Predicting potential change in agricultural sediment inputs to rivers across England and Wales by 2015

Marine and Freshwater Research - Tập 60 Số 7 - Trang 626 - 2009
Adrian L. Collins1, Steven Anthony1, Julia Hawley2, Tony Turner2
1Environment Group, ADAS, Woodthorne, Wergs Road, Wolverhampton WV6 8TQ, UK.
2Rural Management Group, ADAS, Woodthorne, Wergs Road, Wolverhampton, WV6 8TQ, UK.

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Recent work has evaluated the gap between current and compliant suspended sediment losses due to farming across England and Wales and the potential for change by 2015. The study adopted the guideline annual average sediment threshold of 25 mg L–1 cited by the European Union Freshwater Fish Directive. Compliance testing required national scale sediment source apportionment to assess the current contributions of diffuse agricultural and urban sector losses, channel bank erosion and point source discharges to the total suspended sediment loads delivered to all rivers. Results suggested that the agricultural sector dominates present day (year 2000) sediment inputs to rivers (1929 kt = 76%) compared with eroding channel banks (394 kt = 15%), diffuse urban sources (147 kt = 6%) and point source discharges (76 kt = 3%). Projected change in farming by 2015, represented by the Business As Usual forecast of structural developments and predicted uptake of sediment mitigation methods, suggested a 9% reduction in sediment losses from the agricultural sector across England and Wales. Further mitigation of diffuse agricultural sediment transfers to watercourses will therefore be necessary to ensure ‘good ecological status’ in some catchments. A similar modelling framework could be applied in other countries.

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