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Groundwater Influence of Streamflow Quality in Crystalline Areas under Easing Acid Deposition
Erbanová, Lucie ; Hrkal, Zbyněk (advisor) ; Navrátil, Tomáš (referee) ; Kopáček, Jiří (referee)
Surface waters from crystalline areas are a significant easily accessible source of drinking water. However, these areas often experienced high loads of acids from atmospheric deposition over the last century. Degradation of soils and surface waters occurred subsequently, especially in areas built of rocks vulnerable to acidification. The main objectives were to quantify the role that groundwaters play during streamflow generation and to evaluate the rate that groundwaters control stream water chemistry. The present-day quality of groundwaters and surface waters was compared with the quality at the period of easing atmospheric deposition. Groundwater brings base cations released by bedrock weathering into streamflow enhancing streamwater alkalinity at all flow levels. During baseflow conditions, streamflow was predominantly supplied with groundwater from deeper fractured bedrock. However, groundwater runoff is supplemented by water from shallower catchment reservoirs (shallower fractured bedrock, soils and overland flow). Thus, the chemistry of baseflow is not as invariable as usually considered. The acid neutralizing capacity (ANC) of stream water was correlated with the amount of more acid waters. To the contrary, the pH of streamflow was stable during baseflow conditions. Alkaline groundwaters...
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Groundwater Influence of Streamflow Quality in Crystalline Areas under Easing Acid Deposition
Erbanová, Lucie ; Hrkal, Zbyněk (advisor) ; Navrátil, Tomáš (referee) ; Kopáček, Jiří (referee)
Surface waters from crystalline areas are a significant easily accessible source of drinking water. However, these areas often experienced high loads of acids from atmospheric deposition over the last century. Degradation of soils and surface waters occurred subsequently, especially in areas built of rocks vulnerable to acidification. The main objectives were to quantify the role that groundwaters play during streamflow generation and to evaluate the rate that groundwaters control stream water chemistry. The present-day quality of groundwaters and surface waters was compared with the quality at the period of easing atmospheric deposition. Groundwater brings base cations released by bedrock weathering into streamflow enhancing streamwater alkalinity at all flow levels. During baseflow conditions, streamflow was predominantly supplied with groundwater from deeper fractured bedrock. However, groundwater runoff is supplemented by water from shallower catchment reservoirs (shallower fractured bedrock, soils and overland flow). Thus, the chemistry of baseflow is not as invariable as usually considered. The acid neutralizing capacity (ANC) of stream water was correlated with the amount of more acid waters. To the contrary, the pH of streamflow was stable during baseflow conditions. Alkaline groundwaters...
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