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1. 1. The effect of urban runoff on the water quality of the Sweetbriar Brook, Ampthill, UK

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil Sciences

   Author : Anna Krafft; [2006]
   Keywords : runoff; water quality; catchment; thermotolerant coliform bacteria; nutrients; rain; first flush; Sustainable Urban Drainage System SUDS ; sediment;

   Abstract : The Sweetbriar Brook, a small watercourse in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, in a mainly residential catchment, was studied. The scope was to characterise the water quality during low flow conditions and storms, by chemical analyses of dissolved oxygen, turbidity, metals, nutrients, oil and thermotolerant coliform bacteria, among others. READ MORE