Print Email Facebook Twitter The impact of climate change on the water quality of the Rhine river Title The impact of climate change on the water quality of the Rhine river Author Van Bokhoven, A.J. Date 2006-09-01 Abstract In this research the effect of hydrological extremes on water quality are studied for the Rhine River, in order to assess potential water quality effects of climate change. The water quality of the Rhine was studied for the periods 1975-1977 and 1987-2005. During these periods eight hydrological extremes occured, five of which being classified as floods and three as periods of drought. The water quality during these hydrological extremes has been compared with the water quality in reference periods before and after the events. In total, fourty-one water quality parameters have been investigated, comprising general variables (e.g. temperature, suspended matter, dissolved oxygen), major ions, nutrients, heavy metals and metalloids, PAH's, pesticides and other organic mirco pollutants. Subject Rhineclimate changewater qualityfloodspesticidesmetalloidsmicro pollutantsCT04.20Waterkwaliteit en CalamiteitenCT04.22.11Extreme afvoeren en waterkwaliteitDelft Cluster To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d54ff34e-f589-4d6a-8227-11a67ad38261 Publisher Delft Cluster Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type report Rights (c) 2006 Van Bokhoven, A.J. Files PDF BTO_2006.056_s_The_impact ... change.pdf 3.26 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:d54ff34e-f589-4d6a-8227-11a67ad38261/datastream/OBJ/view