Effects of highway runoff on streamflow and water quality in the Sevenmile Creek Basin, a rural area in the Piedmont Province of North Carolina, July 1981 to July 1982

Harned, Douglas A.

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“…Additionally, chemical parameters were similar to other studies involving effects of road construction on water quality (Harned, 1988;Barrett et al, 1995a, b). Little change was noticed in most chemical water quality parameters upstream and downstream of construction.…”

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Response of benthic macroinvertebrate communities to highway construction in an Appalachian watershed

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Highway construction in mountainous areas can result in sedimentation of streams, negatively impacting stream habitat, water quality, and biotic communities. We assessed the impacts of construction of a segment of Corridor H, a four-lane highway, in the Lost River watershed, West Virginia, by monitoring benthic macroinvertebrate communities and water quality, before, during, and after highway construction and prior to highway use at upstream and downstream sites from 1997 through 2007. Data analysis of temporal impacts of highway construction followed a BeforeAfter-Control-Impact (BACI) study design. Highway construction impacts included an increase in stream sedimentation during the construction phase. This was indicated by an increase in turbidity and total suspended solids. Benthic macroinvertebrate metrics indicated a community more tolerant during and after construction than in the period before construction. The percent of Chironomidae and the Hilsenhoff Biotic Index (HBI) increased, while percent of Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, and Trichoptera (EPT) decreased. Our 10-year study addressed short-term impacts of highway construction and found that impacts were relatively minimal. A recovery of the number of EPT taxa collected after construction indicated that the benthic macroinvertebrate community may be recovering from impacts of highway construction. However, this study only addressed a period of 3 years before, 3 years during, and 4 years post construction. Inferences cannot be made concerning the long-term impacts of the highway, highway traffic, runoff, and other factors associated with highway use. Continual monitoring of the watershed is necessary to determine if the highway has a continual impact on stream habitat, water quality, and biotic integrity.

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Response of benthic macroinvertebrate communities to highway construction in an Appalachian watershed

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“…Other sources associated with roads could also yield salts. In North Carolina, for example, a mass balance approach was used to show that road deicers and sand application accounted for about two-thirds of the dissolved-solids load washed from a highway into local streams (Harned, 1988;Kobriger and others, 1982). The remaining one-third of the load delivered to local streams was found to come from deposition of particles from vehicles.…”

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Dissolved-solids sources, loads, yields, and concentrations in streams of the conterminous United States

Anning¹,

Flynn²

2014

Scientific Investigations Report

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“…was determined by titration, based on which the bicarbonate concentration was calculated. The other indices were analysed in the laboratory of the Department of Hydrography, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, using a Pastel UV spectrophotometer by Secoman in order to determine total organic carbon (TOC), biochemical and chemical oxygen demand (BOD 5 and COD Cr ); a Hach DR 2000 spectrophotometer to determine SiO 2 and PO 4 , a MIC 3 ion chromatographer by Metrohm to determine: Ca, Mg, Na, K, NH 4 , Sr, F, Cl, SO 4 , NO 2 , NO 3 .…”

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Hydrochemical characteristics of a spring snowmelt flood in the Upper Wieprz River basin (Roztocze region) in year 2006

Chmiel¹,

Maciejewska²,

Michalczyk³

2009

Journal of Water and Land Development

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Abstract:In order to help develop a better understanding of relevant catchment processes, this paper presents the changes in physico-chemical features of the Wieprz River water during the spring snowmelt flood of 2006. The obtained results showed that the groundwater sampled from the springs and the water sampled from the river had a similar and quite stable composition of the basic physicochemical features in the period of solely groundwater feeding (the river is fed only with the water coming from underground sources). The physico-chemical composition of river water during snowmelt depended on the contribution of surface runoff in total outflow and the flood phase. The correlation coefficients between the discharge in the Wieprz River and the concentrations in the studied indices were significantly negative: pH, SEC, HCO 3 , Ca, Mg, Na, Sr, SiO 2 , Cl, SO 4 , F. Significantly positive correlations associated with an increase in discharge were observed in the case of: K, NO 3 , NO 2 , total organic carbon, chemical oxygen demand and biochemical oxygen demand.Step and bidirectional responses were noted during the snowmelt flood in the case of the content of NH 4 and PO 4 .

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Effects of highway runoff on streamflow and water quality in the Sevenmile Creek Basin, a rural area in the Piedmont Province of North Carolina, July 1981 to July 1982

Cited by 20 publications

References 2 publications

Response of benthic macroinvertebrate communities to highway construction in an Appalachian watershed

Response of benthic macroinvertebrate communities to highway construction in an Appalachian watershed

Dissolved-solids sources, loads, yields, and concentrations in streams of the conterminous United States

Hydrochemical characteristics of a spring snowmelt flood in the Upper Wieprz River basin (Roztocze region) in year 2006

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