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    Artificial Wetland and Forest Buffer Zone: Hydraulic and Tracer Characterization

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    Authors
    Passeport, E.
    Tournebize, J.
    Jankowfsky, S.
    Proemse, Bernadette
    Chaumont, C.
    Coquet, Y.
    Lange, J.
    Date
    2010
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Passeport, E. and Tournebize, J. and Jankowfsky, S. and Proemse, B. and Chaumont, C. and Coquet, Y. and Lange, J. 2010. Artificial Wetland and Forest Buffer Zone: Hydraulic and Tracer Characterization. Vadose Zone Journal. 9: pp. 73-84.
    Source Title
    Vadose Zone Journal
    Additional URLs
    https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/vzj/pdfs/9/1/73
    ISSN
    1539-1663
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46387
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    As part of a European LIFE ArtWET project, two on-site buffer zones, an artificial wetland and a forest plot, are being evaluated for their capacity to mitigate pesticide pollution. As treatment efficiency is highly dependent on the systems' hydrology, the present work focuses on the watershed and both systems' hydrological functioning. The design strategy involved limited inlet flow rates to 70 L s-1: 99% of watershed outlet flow rates were lower than this limit. Approximately half of the flows of greatest concern passed through the artificial wetland, whereas the forest only received 2% of these flows. A tracer experiment was conducted under a low steady flow rate while little vegetation was present in the artificial wetland. A water dye tracer (sulforhodamine B, SB) and two molecules of contrasting properties, uranine (Ur, photodegrading) and isoproturon (mobile and only slightly sorptive, IPU) were injected. Dilution, sorption, and photodegradation were observed. The forest plot, which presented a high organic matter content, showed more sorption (IPU, SB) but lower photodecay (Ur) than did the artificial wetland. Total IPU losses in the forest buffer were high (79%). In the artificial wetland, 30% IPU losses were found, whereas a 66.5-h mean retention time was determined and good hydraulic efficiency (0.55) was calculated. Few dead zones and short-circuits were found, suggesting good hydrological functioning. Implementing buffer zones in subsurface pipe-drained watersheds actively participates in the reduction of pesticide transfer to natural water bodies.

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