The modelling of river water contamination by tailings mudflows: The case of phosphorus in the Paraopeba River basin

The modelling of river water contamination by tailings mudflows: The case of phosphorus in the Paraopeba River basin

The Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) was used to assess total phosphorus concentrations (TOT-P) and fluxes (TOT_P) in the Paraopeba River basin, located in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, following the collapse of tailings dam B1 in Brumadinho. The model was calibrated and validated for peri...

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Main Authors: Renata Cristina Araújo Costa, Regina Maria Bessa Santos, Luís Filipe Sanches Fernandes, Fernando António Leal Pacheco, Marília Carvalho de Melo, Carlos Alberto Valera, Renato Farias do Valle Junior, Maytê Maria Abreu Pires de Melo Silva, Teresa Cristina Tarlé Pissarra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-06-01
Series:Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Subjects:
SWAT model
Total phosphorus
Legal limits
Forest cover
Argisols
Management and monitoring
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666016424000951

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