Water quality changes associated with cassava production: case study of White Volta Basin

Awotwi, Alfred, Bediako, Michael Asare, Harris, Emmanuel and Forkuo, Eric Kwabena 2016. Water quality changes associated with cassava production: case study of White Volta Basin. Heliyon 2 (8) , pp. 1-22. 10.1016/j.heliyon.2016.e00149

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Abstract

The outcome reveal that as the land use in the catchment areas change from mixed agricultural to cassava cultivation, the simulated loads and concentrations of nitrogen species from cassava land-use scenario recorded reduction. The resultant concentrations of nitrate and nitrite for both current and future land-use scenarios are all below the daily limit suggested by the WHO, (World Health Organization). For the phosphate concentration, an increase of 4.21% was depicted under cassava land-use scenario. The results show that SWAT is a reliable water quality model, capable of simulating accurate information for developing environmental management plans.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
Schools:	Earth and Environmental Sciences
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	2405-8440
Date of Acceptance:	22 August 2016
Last Modified:	16 Dec 2021 14:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/145077

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