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The Effect of Wildfires on Water Quality from Watershed Systems of Southern California

The Effect of Wildfires on Water Quality from Watershed Systems of Southern California. Presented to CE 394K.3 GIS in Water Resources Carolina B. Mendez November 16, 2010. www.americanobserver.net. Wildfires. Increased erosion Mobilization of particle-bound contaminants

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The Effect of Wildfires on Water Quality from Watershed Systems of Southern California

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  1. The Effect of Wildfires on Water Quality from Watershed Systems of Southern California Presented to CE 394K.3 GIS in Water Resources Carolina B. Mendez November 16, 2010 www.americanobserver.net

  2. Wildfires • Increased erosion • Mobilization of particle-bound contaminants • Post-fire: watershed recovers • Accumulation of mercury observed 1 year after fire; mobilization of mercury noted during second season. (Burke et al., 2010) www.map.sdsu.edu

  3. Objective Use GIS tools to investigate the effect of wildfires on water quality from a watershed system in Southern California • USGS and USEPA data • CUAHSI HydroDesktop • ArcMap

  4. Fires in San Diego County

  5. Water quality: 1910 to 2010 Atrazine Total Organic Carbon Mercury Copper Lead Arsenic

  6. Water quality: 1960 to 2010 Atrazine Total Organic Carbon Mercury Copper Lead Arsenic

  7. Water quality: 1980 to 2010 Atrazine Total Organic Carbon Mercury Copper Lead Arsenic

  8. Water quality: 1990 to 2010 Atrazine Total Organic Carbon Mercury Copper Lead Arsenic

  9. 1980-2010 or 1990-2010 data set? Total Organic Carbon Mercury 1980-2010 1980-2010 1990-2010 1990-2010

  10. Attribute tables Fire Data Water Quality Data

  11. To-do List • Choose 1980-2010 or 1990-2010 data set • Locate watershed in San Diego County • Choose upstream and downstream gages • Correlate fire event to water quality data

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