Establishment of the watershed health indicators and health check of reservoirs

This study analyzed big data collected from 95 public water supply, power generation, and irrigation reservoirs in Taiwan and its outlying islands to establish and quantify the standards for seven watershed health indicators. The water supply reservoirs have high forest coverage and a low soil erosi...

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Main Authors: Chen, Y.-C (Author), Lin, J.-Y (Author), Tsai, Y.-W (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier B.V. 2021
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520 3 |a This study analyzed big data collected from 95 public water supply, power generation, and irrigation reservoirs in Taiwan and its outlying islands to establish and quantify the standards for seven watershed health indicators. The water supply reservoirs have high forest coverage and a low soil erosion depth; however, these reservoirs have a low water quality due to a low point source pollution was treated (9.1%–17.7%) and 44–65.8 kg nonpoint source pollution per area (km2). Most irrigation reservoirs are located in the flat plains, which have low forest coverage (50.5%) and high sediment accumulation (36.7%). The power generation reservoirs are located on steep mountains with high forest coverage and only natural soil erosion. The 30 outlying reservoirs have a Carlson's trophic state index ​​value higher than 50, which is primarily a function of transparency. The chemical oxygen demand achievement rate is a more suitable health indicator for the outlying reservoirs than the other aforementioned indicators. The forest coverage rate and point source pollution reduction were positively associated with watershed health, whereas sediment accumulation, nonpoint source pollution, and CTSI/RPI were negatively associated with watershed health. The results of this study suggest that management strategies need to be tailored to the type of watershed. © 2021 
650 0 4 |a Big data 
650 0 4 |a Chemical oxygen demand 
650 0 4 |a Ecosystem 
650 0 4 |a Ecosystem 
650 0 4 |a Ecosystems 
650 0 4 |a Forestry 
650 0 4 |a Health 
650 0 4 |a Health indicators 
650 0 4 |a High forests 
650 0 4 |a Indicator 
650 0 4 |a Indicator indicator 
650 0 4 |a Irrigation 
650 0 4 |a Irrigation reservoirs 
650 0 4 |a Nonpoint sources 
650 0 4 |a Point source pollution 
650 0 4 |a Power- generations 
650 0 4 |a Reservoir 
650 0 4 |a Reservoirs (water) 
650 0 4 |a Sediment accumulation 
650 0 4 |a Sedimentation 
650 0 4 |a Sedimentation 
650 0 4 |a Soil erosion 
650 0 4 |a Source pollution 
650 0 4 |a Water 
650 0 4 |a Water quality 
650 0 4 |a Water supply 
650 0 4 |a Watershed 
650 0 4 |a Watersheds 
700 1 |a Chen, Y.-C.  |e author 
700 1 |a Lin, J.-Y.  |e author 
700 1 |a Tsai, Y.-W.  |e author 
773 |t Ecological Indicators