Turbidity dynamics during spring storm events in an urban headwater river system: The Upper Tame, West Midlands, UK

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 360, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 109-126

  Lawler, D M ^a   Petts, G E ^a   Foster, I D L ^b   Harper, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Bank erosion; Biofilm; Combined sewer; Hysteresis; Hysteresis index; River Tame; Storm event; Suspended sediment; Suspended solids; Turbidity; Urban river; Urban water quality; URGENT

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMBINED SEWERS; HYSTERESIS; IMPURITIES; PH EFFECTS; SEDIMENTS; STORMS; TURBIDITY;

BANK EROSION; HYSTERESIS INDEXES; STORM EVENTS; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; URBAN RIVERS; URBAN WATER QUALITY;

RIVER CONTROL;

AMMONIA; RAIN; RIVER WATER; STORM WATER;

AMMONIA; BASIN; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOFILM; DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD METHOD; HEADWATER; HYDROGRAPH; HYSTERESIS; LIGHT QUALITY; MONITORING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RIVER SYSTEM; ROAD; SEDIMENT; SPRING (SEASON); STORM; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY; URBAN AREA; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIOFILM; HYDROGRAPHY; HYSTERESIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MINING; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPRING; STREAM (RIVER); SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TURBIDITY; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHOTOMETRY; RIVER; SEASON; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; TAME RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WEST MIDLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMMONIA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GREAT BRITAIN; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; RAIN; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33746439002     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.08.032     Document Type: Article

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