Modeling freshwater quality scenarios with ecosystem-based adaptation in the headwaters of the Cantareira system, Brazil

Taffarello, Denise; Srinivasan, Raghavan; Mohor, Guilherme Samprogna; Guimarães, João Luis Bittencourt; do Carmo Calijuri, Maria; Mendiondo, Eduardo Mario

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-4699-2018

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07 Sep 2018

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Modeling freshwater quality scenarios with ecosystem-based adaptation in the headwaters of the Cantareira system, Brazil

Denise Taffarello, Raghavan Srinivasan, Guilherme Samprogna Mohor, João Luis Bittencourt Guimarães, Maria do Carmo Calijuri, and Eduardo Mario Mendiondo

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Water quality and quantity primary data from field campaigns in the Cantareira Water Supply System, period Oct. 2013–May 2014 D. Taffarello, R. Srinivasan, G. S. Mohor, J. L. B. Guimarães, M. do Carmo Calijuri, and E. M. Mendiondo https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.892384

Short summary

This paper aims to compare freshwater quality scenarios under different land uses, related to ecosystem-based adaptation in subtropical headwaters. Using a spatially semi-distributed model, nitrate, total phosphorous loads and sediments yield were modeled in Brazilian catchments ranging from 7 to 1037 km². In short, we proposed the new hydrologic services index as a composite metric comparing water pollution levels for reference catchments related to the grey water footprint and water yield.