Water Quality Changes Associated with Cassava Production: Case Study of White Volta Basin
The outcome reveal that as the land use in the catchment areas change from mixed agricultural to cassava cultivation, the simulated loads and concentrations of nitrogen species from cassava land-use scenario recorded reduction. The resultant concentrations of nitrate and nitrite for both current and...
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| author | Alfred Awotwi Michael Asare Bediako Emmanuel Harris Eric Kwabena Forkuo |
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| description | The outcome reveal that as the land use in the catchment areas change from mixed agricultural to cassava cultivation, the simulated loads and concentrations of nitrogen species from cassava land-use scenario recorded reduction. The resultant concentrations of nitrate and nitrite for both current and future land-use scenarios are all below the daily limit suggested by the WHO, (World Health Organization). For the phosphate concentration, an increase of 4.21% was depicted under cassava land-use scenario. The results show that SWAT is a reliable water quality model, capable of simulating accurate information for developing environmental management plans. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7ed943fe82404b7b9a947e04b5fa0bb22022-12-22T01:54:17ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402016-08-012810.1016/j.heliyon.2016.e00149Water Quality Changes Associated with Cassava Production: Case Study of White Volta BasinAlfred Awotwi0Michael Asare Bediako1Emmanuel Harris2Eric Kwabena Forkuo3Department of Civil Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, GhanaDepartment of Mathematics and Statistic, Takoradi Polytechnic, GhanaDepartment of Mathematics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, GhanaDepartment of Geomatic Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, GhanaThe outcome reveal that as the land use in the catchment areas change from mixed agricultural to cassava cultivation, the simulated loads and concentrations of nitrogen species from cassava land-use scenario recorded reduction. The resultant concentrations of nitrate and nitrite for both current and future land-use scenarios are all below the daily limit suggested by the WHO, (World Health Organization). For the phosphate concentration, an increase of 4.21% was depicted under cassava land-use scenario. The results show that SWAT is a reliable water quality model, capable of simulating accurate information for developing environmental management plans.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844016302638Environmental scienceHydrology |
| spellingShingle | Alfred Awotwi Michael Asare Bediako Emmanuel Harris Eric Kwabena Forkuo Water Quality Changes Associated with Cassava Production: Case Study of White Volta Basin Heliyon Environmental science Hydrology |
| title | Water Quality Changes Associated with Cassava Production: Case Study of White Volta Basin |
| title_full | Water Quality Changes Associated with Cassava Production: Case Study of White Volta Basin |
| title_fullStr | Water Quality Changes Associated with Cassava Production: Case Study of White Volta Basin |
| title_full_unstemmed | Water Quality Changes Associated with Cassava Production: Case Study of White Volta Basin |
| title_short | Water Quality Changes Associated with Cassava Production: Case Study of White Volta Basin |
| title_sort | water quality changes associated with cassava production case study of white volta basin |
| topic | Environmental science Hydrology |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844016302638 |
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