Ledesma, Jose
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
Natural organic matter poses an increasing challenge to water managers because of its potential adverse impacts on water treatment and distribution, and subsequently human health. Projections were made of impacts of climate change on dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in the primarily agricultural Boyne catchment which is used as a potable water supply in Ireland. The results indicated that excluding a potential rise in extreme precipitation, future projected loads are not dissimilar to those observed under current conditions This is because projected increases in DOC concentrations are offset by corresponding decreases in precipitation and hence river flow. However, the results presented assume no changes in land use and highlight the predicted increase in DOC loads from abstracted waters at water treatment plants. (C) 2018 Published by Elsevier B.V.
Keywords
Natural organic matter; Carbon cycle; Surface water; Climate change; INCA-C; Ireland
Published in
Science of the Total Environment
2018, volume: 630, pages: 869-877
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
SLU Authors
Futter, Martyn
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Global goals (SDG)
SDG6 Clean water and sanitation
SDG13 Climate action
UKÄ Subject classification
Oceanography, Hydrology, Water Resources
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.248
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/95774