Land management impacts on water quality following fire in a major water supply catchment

被引:6
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作者
Wade, A. [1 ,2 ,3 ]
White, I. [1 ,4 ]
Worthy, M. [1 ]
Gill, A. [1 ,5 ]
Mueller, N. [6 ,7 ,8 ,9 ]
Taylor, P. [6 ,8 ]
Wasson, R. [10 ,11 ]
机构
[1] Australian Natl Univ, Fenner Sch Environm & Soc, Canberra, ACT, Australia
[2] Actew AGL, Canberra, ACT, Australia
[3] Natl Hlth & Med Res Council Water Quality Comm, Canberra, ACT, Australia
[4] UNESCO, Int Hydrol Programme, Paris, France
[5] Commonwealth Sci & Ind Res Org, Cooparat Res Ctr, Canberra, ACT, Australia
[6] Ecowise Environm Australia Pty Ltd, Canberra, ACT, Australia
[7] Australia Captial Terr, Canberra, ACT, Australia
[8] GHD Water Sci Grp, Canberra, ACT, Australia
[9] ACTEW Corp, Canberra, ACT, Australia
[10] Charles Darwin Univ, Darwin, NT, Australia
[11] Natl Univ Singapore, Ctr Resource & Environm Studies, Dept Geog, Singapore, Singapore
来源
基金
澳大利亚研究理事会;
关键词
Water quality; water supply catchment; bushfires; fire recovery; forestry practice; salvage harvesting; catchment management; catchment rehabilitation;
D O I
10.7158/W10-841.2013.16.2
中图分类号
TV21 [水资源调查与水利规划];
学科分类号
081501 ;
摘要
Salvage harvesting and land clearance to re-establish radiata plantations in the lower catchment followed the January 2003 bushfires in the Cotter River water supply catchment. We report impacts of post-fire catchment disturbance on water quality and preliminary results of a recently completed works program to improve water quality. Suspended sediment concentrations as high as 39,000 mg/L and massive annual specific sediment yields between 520 and 950 t/km(2)/a from the 42 km(2) salvaged pine area occurred over three low-intensity rainfall years following the fire. In contrast, reservoir turbidity profiles in naturally-regenerated, upper-catchments returned to pre-fi re conditions within 12 to 18 months.
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页码:121 / 139
页数:19
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