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Utility of a source-related matrix in basin management studies: a practice on a sub-Basin in Turkey

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According to the water framework directive (WFD), the chemical status should be determined for each water body in a basin through monitoring and evaluation studies, and the gap between the status of water bodies and good water status should be revealed in river basin management plans. In this context, the methodology starting with the evaluation of the monitoring results of the priority substances (PSs) until the end of determining the measures to achieve good condition in surface waters was given in this study. The key aim was to provide a useful methodology defined as a matrix for determining the sources of pollutants that caused this gap. This matrix was applied to the most polluted sub-basin of Küçük Menderes Basin located on the western part of the Turkey. Monitoring studies were carried out in 21 water bodies for a 1-year period for 45 PSs and monitoring results were compared with environmental quality standards (EQS). It was determined that 13 of 45 PSs in 15 water bodies exceeded the EQS. The common PSs in the basin were lead, nickel, fluoranthene, benzo(a)pyrene, C10–13 chloroalkanes, and 4-nonylphenols and average rates of exceeding the EQS were 58.3%, 36.4%, 91.5%, 99.9%, 74.8%, and 49.4%, respectively. The detailed emission inventory of each water body in the basin has been made. Potential sources of PSs were searched via the matrix formed and a total number of 420 basic and supplementary measures were proposed to improve the water quality of the sub-basin.

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Acknowledgements

This study is partly on the outcomes of KMRBMP that has been recently prepared by the support of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Turkish Republic, General Directorate of Water Management. We would like to extend our gratitude to the staff of the Ministry whom we worked in collaboration in realizing the management plan of the basin.

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  1. Çorlu Faculty of Engineering, Department of Environmental Engineering, Namık Kemal University, 59860, Çorlu, Tekirdağ, Turkey

    Asude Hanedar & Elçin Güneş

  2. Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Environmental Engineering, Istanbul Technical University (ITU), 34469, Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey

    Aysegul Tanik & Erdem Gorgun

  3. io Environmental Solutions, Reşitpaşa Mah., Katar Cd. Arı Teknokent 1 2/5 D: 12,, 34469, Sarıyer, Istanbul, Turkey

    Emine Girgin & Erdem Gorgun

  4. Faculty of Engineering, Department of Environmental Engineering, Izzet Baysal University, 14030, Gölköy Campus, Bolu, Turkey

    Nusret Karakaya

  5. General Directorate of Water Management, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of TR, Beştepe, Söğütözü Cd. No: 14,, 06560, Yenimahalle, Ankara, Turkey

    Gökçen Gökdereli, Burhan Fuat Çankaya, Taner Kimence, Yakup Karaaslan & Bilal Dikmen

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Hanedar, A., Tanik, A., Girgin, E. et al. Utility of a source-related matrix in basin management studies: a practice on a sub-Basin in Turkey. Environ Sci Pollut Res 28, 50329–50343 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-14142-8

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