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Water Quality of Effluent-dominated Ecosystems: Ecotoxicological, Hydrological, and Management Considerations

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In arid and semi-arid regions of the southwestern United States and other parts of the world, flows of historically ephemeral streams are now perennially dominated by municipal and/or industrial effluent discharges, particularly in urbanized watersheds. Because effluent-dominated and dependent water bodies have previously received limited scientific study, we reviewed select contemporary topics associated with water quality of ephemeral streams receiving effluent flows. Our findings indicate that these ecosystems present numerous challenges to aquatic scientists and water resources managers, including: 1) appropriate ecosystems or upstream conditions used reference sites in biomonitoring are difficult to locate or do not exist; 2) water quality criteria, particularly for metals, are dramatically influenced by unique site-specific stream and land use conditions; 3) effluent-dominated streams represent worse-case scenarios for evaluating and predicting aquatic responses to emerging contaminants (e.g., pharmaceuticals and personal care products); 4) low-flow and drought conditions often preclude effective biomonitoring and water quality interpretation, or skew ambient assessment results; 5) chemical-physical water quality parameters (e.g., dissolved oxygen, conductivity, temperature) are dramatically altered by effluent and stormwater characteristics; and 6) beneficial reuse of reclaimed effluent waters potentially conflict with sustainability of ecological integrity. Subsequently, we recommend several water quality research priorities for effluentdominated water bodies.

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Abbreviations

7Q2:

Minimum average 7-day flow with a 2 year recurrence interval

7Q10:

Minimum average 7-day flow with a 10 year recurrence interval

BLM:

Biotic Ligand Model

CWA:

United States Clean Water Act

EE2:

17α-ethinylestradiol

NPDES:

National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

PPCPs:

Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products

SSRI:

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor

TMDL:

Total Maximum Daily Load

USEPA:

United States Environmental Protection Agency

VTG:

Vitellogenin

WER:

Water Effect Ratio

WET:

Whole Effluent Toxicity

WLA:

Wasteload Allocation

WQC:

Water Quality Criteria

WQS:

Water Quality Standards

WWTP:

Wastewater Treatment Plant

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  1. Department of Environmental Studies, Center for Reservoir and Aquatic Systems Research, Baylor University, One Bear Place # 97266, Waco, Texas , 76798, USA

    Bryan W. Brooks

  2. Barton Springs / Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, 1124 Regal Row, Austin, Texas, 78748, USA

    Timothy M. Riley

  3. Department of Public Health, Centre for Water Resource Studies, Western Kentucky University, 1 Big Red Way, EST 437, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 42101, USA

    Ritchie D. Taylor

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Brooks, B.W., Riley, T.M. & Taylor, R.D. Water Quality of Effluent-dominated Ecosystems: Ecotoxicological, Hydrological, and Management Considerations. Hydrobiologia 556, 365–379 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-004-0189-7

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