The Rural Fires of 2017 and Their Influences on Water Quality: An Assessment of Causes and Effects.

ABSTRACT: As water is facing increasing pressures from population and economic growth and climate change, it becomes imperative to promote the protection, restoration and management of this resource and its watersheds. Since water quality depends on multiple factors both natural and anthropic, it is not easy to establish their influences. After the October 2017 fires that affected almost 30% of the Mondego hydrographic basin in Central Portugal, 10 catchments were selected for periodic physical-chemical monitoring. These monitoring campaigns started one month after the fires and lasted for two hydrological years, measuring the electric conductivity (EC), pH, dissolved oxygen (DO), turbidity (Turb), alkalinity (Alk), major and minor ions, and trace elements. The obtained data were then statistically

SUBMITTER: Sequeira MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9819191 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature