During a winter of storms in a small UK catchment, hydrology and water quality responses follow a clear rural-urban gradient

McGrane, Scott J.; Hutchins, Michael; Miller, James; Bussi, Gianbattista; Kjeldsen, Thomas; Loewenthal, M.

doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.12.037

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“…Polluted storm runoff from urbanized and industrialized areas contributes an additional source of DOM to estuaries (McGrane et al, 2016;Freeman et al, 2019;Steichen et al, 2020). Floodwaters quickly overwhelmed wastewater infrastructure and released an estimated 30 million gallons of untreated sewage (Environment Texas Research and Policy Center, 2017).…”

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“…At the same time, these ecologically sensitive ecosystems have undergone profound changes experiencing heavy urbanization and industrialization over the last century (McGrane et al, 2016;Freeman et al, 2019). By 2100, more than 50% of the world's population will live within proximity of the coast accelerating pressure on biogeochemical processes, water quality, and ecosystem services (Neumann et al, 2015).…”

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Hurricanes Accelerate Dissolved Organic Carbon Cycling in Coastal Ecosystems

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Extreme weather events such as tropical storms and hurricanes deliver large amounts of freshwater (stormwater and river discharge) and associated dissolved organic carbon (DOC) to estuaries and the coastal ocean, affecting water quality, and carbon budgets. Hurricane Harvey produced an unprecedented 1000-year flood event in 2017 that inundated the heavily urbanized and industrialized Houston/Galveston region (TX, United States). Within a week, storm-associated floodwater delivered 87 ± 18 Gg of terrigenous dissolved organic carbon (tDOC) to Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico continental shelves. In situ decay constants of 8. 75-28.33 year −1 resulted in the biomineralization of ∼70% of tDOC within 1 month of discharge from the flood plain. The high removal efficiency of tDOC was linked to a diverse microbial community capable of degrading a wide repertoire of dissolved organic matter (DOM), and suggested hurricane-induced flood events affect net CO 2 exchange and nutrient budgets in estuarine watersheds and coastal seas.

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Hurricanes Accelerate Dissolved Organic Carbon Cycling in Coastal Ecosystems

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“…The similarity in soil hydrology, low slope, and overall topography was a basis for catchment selection (Miller & Hess, 2017). Alongside the two EA gauged catchments (herein labelled EA_39052 and EA_39087), data from a hydro-meteorological monitoring network spanning 16 variable urban catchments, of record length between 2 and 5 years between 2011 and 2016 McGrane et al, 2016;Putro et al, 2016) were additionally used ( Figure 1).…”

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Refining flood estimation in urbanized catchments using landscape metrics

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“…In line with this, Mouri et al [32] also found high levels of phosphorous in an urban catchment in Shikoku (Japan) as a consequence of agricultural activities. Even, in countries such as the United Kingdom, where rainy days are usual, McGrane et al [33] found values of turbidity above 1000 NTU as a consequence of winter storms in a rural-urban catchment.…”

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Changes in Water Quality of the River das Antas as It Passes through Rural and Urban Areas

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The catchment area of River das Antas (Irati, Paraná, Brazil) is of high importance both for human consumption and irrigation. Within Irati, this river passes through a rural area and through the city of Irati, crossing both poor and rich neighbourhoods. We selected three study areas downstream (a rural area, poor community, and rich neighbourhood) in which we measured turbidity, the concentration of sediments and pH during rainy days. Our results showed downstream trends of increasing turbidity and concentrations of sediments with decreasing pH. The values of turbidity and of concentration of sediments were significantly different in the rural area, while the pH values were significantly different between the three study areas. These findings highlight the effect of agricultural activities in the generation of sediments and turbidity. The—presumably expected—effects of organic urban waste from the poor neighbourhood were also detected in the pH values. We conclude that efforts should be made to ensure that land planning and training/education programmes on sustainable farming practices are undertaken by the authorities to reduce water pollution and its effects on water bodies during rainfall events, since paving streets is not a feasible option in the short term due to the high costs associated with this measure.

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During a winter of storms in a small UK catchment, hydrology and water quality responses follow a clear rural-urban gradient

Cited by 25 publications

References 51 publications

Hurricanes Accelerate Dissolved Organic Carbon Cycling in Coastal Ecosystems

Hurricanes Accelerate Dissolved Organic Carbon Cycling in Coastal Ecosystems

Refining flood estimation in urbanized catchments using landscape metrics

Changes in Water Quality of the River das Antas as It Passes through Rural and Urban Areas

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