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G S Bilotta¹, N G Burnside, L Cheek

¹School of Environment and Technology, University of Brighton, Cockcroft Building, Lewes Road, Brighton, East Sussex BN2 4GJ, UK. G.S.Bilotta@brighton.ac.uk

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Existing water quality guidelines for suspended particulate matter (SPM) are inadequate. This study proposes a new model for environment-specific SPM guidelines to better protect aquatic ecosystems.

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Area of Science:

Environmental Science
Ecology
Water Quality Management

Background:

Suspended particulate matter (SPM) significantly degrades aquatic ecosystems.
Current water quality guidelines for SPM are often inappropriate for diverse environments.
There's a need for tailored SPM management targets to support ecological health.

Purpose of the Study:

To analyze long-term SPM data from UK reference-condition temperate environments.
To evaluate the suitability of current European Union (EU) SPM water quality guidelines.
To develop a predictive model for environment-specific SPM guidelines.

Main Methods:

Analysis of SPM data from 638 stream/river sites across 42 ecosystem types.
One-way analysis of variance to identify significant differences in background SPM.
Stepwise Multiple Discriminant Analysis (MDA) to predict SPM ranges based on environmental variables.

Main Results:

Significant differences in background SPM concentrations exist between contrasting reference ecosystems.
One ecosystem type exceeded the EU guideline (25 mg L(-1)) even in reference condition.
A predictive model using 10 environmental factors accurately assigned sites to SPM ranges (90% success rate).

Conclusions:

The current blanket EU SPM guideline is unsuitable for all ecosystems.
Some ecosystems require significantly lower SPM limits for effective protection.
The developed model offers a probabilistic approach to setting environment-specific SPM guidelines.