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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-1727-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-1727-2021
Research article
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06 Apr 2021
Research article |  | 06 Apr 2021

Hydraulic shortcuts increase the connectivity of arable land areas to surface waters

Urs Schönenberger and Christian Stamm

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Pesticides are a major pollutant of surface waters. In this study, we assessed how so-called hydraulic shortcuts (e.g. inlet and maintenance shafts of road or field storm drainage systems) influence surface runoff and pesticide transport to Swiss surface waters. The study suggests that transport via hydraulic shortcuts is an important pesticide transport pathway and that current regulations may fall short in addressing this pathway.