Diffuse Water Pollution (nutrient & pesticides) Flashcards

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Release of potential pollutants

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range of activities, no individual effect to water

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Catchment scale

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significant impact, water quality problems, wildlife

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3
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Cancers

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agriculture practice, fertilizers & pesticides, urban surface run-off

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4
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Eutrophication (nutrient enrichment): Effects

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issue with N and P, urban source, agricultural fertilizers

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health impacts

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nitrate controls, methaemoglobinaemia (blue baby) - rare, nitrite - stomach cancer “nitrosamines”, NO3- -> NO2- -> NH2

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Natural succesion

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water progress, oligotrophic -> eutrophic

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Geomorphological (land/water resulting from chemical/physical processes)

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in-fill, terrestrial succesion

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8
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Eutrophication discussion

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cultural, accelerated, enhancement of process

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9
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Symptoms: Nutrient enrichment

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not precise

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10
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Symptoms: Parameters

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more subjective, less objective, weather, season, sample collection

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Limiting Nutrient Concept: Law of minimum

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Photosynthethic growth continues until one necessary contributing parameter falls below minimum requirement

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CO2 + H2O -> CH2O + O2

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needs light, trace metals Fe, Mn, Cu, others

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13
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N or P limiting

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add supply - photosynthetic growth occurs

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14
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N or P addition

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alter growth rate, certain plant/algae, balance affected

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15
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Assessment : N or P limitation? 2 parameters

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N - as nitrate, nitrite & ammonium N>20microg/l, P - SRP in H2O >5microg/l. Check during normal growth period

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16
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N:P ratio measure

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Red field ratio 16:1 (molar) or 7:1 (mass). If ratio >16, P limitation (excessive N)

17
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N transport to rivers

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soluble, mobile, transport from catchment effective, leaching

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P transport to rivers

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low mobility, high partition coefficient (Kd), adsorbed to particles (clay), bonded to Fe

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Kd = [Mp]/[Md] stick to particles

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[Md] -> [Mp]

20
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Phosphorus Cycling: Large supply

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particulate form, discharge/input in dissolved form (SRP)

21
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Phosphorus Cycling: Re-solubilisation

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local microenvironment, very rapid re-utilisation

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Phosphorus Cycling: Redox <200 mV

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Release Fe-bound P

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Phosphorus Cycling: Increase pH

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P binding by Al, Fe pH decrease, P binding by Ca pH increases

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Phosphorus Cycling: Increase temperature

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microbe activity increase temp, redox/pH reactions temp decreases

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Nitrogen Cycling
NO3- NO2- NH4+ goes to N2 (lost from H20 to atm) goes to org-N (denitrfication) goes back (nitrification
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N recycling
décaying matter 80%
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Nitrfication
nitrogen fixation, cyanobacteria
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Denitrification
anaerobic processes, even in small O2 amount due to O2 diffusion rate in sediment
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Pesticide
Any substance, preparation or organism prepared or used for destroying any pest. E.g. herbicide, fungicide, insecticide
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Agrochemicals
some inorganic (Cu, H2SO4), thousands of organic compounds
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Insecticides
organochlorines (OC's): persistent, DDT, dieldrin, lindane
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Organophosphates (OP's)
highly toxis to humans, parathion, carbomates
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Concerns
toxicity (specific), persistence, bioaccumulation
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Controls: Usage
quantity (episodes/products), practice (application rate/ timing), management (drainage control/ soil cultivation)
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Controls: New developments
High octanol-water partition coefficient Kow >10, low persistence <20 mg/l
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Controls: Formulation advances
Controlled release, container - sprayer connections
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Controls: Waste control
tank/container washings, low-drift nozzles, buffer strips
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Buffer Strips
1-2m wide, trap leached pollutants, bioreactor zones, efficiency?