Impact of the heated water discharge on the water quality in a shallow lowland dam reservoir

The purpose of the work was to determine the relationship between the of the water quality parameters in an artificial reservoir used as cooling ponds. Multivariate methods, cluster analysis and factor analysis were applied to analyze eighteen physico-chemical parameters such as air and water temper...

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Main Authors: Jerzy Mazierski, Maciej Kostecki
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Language:English
Published: Polish Academy of Sciences 2021-06-01
Series:Archives of Environmental Protection
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Online Access:https://journals.pan.pl/Content/119726/PDF/Archives%20vol%2047_2pp29_46.pdf
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description The purpose of the work was to determine the relationship between the of the water quality parameters in an artificial reservoir used as cooling ponds. Multivariate methods, cluster analysis and factor analysis were applied to analyze eighteen physico-chemical parameters such as air and water temperature, dissolved oxygen concentration, visibility of the Secchi disk, concentrations of total nitrogen, ammonium, nitrate, nitrite, total phosphorus, phosphate, concentrations of calcium, magnesium, chlorides, sulfates and total dissolved salts, pH, chemical oxygen demand and electric conductivity from 2002-2017 to investigated cooling water discharge. Hierarchical cluster analysis (CA) allowed identified five different clusters that reflect the different water quality characteristics of the water system. Similar results were obtained in exploratory factor analysis, five factors were obtained with 65.96% total variance. However, confirmatory factor analysis showed that four latent variables: salinity, temperature, eutrophication, and ammonia provide better fit to the data than a five-factor structure. Correlations between latent variables temperature, eutrophication and ammonia show a significant effect of temperature on the transformation of nitrogen and phosphorus compounds.
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spelling doaj.art-d59ce792bf754c139bd563926b3abcf22023-11-29T10:28:07ZengPolish Academy of SciencesArchives of Environmental Protection2083-47722083-48102021-06-01vol. 47No 22946https://doi.org/10.24425/aep.2021.137276Impact of the heated water discharge on the water quality in a shallow lowland dam reservoirJerzy Mazierski0Maciej Kostecki1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2388-2718Institute of Environmental Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, PolandInstitute of Environmental Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences, PolandThe purpose of the work was to determine the relationship between the of the water quality parameters in an artificial reservoir used as cooling ponds. Multivariate methods, cluster analysis and factor analysis were applied to analyze eighteen physico-chemical parameters such as air and water temperature, dissolved oxygen concentration, visibility of the Secchi disk, concentrations of total nitrogen, ammonium, nitrate, nitrite, total phosphorus, phosphate, concentrations of calcium, magnesium, chlorides, sulfates and total dissolved salts, pH, chemical oxygen demand and electric conductivity from 2002-2017 to investigated cooling water discharge. Hierarchical cluster analysis (CA) allowed identified five different clusters that reflect the different water quality characteristics of the water system. Similar results were obtained in exploratory factor analysis, five factors were obtained with 65.96% total variance. However, confirmatory factor analysis showed that four latent variables: salinity, temperature, eutrophication, and ammonia provide better fit to the data than a five-factor structure. Correlations between latent variables temperature, eutrophication and ammonia show a significant effect of temperature on the transformation of nitrogen and phosphorus compounds.https://journals.pan.pl/Content/119726/PDF/Archives%20vol%2047_2pp29_46.pdfwater qualityfactor analysishierarchical cluster analysismultivariate statistical analysis
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Maciej Kostecki
Impact of the heated water discharge on the water quality in a shallow lowland dam reservoir
Archives of Environmental Protection
water quality
factor analysis
hierarchical cluster analysis
multivariate statistical analysis
title Impact of the heated water discharge on the water quality in a shallow lowland dam reservoir
title_full Impact of the heated water discharge on the water quality in a shallow lowland dam reservoir
title_fullStr Impact of the heated water discharge on the water quality in a shallow lowland dam reservoir
title_full_unstemmed Impact of the heated water discharge on the water quality in a shallow lowland dam reservoir
title_short Impact of the heated water discharge on the water quality in a shallow lowland dam reservoir
title_sort impact of the heated water discharge on the water quality in a shallow lowland dam reservoir
topic water quality
factor analysis
hierarchical cluster analysis
multivariate statistical analysis
url https://journals.pan.pl/Content/119726/PDF/Archives%20vol%2047_2pp29_46.pdf
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