Dependence of Selected Water Quality Parameters on Flow Rates in River Profiles in the Czech Republic

The article analyses dependence of water quality parameters on flow rates in several profiles in the Vltava River catchment in the Czech Republic in the period 1997 - 2013. In  study, influence of low flow rates on the water quality is assessed on several examples of river profiles, tributa...

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Main Authors: Eduard Hanslík, Diana Marešová, Eva Juranová, Radek Vlnas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SDEWES Centre 2016-06-01
Series:Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems
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Online Access: http://www.sdewes.org/jsdewes/pi2016.04.0011
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author Eduard Hanslík
Diana Marešová
Eva Juranová
Radek Vlnas
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Eva Juranová
Radek Vlnas
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description The article analyses dependence of water quality parameters on flow rates in several profiles in the Vltava River catchment in the Czech Republic in the period 1997 - 2013. In  study, influence of low flow rates on the water quality is assessed on several examples of river profiles, tributaries and outflow of the Orlík Reservoir, which is located at the Vltava River in the Czech Republic. At these sites, we monitored changes in general parameters of the water quality - temperature (T), pH, dissolved oxygen (O2), chemical oxygen demand permanganate (CODMn), chemical oxygen demand dichromate (CODCr), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5) a suspended solids (SS), nutrients – nitrate nitrogen (N-NO3-), ammonia nitrogen (N-NH4+), total phosphorus (PT) and phosphate phosphorus (P-PO43-) and further quality parameters – dissolved solids (DS), dissolved inorganic salts (DIS), calcium (Ca2+), magnesium (Mg2+), potassium (K+), chlorides (Cl-), sulphates (SO42-) and qualitatively also non-polar extractive substance (NES) a anion-active surfactants. The assessed period was 1997-2013. Aim of the study was to evaluate relationship between mentioned parameters and the flow rates in days, when the samples were taken. Furthermore, ratios of average parameters values during low and high flows were calculated. The results show that in the monitored profiles, there is a direct relationship with flow rate in case of N-NO3-, suspended solids and O2. Temperature shows an inverse relationship with the flow rate. Other parameters show different relationship with the flow rate in individual monitored profiles or do not show statistically significant relation.
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spelling doaj.art-676fabab060c4ad08a3868de9b980f982022-12-21T19:28:47ZengSDEWES CentreJournal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems1848-92572016-06-014212714010.13044/j.sdewes.2016.04.001100106Dependence of Selected Water Quality Parameters on Flow Rates in River Profiles in the Czech RepublicEduard Hanslík0Diana Marešová1Eva Juranová2Radek Vlnas3 T.G.Masaryk Water Research Institute, p.r.i., Czech Republic T.G.Masaryk Water Research Institute, Czech Republic T.G.Masaryk Water Research Institute, Czech Republic T.G.Masaryk Water Research Institute, Czech Republic The article analyses dependence of water quality parameters on flow rates in several profiles in the Vltava River catchment in the Czech Republic in the period 1997 - 2013. In  study, influence of low flow rates on the water quality is assessed on several examples of river profiles, tributaries and outflow of the Orlík Reservoir, which is located at the Vltava River in the Czech Republic. At these sites, we monitored changes in general parameters of the water quality - temperature (T), pH, dissolved oxygen (O2), chemical oxygen demand permanganate (CODMn), chemical oxygen demand dichromate (CODCr), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD5) a suspended solids (SS), nutrients – nitrate nitrogen (N-NO3-), ammonia nitrogen (N-NH4+), total phosphorus (PT) and phosphate phosphorus (P-PO43-) and further quality parameters – dissolved solids (DS), dissolved inorganic salts (DIS), calcium (Ca2+), magnesium (Mg2+), potassium (K+), chlorides (Cl-), sulphates (SO42-) and qualitatively also non-polar extractive substance (NES) a anion-active surfactants. The assessed period was 1997-2013. Aim of the study was to evaluate relationship between mentioned parameters and the flow rates in days, when the samples were taken. Furthermore, ratios of average parameters values during low and high flows were calculated. The results show that in the monitored profiles, there is a direct relationship with flow rate in case of N-NO3-, suspended solids and O2. Temperature shows an inverse relationship with the flow rate. Other parameters show different relationship with the flow rate in individual monitored profiles or do not show statistically significant relation. http://www.sdewes.org/jsdewes/pi2016.04.0011 Water qualityflow ratepoint pollution sourcenonpoint pollution sourcedroughtflood
spellingShingle Eduard Hanslík
Diana Marešová
Eva Juranová
Radek Vlnas
Dependence of Selected Water Quality Parameters on Flow Rates in River Profiles in the Czech Republic
Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems
Water quality
flow rate
point pollution source
nonpoint pollution source
drought
flood
title Dependence of Selected Water Quality Parameters on Flow Rates in River Profiles in the Czech Republic
title_full Dependence of Selected Water Quality Parameters on Flow Rates in River Profiles in the Czech Republic
title_fullStr Dependence of Selected Water Quality Parameters on Flow Rates in River Profiles in the Czech Republic
title_full_unstemmed Dependence of Selected Water Quality Parameters on Flow Rates in River Profiles in the Czech Republic
title_short Dependence of Selected Water Quality Parameters on Flow Rates in River Profiles in the Czech Republic
title_sort dependence of selected water quality parameters on flow rates in river profiles in the czech republic
topic Water quality
flow rate
point pollution source
nonpoint pollution source
drought
flood
url http://www.sdewes.org/jsdewes/pi2016.04.0011
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