scholarly journals Effects of land use and geohydrology on the quality of shallow ground water in two agricultural areas in the western Lake Michigan drainages, Wisconsin

1997 ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 73 ◽  
pp. 98-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xubiao Yu ◽  
Joanna Hawley-Howard ◽  
Amber L. Pitt ◽  
Jun-Jian Wang ◽  
Robert F. Baldwin ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 738
Author(s):  
Bruno Magro Rodrigues ◽  
Lucas Prado Osco ◽  
Patricia Alexandra Antunes ◽  
Ana Paula Marques Ramos

A ocupação extensiva e, por vezes, indevida do solo pode resultar em uma série de problemas ambientais que aceleram a degradação de uma bacia hidrográfica, com consequências diretas na qualidade dos seus recursos hídricos. Esse trabalho avalia o impacto do uso e cobertura da terra em parâmetros quantitativos e de qualidade das águas superficiais da bacia hidrográfica do rio Pirapozinho. A produção cartográfica consistiu de mapa de uso e cobertura da terra, declividade, rede de drenagem, mapa de área de preservação permanente e mapa de Índice de Qualidade da Água (IQA). Tanto a coleta quanto as análises das águas superficiais da bacia foram desenvolvidas seguindo os procedimentos do Standard Methods. Os resultados das análises foram comparados com os valores de referência CONAMA, n° 357/05, alterada pela Resolução 410/2009 e pela 430/2011, sendo os padrões estabelecidos para rios de classe 2, mesma classe que se enquadra os corpos hídricos inseridos na bacia em estudo. Conclui-se que há um desequilíbrio ambiental na bacia do rio Pirapozinho. O mapa de uso e cobertura aponta que aproximadamente 90% da área da bacia encontra-se ocupada por pastagem e culturas. Outro aspecto é que mais de 84% da área de preservação permanente encontra-se desprovida de vegetação arbórea. Embora o mapa do IQA revele que a água da bacia possa ser classificada como boa (IQA entre 52 e 79) predominantemente, as análises laboratoriais apontam que há pontos na área com contaminação. Isto pode ser atribuído a atividades industriais e agropastoris desenvolvidas na bacia em estudo. Recomenda-se ações de manejo sustentável na bacia do rio Pirapozinho para a recuperação dos seus recursos naturais. A B S T R A C TExtensive and unduly occupation of soil may result in several environmental problems those contribute to accelerate the degradation of a hydrographic basin bringing diretly consequences to quality of its water resources. This paper evaluates the impact of land use and occupation on quantitative parameters and of superficial waters quality of the hydrographic basin of the Pirapozinho river. The cartographic products designed consisted of land use and occupation map, declivitity map, drainage network map, permanent preservation area map and map of Water Quality Index (WQI) of hydrographic basin. Both collection and analysis of the superficial waters samples were developed following the Standard Method procedure. The results of the laboratorial analyses were compared with the reference values at CONAMA 357/05 and 430/11 resolutions. We conclude that there is an environmental disequilibrium at the hydrographic basin of the Pirapozinho river. The land use and occupation map shows that approximately 90% of the area of the basin is occupied by pasture and crop fields. Other finding is that there is no arboreal vegetation in 84% of the permanent preservation area of the hydrographic basin. Although the WQI map revels that water of the basin can be classified as good (WQI among 52 and 79) predominately, the laboratorial analyses point out taht there is some points in area with contamination of water. This may be related to the industrial and agricultural activities performed in the area. We recommend sustainable management actions in the Pirapozinho river basin to recovery of its natural resources.Keywords: Cartographic production; water quality; environmental analysis; hydrographic basin.


2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 249-257
Author(s):  
Krzysztof Urbański ◽  
Mateusz Jakubiak

AbstractThe article considered the influence the various types of land use on microbial activity of soils and thus using this parameter as a universal test of soil quality. Samples for soil respiration studies were taken from agricultural areas, meadows, forests and urban areas (estate cottages). All samples were subjected to the same analytical procedure and the method of measurement was followed by a Substrate-Induced Respiration (SIR) method. Since all the samples were from neighbouring regions and were characterized by similar soil parameters, the obtained results allowed to assess the quality of the soil environment of the surveyed area and to evaluate the total rating of whole area. The obtained results allowed to observe slight divergences between soil samples taken from areas of different use. And although statistically, in this case, these differences were not significant, the characteristics of the respiration curves clearly indicate that there is a dependency between the form of use and the size and rate of soil respiration. In addition, the results have shown that single family housing does not exhibit as much anthropopression to the soil environment as it might seem.


Ground Water ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 482-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael D. Trojan ◽  
Jennifer S. Maloney ◽  
James M. Stockinger ◽  
Erin P. Eid ◽  
Mark J. Lahtinen

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