Journal Article

Evaluation of the effect of river style framework on water quality: application of geomorphological factors

Nayyeri, Hadi, Zandi, Sahar

2018

Overview

The Tarwal River basin with an area of 6560.20 km2 is located in the eastern part of Iranian Kurdistan Province. This river crosses the Qorveh and Dehgolan plains and joins the Ghezel Ozan River in Zanjan Province. The importance of this river as a source for drinking water and agricultural and industrial uses in the region necessitates the need for research in this field. The main purpose of this study is to identify the natural features of the riverbed from the perspective of river geomorphology and to investigate their impact on water quality and river self-purification capacity. To achieve this, the river style framework was employed. To investigate the effects of each style framework on the river, a total of 20 samples from the entrance and outlet of styles were obtained using Impact Assessment method and sampling standards which were later analyzed for their quality parameters including T, pH, EC, TDS, TSS, Na, Ca, Mg, K, Cl, F, NO2, NO3, SO4, PO4, DO, COD and BOD. The results indicated that the changes in the styles lead to changes in water quality and the impact of each style is greater on the physical parameters than the chemical parameters. The river self-purification capacity varied depending on the style. The maximum and the minimum self-purifications occurred in fine-grained Anabranching and low-sinuosity fine-grained styles, respectively.

• Publisher: Springer Nature B.V
• Subject: Capacity / Drinking water / Evaluation / Frameworks / Geomorphology / Geomorphology of rivers / Industrial applications / Nitrogen dioxide / Outlets / Parameters / Phosphates / Physical properties / Plains / Purification / River basins / River beds / Riverbeds / Rivers / Self-purification / Sulphates / Water purification / Water quality