Transcription of Chapter 13 - SEDIMENT MEASUREMENTS
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Chapter 13 - SEDIMENT MEASUREMENTS
Water Quality Monitoring - A Practical Guide to the Design and Implementation of Freshwater Quality Studies and Monitoring Programmes Edited by Jamie Bartram and Richard Ballance Published on behalf of United Nations Environment Programme and the World Health Organization 1996 UNEP/WHO. ISBN 0 419 22320 7 (Hbk) 0 419 21730 4 (Pbk). Chapter 13 - SEDIMENT MEASUREMENTS . This Chapter was prepared by E. Ongley. Sediments play an important role in elemental cycling in the aquatic environment. As noted in Chapter 2 they are responsible for transporting a significant proportion of many nutrients and contaminants. They also mediate their uptake, storage, release and transfer between environmental compartments.
Table 13.1 Issues associated with sediment transport in rivers Sediment size Environmental issues Associated engineering issues Erosion, especially loss of topsoil in agricultural areas; gullying
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