The Change of water quality during rain event at Ijira river

Takahashi, Shinya*; Inoue, Takanobu*; Tsushima, Koji*; Sakioka, Masamichi*; Matsunaga, Takeshi

Kankyo Kogaku Kenkyu Rombunshu, 46, p.565 - 572, 2009/00

This study analyzed the changes of water quality during rain events at Ijira river, a mountain stream in Gifu Prefecture, by measured the major ion concentration, pH, electric conductivity, discharge, and hydrograph separation using deuterium isotope ratio of the water. During rain events, where the discharge is increase, almost all of the major ion concentration, pH and electric conductivity were decreased. We also found that the correlation of the changes of pH and the changes of electric conductivity with precipitation were negative. The result of hydrograph separation shows that the ratio of surface runoff for discharge is increased with an increased of the precipitation, and also increased in the high precipitation. It was shown that the major factor of the changes of water quality in this study site is the contribution of surface runoff.