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DOI	10.5194/hess-22-487-2018
	Groundwater impacts on surface water quality and nutrient loads in lowland polder catchments: Monitoring the greater Amsterdam area
	Yu L.; Rozemeijer J.; Van Breukelen B.M.; Ouboter M.; Van Der Vlugt C.; Broers H.P.
发表日期	2018
ISSN	1027-5606
起始页码	487
结束页码	508
卷号	22 期号:1
英文摘要	The Amsterdam area, a highly manipulated delta area formed by polders and reclaimed lakes, struggles with high nutrient levels in its surface water system. The polders receive spatially and temporally variable amounts of water and nutrients via surface runoff, groundwater seepage, sewer leakage, and via water inlets from upstream polders. Diffuse anthropogenic sources, such as manure and fertiliser use and atmospheric deposition, add to the water quality problems in the polders. The major nutrient sources and pathways have not yet been clarified due to the complex hydrological system in lowland catchments with both urban and agricultural areas. In this study, the spatial variability of the groundwater seepage impact was identified by exploiting the dense groundwater and surface water monitoring networks in Amsterdam and its surrounding polders. A total of 25 variables (concentrations of total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP), NH4, NO3, HCO3, SO4, Ca, and Cl in surface water and groundwater, N and P agricultural inputs, seepage rate, elevation, land-use, and soil type) for 144 polders were analysed statistically and interpreted in relation to sources, transport mechanisms, and pathways. The results imply that groundwater is a large source of nutrients in the greater Amsterdam mixed urban-agricultural catchments. The groundwater nutrient concentrations exceeded the surface water environmental quality standards (EQSs) in 93% of the polders for TP and in 91%for TN. Groundwater outflow into the polders thus adds to nutrient levels in the surface water. High correlations (R2 up to 0.88) between solutes in groundwater and surface water, together with the close similarities in their spatial patterns, confirmed the large impact of groundwater on surface water chemistry, especially in the polders that have high seepage rates. Our analysis indicates that the elevated nutrient and bicarbonate concentrations in the groundwater seepage originate from the decomposition of organic matter in subsurface sediments coupled to sulfate reduction and possibly methanogenesis. The large loads of nutrient-rich groundwater seepage into the deepest polders indirectly affect surface water quality in the surrounding area, because excess water from the deep polders is pumped out and used to supply water to the surrounding infiltrating polders in dry periods. The study shows the importance of the connection between groundwater and surface water nutrient chemistry in the greater Amsterdam area. We expect that taking account of groundwater-surface water interaction is also important in other subsiding and urbanising deltas around the world, where water is managed intensively in order to enable agricultural productivity and achieve water-sustainable cities. © 2018 Author(s).
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Agriculture; Catchments; Fertilizers; Groundwater; Hydrochemistry; Land use; Meteorological problems; Nutrients; Productivity; Runoff; Seepage; Sulfur compounds; Water pollution control; Water quality; Agricultural catchments; Agricultural productivity; Atmospheric depositions; Environmental quality standards; Ground water-surface water interactions; Nutrient concentrations; Surface water and groundwaters; Surface-water chemistry; Surface waters; anthropogenic source; atmospheric deposition; bicarbonate; catchment; concentration (composition); decomposition; environmental quality; groundwater; lake water; POLDER; pollutant source; runoff; seepage; surface water; water chemistry; water quality; Amsterdam [North Holland]; Netherlands; North Holland
来源期刊	Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/160143
作者单位	Yu, L., Faculty of Science, Vrije University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1181HV, Netherlands; Rozemeijer, J., Deltares, Utrecht, 3508 TC, Netherlands; Van Breukelen, B.M., Department of Water Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology, Stevinweg 1, Delft, 2628 CN, Netherlands; Ouboter, M., Waternet Water Authority, Amsterdam, 1096 AC, Netherlands; Van Der Vlugt, C., Waternet Water Authority, Amsterdam, 1096 AC, Netherlands; Broers, H.P., TNO Geological Survey of the Netherlands, Utrecht, 3584 CB, Netherlands
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yu L.,Rozemeijer J.,Van Breukelen B.M.,et al. Groundwater impacts on surface water quality and nutrient loads in lowland polder catchments: Monitoring the greater Amsterdam area[J],2018,22(1).
APA	Yu L.,Rozemeijer J.,Van Breukelen B.M.,Ouboter M.,Van Der Vlugt C.,&Broers H.P..(2018).Groundwater impacts on surface water quality and nutrient loads in lowland polder catchments: Monitoring the greater Amsterdam area.Hydrology and Earth System Sciences,22(1).
MLA	Yu L.,et al."Groundwater impacts on surface water quality and nutrient loads in lowland polder catchments: Monitoring the greater Amsterdam area".Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 22.1(2018).