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Demnitzer Muehlenfliess
(Germany)

 

 


1. Location.


 


2. Descriptive data for study catchment


Catchment area

45 Km2
Stream length:  12 Km
Climate:  sub-continental
Annual rainfall:  520 mm/year
Mean annual discharge at river mouth:  0.12 m3/s
Altitudinal range headwater to river mouth:  13.5 m (0.12%)
Population 900 inhabitants
Lithology:  glacial sands
Land uses: arable land, forest, pastures


3. Descriptive Data for Study Subcatchment
(catchment defined by WWTP)


Catchment area:

ca. 15 km2
Stream length: 6.2 km
Annual rainfall: 520 mm/year
Mean annual discharge before WWTP effluent: NA
Altitudinal range from headwater to WWTP effluent: 7.4 m
Population: 480 inhabitants
Distribution of population: villages
Lithology: glacial sands
Land uses: arable land, forest, pastures


4. Wastewater Treatment Plant


Geographic location: 

14°15´ E / 52°26´ N

Altitude: 

60 m a. s. l. 

Origin of sewage inputs to WWTP: 

stock farming

Equivalent drained population: 

NA 

Type of nutrient treatment: 

none

Treated outflow discharge:  

NA m3/s

Design outflow discharge: 

NA

COD: 

NA

BOD: 

NA

Suspended solids: 

NA

Conductivity: 

NA

N: 

NA
P: NA
Dissolved oxygen: NA


5. Descriptive data for experimental reach
(data for the reference subreach, upstream of WWTP effluent)


  • Morphology

    • Width: 1 m 

    • Depth: 20 cm 

    • Dominant substrata type: sandy / organic

  • Water chemistry

    • Major ions: siliceous

    • Nutrients availability : eutrophic

    • PH: 7.5

    • Conductivity: 1200 µS/cm

  • Biological communities

    • Dominant strata and species of riparian vegetation: Salix, weeds

    • Dominant aquatic primary producers: benthic unicellular and filamentous algae, macrophytes

    • Macroinvertebrates: Chironomidae

    • Dominant fishes: NA

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