An innovative procedure to assess multi-scale temporal trends in groundwater quality: Example of the nitrate in the Seine-Normandy basin, France

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 522, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-10

  Lopez, Benjamin ^a   Baran, Nicole ^a   Bourgine, Bernard ^a  

^a BRGM   (France)

Author keywords

Groundwater quality; Nitrate; Regional trend; Time series analysis; Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IMPURITIES; LITHOLOGY; NITRATES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; DIFFUSE TRANSPORT; EUROPEAN WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE; GROUNDWATER NITRATES; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; NON-PARAMETRIC TEST; REGIONAL TRENDS; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AQUIFER; DATABASE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INNOVATION; NITRATE; PIEZOMETER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VARIOGRAM; WATER QUALITY;

FRANCE; NORMANDY; SEINE BASIN;

EID: 84920697666     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.12.002     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Batlle-Aguilar J., Orban Ph., Dassargues A., Brouyère S. Identification of groundwater quality trends in a chalk aquifer threatened by intensive agriculture in Belgium. Hydrogeol. J. 2007, 15:1615-1627.
2. Berryman D., Bobee B., Cluis D., Haemmerly J. Nonparametric tests for trend detection in water quality time series. Water Resour. Bull. 1988, 24:545-556.
3. Bourgine, B., Lopez, B., Baran, N., 2012. Characterization of groundwater nitrate long term trends at regional scale using statistical and geostatistical tools. In: Ninth International Geostatistics Congress, Oslo, Norway, June 11-15.
4. Bouza-Deaño R., Ternero-Rodrìguez M., Fernàndez-Espinosa A.J. Trend study and assessment of surface water quality in the Ebro River (Spain). J. Hydrol. 2008, 361:227-239.
5. Broers H.P., Van Der Grift B. Regional monitoring of temporal changes in groundwater quality. J. Hydrol. 2004, 296:192-220.
6. Chilès J.P., Delfiner P. Geostatistics: modeling spatial uncertainty 1999.
7. Debrewer L.M., Ator S.W., Denver J.M. Temporal trends in nitrate and selected pesticides in Mid-Atlantic ground water. J. Environ. Qual. 2008, 37:296-308.
8. Esterby S.R. Review of methods for the detection and estimation of trends with emphasis on water quality applications. Hydrol. Process. 1996, 10:127-149.
9. European Commission, 2008. Common Implementation Strategy For The Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC). Guidance Document No. 18. Guidance On Groundwater Status And Trend Assessment.
10. Frans L. Trends of pesticides and nitrate in ground water of the Central Columbia Plateau, Washington, 1993-2003. J. Environ. Qual. 2008, 37:273-280.
11. Grath, J., Scheidleder, A., Uhlig, S., Weber, K., Kralik, M., Keimal, T., Gruber, D., 2001. The EU Water Framework Directive: statistical aspects of the identification of groundwater pollution trends, and aggregation of monitoring results. Final Report, 41.046/01-IV1/00 and GZ 16 2500/2-I/6/00. Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water Management and European Commission, Vienna.
12. Groppo J.D., Marcos de Moraes J., Beduschi C.E., Genovez A.M., Martinelli L.A. Trend analysis of water quality in some rivers with differents degrees of development within the São Paulo State, Brazil. River Res. Appl. 2008, 24:1056-1067.
13. Hansen B., Laerke T., Dalgaard T., Erlandsen M. Trend reversal of nitrate in Danish groundwater - a reflection of agricultural practices and nitrogen surpluses since 1950. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2011, 45:228-234.
14. Helsel D.R., Frans L.M. Regional Kendall test for trend. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2006, 40.
15. Helsel, D., Hirsch, R., 2002. Statistical Methods in Water Resources. Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations of the United States Geological Survey. Book 4, Hydrologic Analysis and Interpretation.
16. Hirsch R.M., Slack J.R., Smith R.A. Techniques of trend analysis for monthly water-quality data. Water Resour. Res. 1982, 18:107-121.
17. Hirsch R.M., Alexander R.B., Smith R.A. Selection of methods for the detection and estimation of trends in water-quality. Water Resour. Res. 1991, 27:803-813.
18. Hudak P.F. Regional trends in nitrate content of Texas groundwater. J. Hydrol. 2000, 228:37-47.
