TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessment of rainfall influence over water quality effluent of an urban catchment
T2 - A data driven approach
AU - Sandoval, S.
AU - Torres, A.
AU - Duarte, M.
AU - Velasco, A.
PY - 2014/2
Y1 - 2014/2
N2 - Experience has shown the important influence of rainstorm water in the arrival of pollutants to receiving water bodies. This paper presents an identification of rain gauge stations and rainstorm variables with influence over water quality parameters such as Temperature, Conductivity, pH and COD, measured in the effluent of an urban catchment. Fourteen rainfall events registered by eight rain gauge stations within or in the proximity of the studied catchment (El Salitre Basin, Bogotá, Colombia) were analysed by the use of correlation tests and Kernel Classificatory methods. Some sensitive water quality parameters to rainfall (maximum rainfall height, mean of height, total height; during a rainstorm event) were identified (pH, temperature, conductivity and settleable solids). Correlations were significant mainly for two rain gauge stations in the proximity (about 5 km) of the effluent and two others near the eastern mountains of the city (zone with high slopes).
AB - Experience has shown the important influence of rainstorm water in the arrival of pollutants to receiving water bodies. This paper presents an identification of rain gauge stations and rainstorm variables with influence over water quality parameters such as Temperature, Conductivity, pH and COD, measured in the effluent of an urban catchment. Fourteen rainfall events registered by eight rain gauge stations within or in the proximity of the studied catchment (El Salitre Basin, Bogotá, Colombia) were analysed by the use of correlation tests and Kernel Classificatory methods. Some sensitive water quality parameters to rainfall (maximum rainfall height, mean of height, total height; during a rainstorm event) were identified (pH, temperature, conductivity and settleable solids). Correlations were significant mainly for two rain gauge stations in the proximity (about 5 km) of the effluent and two others near the eastern mountains of the city (zone with high slopes).
KW - classification methods
KW - correlation tests
KW - data driven
KW - precipitation
KW - urban water pollution
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84889574240&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/1573062X.2013.765492
DO - 10.1080/1573062X.2013.765492
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84889574240
SN - 1573-062X
VL - 11
SP - 116
EP - 126
JO - Urban Water Journal
JF - Urban Water Journal
IS - 2
ER -
