Abstract
Fine sediment plays a key role in the transport of contaminants in rivers and quantification of suspended sediment and nutrient flux is important to understand and manage river catchments in the context of the EU WFD (2000/60/EC). For Ireland, work in this area has been very limited and annual fluxes based on continuous data have not been presented. European studies have identified Ireland as having a paucity of sediment and sediment associated pollutant concentration data. This paper presents work undertaken in recent years for sediment and nutrient fluxes based on continuous data on two river catchments in the South Western River Basin District in Ireland; the Rivers Bandon and Owenabue catchments. The River Bandon has a catchment area of 608 km2 and average flow of 15 m3 s-1. The River Owenabue has a catchment area of 105 km2 and average flow of 2.29 m3 s-1. Both catchments are primarily agricultural with some pockets of forestry and urban development.
Disciplines
Civil and Environmental Engineering | Engineering
Full Publication Date
September 2015
Publisher
Cork Institute of Technology
Resource Type
conference poster
Access Rights
restricted access
Recommended Citation
Harrington, J., Gamble, J., Harrington S., ‘Sedimentand Nutrient Fluxes in the River Bandon & Owenabue Catchments, Ireland’ SedNet conference, September 2015, Poland.
Publication Details
Presented at SedNet Conference, 2015.