Designing river water quality policy interventions with scarce data: the case of the Middle Tagus Basin, Spain

Anthropic pressures deteriorate river water quality, so authorities need to identify their causes and define corrective actions. Physically based water quality models are a useful tool for addressing physicochemical pollutants, but they must be calibrated with an amount of data that is often unavail...

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Autores: Bolinches Quero, Antonio, De Stefano, Lucia, Paredes-Arquiola, Javier
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/6204
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:556 (282.246.23)
Water Framework Directive
water quality
Tagus Basin
data scarcity
modelling
Hidrología
2508 Hidrología
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spelling Designing river water quality policy interventions with scarce data: the case of the Middle Tagus Basin, SpainBolinches Quero, AntonioDe Stefano, LuciaParedes-Arquiola, Javier556 (282.246.23)Water Framework Directivewater qualityTagus Basindata scarcitymodellingHidrología2508 HidrologíaAnthropic pressures deteriorate river water quality, so authorities need to identify their causes and define corrective actions. Physically based water quality models are a useful tool for addressing physicochemical pollutants, but they must be calibrated with an amount of data that is often unavailable. In this study, we explore the characterization of a model to design corrective interventions in a context of sparse data. A calibration indicator that is both simple and flexible is proposed. This approach is applied to the Middle Tagus Basin in central Spain, where the physicochemical concentration of pollutants is above legal standards. We quantify the effects of the main existing pressures (discharge from wastewater treatment plants, agricultural diffuse pollution and a major inter-basin water transfer) on the receiving waters. In particular, the study finds that wastewater treatment plant effluent concentrations should be reduced to up to 0.65 mg/L of ammonium and 0.55 mg/L of phosphate to achieve the environmental goals. We propose and prioritize a set of policy actions that would contribute to the good status of surface water bodies in the region.Taylor & FrancisUniversidad Complutense de Madrid20202020-01-0120202020-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/6204reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/62042026-06-02T12:44:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Designing river water quality policy interventions with scarce data: the case of the Middle Tagus Basin, Spain
title Designing river water quality policy interventions with scarce data: the case of the Middle Tagus Basin, Spain
spellingShingle Designing river water quality policy interventions with scarce data: the case of the Middle Tagus Basin, Spain
Bolinches Quero, Antonio
556 (282.246.23)
Water Framework Directive
water quality
Tagus Basin
data scarcity
modelling
Hidrología
2508 Hidrología
title_short Designing river water quality policy interventions with scarce data: the case of the Middle Tagus Basin, Spain
title_full Designing river water quality policy interventions with scarce data: the case of the Middle Tagus Basin, Spain
title_fullStr Designing river water quality policy interventions with scarce data: the case of the Middle Tagus Basin, Spain
title_full_unstemmed Designing river water quality policy interventions with scarce data: the case of the Middle Tagus Basin, Spain
title_sort Designing river water quality policy interventions with scarce data: the case of the Middle Tagus Basin, Spain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Bolinches Quero, Antonio
De Stefano, Lucia
Paredes-Arquiola, Javier
author Bolinches Quero, Antonio
author_facet Bolinches Quero, Antonio
De Stefano, Lucia
Paredes-Arquiola, Javier
author_role author
author2 De Stefano, Lucia
Paredes-Arquiola, Javier
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad Complutense de Madrid
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv 556 (282.246.23)
Water Framework Directive
water quality
Tagus Basin
data scarcity
modelling
Hidrología
2508 Hidrología
topic 556 (282.246.23)
Water Framework Directive
water quality
Tagus Basin
data scarcity
modelling
Hidrología
2508 Hidrología
description Anthropic pressures deteriorate river water quality, so authorities need to identify their causes and define corrective actions. Physically based water quality models are a useful tool for addressing physicochemical pollutants, but they must be calibrated with an amount of data that is often unavailable. In this study, we explore the characterization of a model to design corrective interventions in a context of sparse data. A calibration indicator that is both simple and flexible is proposed. This approach is applied to the Middle Tagus Basin in central Spain, where the physicochemical concentration of pollutants is above legal standards. We quantify the effects of the main existing pressures (discharge from wastewater treatment plants, agricultural diffuse pollution and a major inter-basin water transfer) on the receiving waters. In particular, the study finds that wastewater treatment plant effluent concentrations should be reduced to up to 0.65 mg/L of ammonium and 0.55 mg/L of phosphate to achieve the environmental goals. We propose and prioritize a set of policy actions that would contribute to the good status of surface water bodies in the region.
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