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How Hydrologic Connectivity Regulates Water Quality in River Corridors

Jud Harvey1, Jesus Gomez-Velez1, Noah Schmadel1

  • 1Earth Surface Processes Division (Harvey, Schmadel, Choi), and Integrated Modeling and Prediction Division (Alexander, Eng, Schwarz), U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, USA; Civil and Environmental Engineering (Gomez-Velez), Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Department of Biological Systems Engineering (Scott), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA; Department of Ecosystem Science and Management (Boyer), Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, USA; Office of Research and Development (Golden), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (Kettner), University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, USA; Washington Water Science Center (Konrad), U.S. Geological Survey, Tacoma, Washington, USA; New England Water Science Center (Moore), U.S. Geological Survey, Pembroke, New Hampshire, USA; College of Earth, Ocean, and the Environment (Pizzuto), University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA; and School of Geosciences (Soulsby), University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, GRB.

Journal of the American Water Resources Association
|July 28, 2021
PubMed
Summary

River connectivity, a balance between flow and water exchange, impacts water quality. Intermediate connectivity best removes nitrogen by optimizing contact with reactive sediments.

Keywords:
Clean Water Rulehydrologic connectivityhyporheic flowriver corridor

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