Dear Uriel Reyes There is ...
Published by Prem Baboo, Researcher at www.researchGate.net
Dear Uriel Reyes
There is much software that can help you. For example
WEAP, WASP, Mike 11, Qual2E or Qual2k, SCIMAP. The fine spatial scale that SCIMAP works on makes it possible to identify the fields and parts of fields that may be the origin of the non-point source pollution problems in the rivers.
WILLAMETTE RIVER WATER QUALITY MAP
This map highlights water pollution issues in the Willamette River system. It was produced by the Corvallis Environmental Centre and the Institute for Water and Watersheds and published in August of 2008. It updates and expands on the Willamette Water Quality Map compiled by the Corvallis Environmental Centre in 1997.
A simple 3 step plan
- Find water pollution sinks, i.e. where pollution has accumulated in sediments.
- Track pollution to its source by mapping water flow patterns around these sinks.
- Stop pollution at its source through education, outreach and land use management programs.
Water is essential for all forms of life and ecosystems. Rivers are essential as they serve humans with ample fresh water supply. Although rivers contain only 0.0001% of the total global water, they are key carriers of nutrients and water worldwide. The evolution of human civilization is associated with rivers and its adjoining fertile flood plains. However, a dynamic shift in human civilizations resulted in variation of water use patterns along with unavoidable discharge of sewage and solid wastes into water bodies.
the condition of river pollution in third world countries worsens day-by -day, where the rivers are considered easy disposal points for effluents.
Polluted water is a problem if we have to drink it. However, it can also be a problem for the plants, insects and fish that require clean water to survive. Traditionally, we accepted that water can become polluted because we discharge waste into it.
To make our rivers and streams clean again, we need to be able to work out where the pollution is coming from. Not all fields will be polluting. Two things make a field a problem:
- A field that produces lots of pollution;
- A field that is easily connected to rivers, lakes, or groundwater.
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Regards,
Prem Baboo