Paleolimnological assessment of long-term water-quality changes in south-central Ontario lakes affected by cottage development and acidification

1996 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roland I Hall ◽  
John P Smol
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Quality Changes ◽  
South Central ◽  
Cottage Development

Water quality changes in south-central Ontario lakes and the role of local factors in regulating lake response to regional stressors

2011 ◽  
Vol 68 (6) ◽  
pp. 1038-1050 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle E. Palmer ◽  
Norman D. Yan ◽  
Andrew M. Paterson ◽  
Robert E. Girard
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Acidic Deposition ◽  
Quality Parameters ◽  
Quality Changes ◽  
South Central ◽  
Chloride Water ◽  
Long Term Monitoring ◽  
Term Monitoring

The long-term monitoring of eight lakes near Dorset, Ontario, indicates that the water quality has changed significantly over the last 30 years. However, trends in the Dorset lakes may not be representative of changes in other south-central Ontario lakes, as the Dorset lakes are within a small area and span a limited gradient of lake and watershed characteristics. To determine the regional extent of water quality changes, we assessed the chemical changes in 36 diverse lakes that were first sampled between 1981 and 1990 and were resampled in 2004–2005. Similar to trends in the Dorset lakes, changes in the regional lakes included decreasing acidity, calcium, conductivity, metals, and phosphorus, and increasing dissolved organic carbon, nitrogen, sodium, and chloride. Water quality changes were driven by regional stressors, including acidic deposition, climate, and lakeshore residential development. However, stressor-induced responses differed among lakes. Increases in sodium and chloride were greater in developed lakes that were close to winter-maintained roads. Site-specific characteristics, such as lake and watershed morphometry, could not explain heterogeneous changes in the remaining water quality parameters. These results indicate that other factors play an important role in regulating individual lake response to regional stressors.

Multivariate analysis of long term water quality changes of shallow Lake Balaton

2006 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 2051-2055 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Kiss ◽  
Gy. Dévai ◽  
B. Tóthmérész ◽  
A. Szabó
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Multivariate Analysis ◽  
Shallow Lake ◽  
Lake Balaton ◽  
Quality Changes

Analysis of long-term water quality changes in the Kis-Balaton Water Protection System with time series-, cluster analysis and Wilks’ lambda distribution

2011 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 629-635 ◽  
Author(s):  
István Gábor Hatvani ◽  
József Kovács ◽  
Ilona Székely Kovács ◽  
Pál Jakusch ◽  
János Korponai
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Time Series ◽  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Protection System ◽  
Water Protection ◽  
Quality Changes ◽  
Wilks Lambda

Analysing water quality changes due to reservoir management and climate change for optimization of drinking water treatment

2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Slavik ◽  
W. Uhl
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Water Quality ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Drinking Water Treatment ◽  
Reservoir Management ◽  
Quality Changes ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Reservoir Water ◽  
Catchment Areas

Reservoir water for drinking water production may undergo major short-term and long-term quality changes. These are results of natural processes in the water body and of the water's quality entering and leaving the reservoir. Long term quality changes are due to management of catchment areas, but also to a considerable extent by external impacts like climate change. Short term quality changes are impacted by extreme events like rain storms after drought periods, which might also be a result of climate change. Furthermore, short- and mid-term quality changes are impacted by reservoir management, which also influences the ecological state of rivers downstream the reservoir. The purpose of our work is to develop a decision support tool for reservoir management which takes into account short-, mid- and long-term factors for water quality change. With the tool it is intended to simulate not only water quality, but also management impact on flood risk prevention and drinking water quality (treatment efficiency and costs) and to assist decision making for reservoir management.

Management measures and long-term water quality changes in Lake Balaton (Hungary)

2008 ◽  
Vol 172 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
István Tátrai ◽  
Vera Istvánovics ◽  
László-G. Tóth ◽  
István Kóbor
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Lake Balaton ◽  
Quality Changes ◽  
Management Measures
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