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.Aposelemis
(Crete, Greece)
1.
Location
2.
Descriptive data for study catchment
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Catchment area: |
120.5 Km2 |
| Stream
length: |
25.1 Km |
| Climate: |
Mediterranean |
| Annual
rainfall: |
802 mm/year |
| Mean
annual discharge at river mouth: |
NA |
| Altitudinal
range headwater to river mouth: |
1360 m (1360 - 0) |
| Population: |
4278 inhabitants |
| Lithology: |
Limestones,
phyllites |
| Land
uses: |
agriculture,
pastures |
3.
Descriptive Data for Study Subcatchment
(catchment defined by WWTP)
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Catchment
area: |
27.7 km2 |
| Stream
length: |
4.6 km |
| Annual
rainfall: |
NA |
| Mean
annual discharge before WWTP effluent: |
NA |
| Altitudinal
range from headwater to WWTP effluent: |
1120 m (1360 -
240) |
| Population: |
1784 inhabitants |
| Distribution
of population: |
Villages |
| Lithology: |
phyllites,
limestones |
| Land
uses: |
natural
vegetation, agriculture |
 
4.
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Geographic
location:
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35º14'N, 25º26'E |
Altitude:
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240 m a. s. l. |
Origin
of sewage inputs to WWTP:
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urban |
Equivalent
drained population:
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1107 equivalent inhabitants/day |
Type
of nutrient treatment:
|
none |
Treated
outflow discharge:
|
NA |
Design
outflow discharge:
|
NA |
COD:
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NA |
BOD:
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6642 g/day |
Suspended
solids:
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0 - 32 mg/L |
Conductivity:
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787 - 828 µS/cm |
N:
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1.7 - 4.1 mg/L |
| P: |
0.05 - 0.33 mg/L |
| Dissolved
oxygen: |
8.8 - 11.2 mg/L |
5.
Descriptive data for experimental reach
(data
for the reference subreach, upstream of WWTP effluent)
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Morphology
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Water
chemistry
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Biological
communities
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Dominant
strata and species of riparian vegetation:
Platanus orientalis, Quercus sp., Rumex sp
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Dominant
aquatic primary producers: NA
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Macroinvertebrates: NA
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Dominant
fishes: none
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