Does upward seepage of river water and storm water runoff determine water quality of urban drainage systems in lowland areas? A case study for the Rhine-Meuse delta

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 3110-3120

  Vermonden, Kim ^a,b   Hermus, Marion A A ^a   van Weperen, Marije ^a   Leuven, Rob S E W ^a   van der Velde, Gerard ^a   Smolders, Alfons J P ^a   Roelofs, Jan G M ^a   Hendriks, A Jan ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Groundwater; Impervious area; Rhine Meuse river delta; Surface water quality; Upward seepage; Urban water systems

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE IMPERVIOUS AREA; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; GROUNDWATER SEEPAGE; IMPERVIOUS AREA; LARGE RIVERS; LOWLAND RIVERS; PHOSPHORUS CONCENTRATION; POLLUTED RIVERS; RAIN STORMS; RHINE-MEUSE RIVER DELTA; RIVER WATER; STORM WATER RUNOFF; UPWARD SEEPAGE; URBAN DRAINAGE; URBAN DRAINAGE SYSTEMS; URBAN WATER SYSTEMS; ZINC CONCENTRATION;

ALKALINITY; CALCIUM; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DRAINAGE; DROUGHT; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRON ANALYSIS; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAIN; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEEPAGE; SODIUM; STORM SEWERS; STORMS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER PIPING SYSTEMS; WATER QUALITY; WATERWORKS; ZINC;

RIVER POLLUTION;

LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER WATER; RUNOFF; SEEPAGE; STORMWATER; URBAN DRAINAGE; WATER QUALITY;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; RHINE-MEUSE DELTA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70350134523     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7422     Document Type: Article

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