Study of impacts of floods on the water quality in an arid zone: The case of the Tarim river in Northwest China

Mupenzi Jean De La Paix; Li Lanhai; Chen Xi; Achal Varenyam; Bao Anming

doi:10.2166/wst.2011.778

Study of impacts of floods on the water quality in an arid zone: The case of the Tarim river in Northwest China

Mupenzi Jean De La Paix^*, Li Lanhai, Chen Xi, Achal Varenyam, Bao Anming

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This paper presents the results of the study undertaken at the Tarim River Basin in Northwest China to analyze impacts of flooding on water quality. It was shown that irregular rainfall was the cause of flash floods that affected many ecosystems and eroded soils. Simulation results and the existence of relationships between flood volume and flood peak allowed potential model application that included flood peak estimation. The analysis of water pollution through sample sediment was helped by spectroscopy techniques and it was found that the flood was the main cause of many chemical elements in water. The floods affected the quality of water in the Tarim River where it was slightly basic with pH = 8.1 before flooding and acidic with pH = 6.9 after flooding.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1973-1979
Number of pages	7
Journal	Water Science and Technology
Volume	64
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2011.778
State	Published - 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Arid zone
Flood
Tarim river
Water pollution
Water quality

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