Anthropogenic and catchment characteristic signatures in the  water quality of Swiss rivers: a quantitative assessment

Botter, Martina; Burlando, Paolo; Fatichi, Simone

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-1885-2019

Articles | Volume 23, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-1885-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-1885-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 23, issue 4

Research article

|

08 Apr 2019

Research article |

| 08 Apr 2019

Anthropogenic and catchment characteristic signatures in the water quality of Swiss rivers: a quantitative assessment

Martina Botter, Paolo Burlando, and Simone Fatichi

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-1885-2019-supplement

Data sets

NADUF - National long-term surveillance of Swiss rivers EAWAG https://www.eawag.ch/en/department/wut/main-focus/chemistry-of-water-resources/naduf/

Short summary

The study focuses on the solute export from rivers with the purpose of discerning the impacts of anthropic activities and catchment characteristics on water quality. The results revealed a more detectable impact of the anthropic activities than of the catchment characteristics. The solute export follows different dynamics depending on catchment characteristics and mainly on solute-specific properties. The export modality is consistent across different catchments only for a minority of solutes.