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Ribeira de Grāndola
(Portugal)
1.
Location.



2.
Descriptive data for study catchment
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Catchment area |
265 Km2 |
| Stream
length: |
40 Km |
| Climate: |
Mediterranean |
| Annual
rainfall: |
670 mm/year |
| Mean
annual discharge at river mouth: |
1.44 m3/s
(0 - 123 m3/s) |
| Altitudinal
range headwater to river mouth: |
320 m |
| Population |
inhabitants |
| Lithology: |
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| Land
uses: |
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3.
Descriptive Data for Study Subcatchment
(catchment defined by WWTP)
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Catchment
area: |
km2 |
| Stream
length: |
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| Annual
rainfall: |
mm/year |
| Mean
annual discharge before WWTP effluent: |
m3/s |
| Altitudinal
range from headwater to WWTP effluent: |
m |
| Population: |
inhabitants |
| Distribution
of population: |
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| Lithology: |
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| Land
uses: |
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4.
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Geographic
location:
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Altitude:
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m a. s. l. |
Origin
of sewage inputs to WWTP:
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Equivalent
drained population:
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equivalent inhabitants/day |
Type
of nutrient treatment:
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Treated
outflow discharge:
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m3/s |
Design
outflow discharge:
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COD:
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mg O2/L |
BOD:
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mg O2/L |
Suspended
solids:
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Conductivity:
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N:
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mg/L |
| P: |
mg/L |
| Dissolved
oxygen: |
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5.
Descriptive data for experimental reach
(data
for the reference subreach, upstream of WWTP effluent)
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Morphology
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Width: m
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Depth: cm
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Dominant
substrata type:
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Water
chemistry
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Biological
communities
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