Relationship Between Urban Land Use Variation and Water Quality in Urbanized Watersheds - Atlanta Study

Explore a 19-minute conference presentation from the Georgia Water Resources Conference examining the relationship between urban development and water quality in Atlanta's watershed systems. Learn how urbanization impacts stream chemistry through a detailed analysis of baseflow and stormflow sampling across 18 sites in South Atlanta's South River Watershed. Discover key findings about solute concentrations, land use correlations, and storm event behaviors through concentration-discharge hysteresis analysis. Gain insights into how urban development affects water quality, with particular focus on nitrate and chloride levels in relation to urban versus forested land use. Understand the complex interactions between natural hydrology and urban development, essential knowledge for future water quality management and mitigation efforts in rapidly growing urban areas.