Self-purification ability of a resurgence stream |
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Authors: | Vagnetti Roberta Miana Paola Fabris Mario Pavoni Bruno |
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Institution: | a Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Università Ca’Foscari di Venezia, Calle Larga S. Marta, 2137-30123, Venice, Italy b VESTA S.p.A., Venezia Servizi Territoriali Ambientali, Palazzo Bonfadini, Cannaregio 462-30121, Venezia, Italy |
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Abstract: | The self-purification ability of a resurgence stream has been investigated by taking samples along the course of a channeled tract made up of a first part in beaten soil (3.3 km) and a second in concrete (7.2 km). The study has been conducted by statistically processing pre-existent data, acquired monthly by analyzing waters at the beginning and at the end of the whole canal for 6 years, from 1995 to 2000 (historic data), and by performing specific experiments (recent data) to evaluate differently the self-purification capacity of the beaten soil section and that in concrete. A significant abatement of concentrations has been observed from historic data for ammonium, phosphates, turbidity, heavy metals and bacteria. From the recent data, all these parameters seem to decrease in the beaten soil tract. Whereas significant further decreases in the concrete tract were observed only for ammonium, phosphates and bacteria. For other parameters, e.g. pH, dissolved oxygen, chlorides, fluorides, sodium, and sulfates, a significant increase was observed from the historic data. |
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Keywords: | Self-purification Resurgence stream Nutrients Metals Turbidity Bacteria |
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