19. Jackson B.M., Browne C.A., Butler A.P., Peach D., Wade A.J., Wheater H.S. Nitrate transport in Chalk catchments: monitoring, modelling and policy implications. Environ. Sci. Policy 2008, 11(2):125-135.
20. Kaown D., Hyun Y., Bae G.O., Oh C.W., Lee K.K. Evaluation of spatio-temporal trends of groundwater quality in different land uses using Kendall test. (Report). Geosci. J. 2012, 16:65-75.
21. Kendall M.G. Rank Correlation Methods 1975, Charles Griffin, London. fourth ed.
22. Kent R., Landon M.K. Trends in concentrations of nitrate and total dissolved solids in public supply wells of the Bunker Hill, Lytle, Rialto, and Colton groundwater subbasins, San Bernardino County, California: influence of legacy land use. Sci. Total Environ. 2013, 452-453:125-136.
23. Loftis J.C. Trends in groundwater quality. Hydrol. Process. 1996, 10:335-355.
24. Manly B.J.F., MacKenzie D. A cumulative sum type of method for environmental monitoring. Environmetrics 2000, 11:151-166.
25. Mann H.B. Non-parametric tests against trend. Econometrica 1945, 13:245-249.
26. Mendizabal I., Baggelaar P.K., Stuyfzand P.J. Hydrochemical trends for public supply well fields in The Netherlands (1898-2008), natural backgrounds and upscaling to groundwater bodies. J. Hydrol. 2012, 450-451:279-292.
27. Mitchell R.J., Scott Babcock R., Gelinas S., Nanus L., Stasney D.E. Nitrate distributions and source identification in the Abbotsford-Sumas aquifer, Northwester Washington state. J. Environ. Qual. 2003, 32:789-800.
28. Naddeo V., Zarra T., Belgiorno V. Optimization of sampling frequency for river water quality assessment according to Italian implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive. Environ. Sci. Policy 2007, 10:243-249.
29. Onate J.J., Pou A. Temperature variations in Spain since 1901: a preliminary analysis. Int. J. Climatol. 1996, 16:805-815.
30. Orban P., Brouyère S., Batlle-Aguilar J., Couturier J., Goderniaux P., Leroy M., Maloszewski P., Dassargues A. Regional transport modelling for nitrate trend assessment and forecasting in a chalk aquifer. J. Contam. Hydrol. 2010, 118:79-93.
31. Oren O., Yechieli Y., Böhlke J.K., Dody A. Contamination of groundwater under cultivated fields in a arid environment, central Arava Valley, Israel. J. Hydrol. 2004, 290:312-328.
32. Page E.S. Cumulative sum control charts. Technometrics 1961, 3:1-19.
33. Peters, N.E. (Ed.), 1996. Trends in water quality. Special issue. Hydrological Processes, vol. 10.
34. Rong Y. Statistical methods and pitfalls in environmental data analysis. Environ. Foren. 2000, 1(4):213-220.
35. Saporta G. Probabilités, Analyse des Données et Statistique 1990, Technip, Paris, pp. 251-260.
36. Sen P.K. On a class of aligned rank order tests in two-way layouts. Ann. Math. Stat. 1968, 39:1115-1124.
37. Sprague L.A., Lorenz D.L. Regional nutrient trends in streams and rivers of the United States, 1993-2003. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009, 43:3430-3435.
38. Stigter T.Y., Carvalho Dill A.M.M., Ribeiro L. Major issues regarding the efficiency of monitoring programs for nitrate contaminated groundwater. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2011, 45:8674-8682.
39. Stuart M.E., Chilton P.J., Kiniiburgh D.G., Cooper D.M. Screening for long-term trends in groundwater nitrate monitoring data. Quat. J. Eng. Geol. Hydrogeol. 2007, 40:361-376.
40. Thorburn P.J., Biggs J.S., Weier K.L., Keating B.A. Nitrate in ground waters of intensive agricultural areas in coastal Northeastern Australia. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 2003, 94:49-58.
41. Türkes M. Spatial and temporal analysis of annual rainfall variations in Turkey. Int. J. Climatol. 1996, 16:1057-1076.
42. van Belle G., Hughes J.P. Nonparametric tests for trend in water quality. Water Resour. Res. 1984, 20:127-136.
43. Visser A., Dubus I., Broers H.P., Brouy S., Korcz M., Orban P., Goderniaux P., Battle-Aguilar J., Surdyk N., Amraoui N., Job H., Pinault J.-L., Bierkensab M. Comparison of methods for the detection and extrapolation of trends in groundwater quality. J. Environ. Monit. 2009, 11:2030-2043.
44. WFD, 2000. Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy. OJ EC No. L 327 (22.12.2000). World Wide Web Address.
45. Yu Y.-S., Zou S., Whittemore D. Non-parametric trend analysis of water quality data of rivers in Kansas. J. Hydrol. 1993, 150:61-80.