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Sediment Research on the Rivers Bandon and Owenabue, Ireland
Dr. J. Harrington
Cork Institute of Technology
Presented at SILTFLUX Workshop, UCD
28th October 2014
Outline of Presentation
• Introduction
• Study Catchments and Characteristics
• Data Collection Programme
• Sediment Fluxes and Yields
• Storm Based Events
• Nutrient Transport
Introduction
• Sediment Research has been underway at Cork Institute of Technology for the past decade
• The focus has been on the nearby Rivers Bandon and Owenabue
• The research work has studied suspended sediment concentrations and loadings based on a field sampling and continuous turbidity monitoring programme
Study Catchments
Study Catchments – Land Use
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Forestry Quarry Urban Area
Rain Gauge Hydrometric Station
Study Catchments - Soils
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Bandon Catchment
Owenabue Catchment
Acid Brown Earths, Brown Podzolics Lithosols, Regosols Surface /ground water gleys Peaty gleys Podzols Variable Blanket Peats Made/Built Land Water/Lake (including reservoirs)
River Bandon Catchment
Parameter Detail Parameter Detail
River Details: Station:
Catchment Bandon Station Catchment
Area 424 km-2
Catchment Area 608 km-2 Length to Station 52.55 km
River Length 77 km Station Type Data Logger & Turbidity Probe
Altitude at source 320m OD Body Responsible Office of Public Works & CIT
Average Slope 4.16 m km-1 (from OS maps) Co-ordinates 51.74N, -8.68W
Average Flow Rate 15 m³ s-1 Staff Gauge Zero 6.94 m O.D.
Annual Average Rainfall 1207 mm/year (Cork Airport) Records Available 1975 - Date
Land Use Tillage, pasture, forestry, urban
Turbidity Data
2010 - date
River Bandon – Summary Data
River Bandon Catchment – Some Information
• Relatively large sized catchment in an Irish context (608 km2)
• Primarily agricultural 94% (tillage and pasture)
• Prone to flooding
• Distinguished by engineered works on stretches
• Features a number of special areas of conservation (SAC)
• Exhibits a range of levels of water quality
• Features both suspended and bed load transport
• Dredging undertaken through the town of Bandon (post-2010)
• River improvement works proposed for 2015 and 2016
• River discharge to Kinsale Estuary
River Bandon – Data Collection
Manual Sampling Programme
At the Curranure Hydrometric Station
Samples tested for:
Suspended Sediment Concentration (SSC) since 2004 and turbidity since 2007
Range of Nutrient Parameters
- Nov. 2009 to 2012
Additional suspended sediment and bed sediment samples have been collected at a number of locations along the river since April 2012.
Automatic sediment sampler installed in September 2014
Continuous Monitoring Programme
Turbidity data at 15 minute resolution
(February 2010 – date)
Campbell Scientific OBS 3+ probe
River stage/flow rate data at 15 minute resolution
River Owenabue Catchment
Parameter Detail Parameter Detail
River Details: Station:
Sub-Catchment (of the
Lee) Owenabue
Station Catchment
Area 103 km-2
Sub-Catchment Area 105 km-2 Length to Station 19.05 km
River Length 22.71 km Station Type Data Logger & Turbidity Probe
Altitude at source 110m OD Body Responsible Office of Public Works & CIT
Average Slope 6.34 m km-1 (from OS maps) Co-ordinates 51.82N, -8.42W
Average Flow Rate 2.294 m³ s-1 Staff Gauge Zero 11.29 m O.D.
Annual Average Rainfall 1207 mm/year (Cork Airport) Water Level Records
Available 1956 - Date
Land Use Tillage, pasture, forestry, urban Turbidity Data 2009 - Date
River Owenabue – Summary Data
River Owenabue – Some Information
• A smaller scale catchment (105 km2)
• Primarily agricultural (97%) - tillage and pasture
• Moderate to poor water quality status
• Catchment hill slopes are quite steep with quick response to rainfall
• River discharge to Cork Harbour via town of Carrigaline
River Owenabue – Data Collection
Q = 13.6 m3 s-1 (Peak Flow of Event)
SSC = 123 mg L-1 (4 hours after peak)
Manual Sampling Programme At the Ballea Bridge Upper Station Samples tested for: Suspended Sediment Concentration (SSC) since 2004 and turbidity since 2007 - to 2012 Range of Nutrient Parameters - 2007 to 2012 Continuous Monitoring Programme Turbidity data at 15 minute resolution (Sept. 2009 – date) Campbell Scientific OBS 3+ probe River stage/flow rate data at 15 minute resolution
SSC – Turbidity Relationships
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R² = 0.9646
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Turbidity (NTU)
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Turbidity (NTU)
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Sediment Flux Analysis
Ls= 𝑸𝒕 𝑺𝑺𝑪𝒕 dtt2t1
where
Ls = load over a time period (t2 - t1),
Qt = flow rate at time t
SSCt = suspended sediment concentration at time t
Ref: Harrington, S.T., Harrington, J.R., ‘An assessment of the suspended sediment rating curve approach for load estimation on the Rivers Bandon and Owenabue, Ireland’, Geomorphology 185 (2013) 27-38.
Monthly Suspended Sediment Fluxes
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Suspended Sediment Flux and Yield
SS Flux (tonnes/year) SS Yield (tonnes/ha/year)
Feb. ’10 –
Feb. 11 Feb. ’10 –
Feb. 12 Feb. ’10 – Feb.
11 Feb. ’10 –
Feb. 12
River Bandon 6012 4128 0.142 0.097
SS Flux (tonnes/year) SS Yield (tonnes/ha/year)
Sept. ’09 –
Sept. 10 Sept. ’09 –
Sept. 10 Sept. ’09 –
Sept. 11 Sept. ’09 –
Sept. 11
River Owenabue
2636 1822 0.256 0.177
Storm Based Events
• Disproportionate delivery of suspended sediment flux on infrequent high flow events
• Approximately 75% of the suspended sediment load is transported on flow rates above the 10% exceedance level.
• Storm events identified and analysed
• Suspended sediment rating curves analysed (high degree of variability found in the Q-SSC relationship)
Storm Based Events
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Storm Based Events – River Bandon
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Peak 2 CL
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Event 8Flow RateSSC
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Peak 3 CL
Storm Based Events – River Owenabue
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Flow RateSSC
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Event 12Flow RateSSC
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Event 12Peak 1 CL
Nutrient Transport
• Dissolved and particulate nutrient behaviour investigated
• Wide variability in nutrient concentrations
• Discharge and SSC influence concentrations
• Turbidity found to be a suitable surrogate for some phosphorous parameters (TP and PP) but nitrogen parameters were not well correlated
Ref: Harrington, S. T. and Harrington, J. R.: Dissolved and particulate nutrient transport dynamics of a small Irish catchment: the River Owenabue, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 2191-2200, doi:10.5194/hess-18-2191-2014, 2014.
Acknowledgements
• Funding Sources
IOTI Technological Sector Research Programme
Office of Public Works
Byrne Looby PHMcCarthy
• River Data
Office of Public Works
EPA
• Postgraduate Research Team
Sean Harrington, James Hickey, John Gamble, Kevin Motherway,
John Clancy