Fuel Reduction Techniques as Effective Forested Watershed Management Practices against Wildfire: Drinking Water Quality Aspects
EMSL Project ID
50118
Abstract
This research project will investigate the consequences of different fuel reduction techniques, 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
2018-01-03
End Date
2018-09-30
Status
Closed
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