henrie

Valle‐Levinson

2014

J. Geophys. Res. Oceans

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Year-long time series of water level are analyzed at five locations along the St. Johns River Estuary, Florida, to investigate propagation of subtidal pulses. Hilbert-transformed Empirical Orthogonal Functions (HEOFs) are obtained after a dominant seasonal signal is extracted from the data. These functions provide information on spatial structure and propagation phase of subtidal water level pulses. The first HEOF mode explains 96% of the subtidal variability and features an unusual spatial structure: amplitude attenuation (averaging 1 mm/km) to 55 km upstream, slight amplification (0.16 mm/km) over the middle 70 km, and attenuation (2.3 mm/km) over the final 18 km of the estuary. The phase suggests a shift from progressive to quasistanding wave behavior at 55 km from the estuary mouth. Additionally, local minima in the phase suggest two sources of subtidal forcing: the coastal ocean and the upstream end. An analytical model describing the evolution of long waves through a channel with frictional damping is fit to the amplitude of HEOF mode 1. Solutions are obtained as a function of two parameters: the nondimensional length of the basin, j, and the nondimensional frictional depth, d. Values of j between 0.55 and 0.67 and d between 1.45 and 1.7 provide the best fit with the HEOF results (1% error or less). These values indicate a highly frictional environment in which the average subtidal wavelength is 10 times the basin length. Subtidal pulses in this estuary, therefore, behave as damped waves that can be represented with idealized models.

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Assessment of salinity intrusion in the James and Chickahominy Rivers as a result of simulated sea-level rise in Chesapeake Bay, East Coast, USA

Cited by 81 publications

References 20 publications

Effects of sea level rise on the salinity of Bahmanshir estuary

Effects of sea level rise on the salinity of Bahmanshir estuary

A Review of Water Quality Responses to Air Temperature and Precipitation Changes 1: Flow, Water Temperature, Saltwater Intrusion

Subtidal variability in water levels inside a subtropical estuary

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