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Management of Adverse Effects of a Public Water Supply Well Field on the Aquatic Habitat of a Stratified Drift Stream in Eastern Connecticut
Author(s) -
Nadim Farhad,
Bagtzoglou Amvrossios C.,
Baun Sandrine A.,
Warner Glenn S.,
Ogden Fred,
Jacobson Richard A.,
Parasiewicz Piotr
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
water environment research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.356
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1554-7531
pISSN - 1061-4303
DOI - 10.2175/106143006x136801
Subject(s) - habitat , environmental science , hydrology (agriculture) , groundwater , water supply , current (fluid) , streams , streamflow , sampling (signal processing) , flow conditions , fishery , flow (mathematics) , environmental engineering , ecology , geography , oceanography , drainage basin , geology , engineering , computer network , geotechnical engineering , cartography , computer science , biology , filter (signal processing) , geometry , mathematics , electrical engineering
A study was conducted to determine the effect of water withdrawals from the University of Connecticut's (Storrs) water supply wells on the fisheries habitat of the Fenton River adjacent to the well field. The study was designed to investigate the relationships between in‐stream flow and selected fish habitat in the section of the Fenton River situated in the main zone of influence of the pumping field. With the aid of historical data, new data collection, and mathematical simulation modeling, the relation between the magnitude and timing of groundwater withdrawals on the stage and flow of water in the stream was derived. Fish sampling and habitat modeling were used to assess the effects of human influence on certain reaches of the Fenton River. Among the various water management scenarios studied, several are presented that would optimize water withdrawals, while minimizing adverse effects on the stream flow and in‐stream habitat.