Fuel Reduction Techniques as Effective Forested Watershed Management Practices
against Wildfire: Drinking Water Quality Aspects
EMSL Project ID
49527
Abstract
This research project will investigate the consequences of different fuel reductiontechniques, as watershed management practices against wildfire, on the exports of dissolved organic
matter (DOM) from forested watersheds and associated biogeochemical processes and impacts on
drinking water supplies. Specifically, the temporal variations of DOM exported from watersheds under
prescribed burn or mechanical thinning will be examined and compared to determine how they form
regulated and emerging carbonaceous and nitrogenous disinfection byproducts (DBPs) with DOM from
unmanaged watersheds. The overarching goal of this project is to identify the best forest management
practices to protect our source waters due to climate change. In EMSL, we plan to use the NMR and FT-ICR recourses to measure the carbon entities which are the result of treatment and natural sequestration along the watershed route. These techniques and the EMSL experts will add to our measurement and understanding of real time chemical dynamics of our system.
Project Details
Start Date
2016-06-30
End Date
2016-09-30
Status
Closed
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