Water Chemistry, Quality and Fires

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Monitoring water quality after wildfires 
(Katherine BOURZAC, C&EN; November 28, 2018)



Having run across a recent article today from the Modesto Bee concerning water quality concerns brought about by the Rim Fire in California; my interest was piqued as to how fires, whether prescribed or wild, affect water chemistry and quality.  Below, I have provided the aforementioned newspaper article, as well as four research articles on this rather intriguing subject.  All are as follows:


Potential for Rim Fire Ash Runoff Raises Water Quality Concerns in Stanislaus County
(J. N. SBRANTI, Modesto Bee; November 9, 2013)
http://www.modbee.com/2013/11/09/3021465/potential-for-rim-fire-ash-runoffs.html


RESEARCH ARTICLES


Characterization and evaluation of controls on post-fire streamflow response across western US watersheds
(SAXE et al., 2018)
https://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/22/1221/2018/hess-22-1221-2018.pdf


Trace Elements in Stormflow, Ash and Burned Soil following the 2009 Station Fire in Southern California
(BURTON et al., 2016)
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0153372&type=printable

The role of precipitation type, intensity, and spatial distribution in source water quality after wildfire
(MURPHY et al., 2015)


Wildfire and the Future of Water Supply
(BLADON et al., 2014)
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/es500130g


The Influence of Wildfire Extent and Severity on Streamwater Chemistry, Sediment, and Temperature following the Hayman Fire, Colorado 
(RHOADES et al., 2011)
http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs_other/rmrs_2011_rhoades_c001.pdf


Wildfire effects on water quality in forest catchments:  A review with implications for water supply
(SMITH et al., 2011)
http://www.academia.edu/download/43710552/Smith_HG_Sheridan_GJ_Lane_PNJ_et_al._Wil20160314-32414-13c772m.pdf


Effects of Post-fire Runoff on Surface Water Quality:  Development of a Southern California Regional Monitoring Program with Management Question and Implementation Recommendations
(STEIN and BROWN, 2009)
http://ftp.sccwrp.org/pub/download/DOCUMENTS/TechnicalReports/598_SoCalRegionalFireMonitoringPlan.pdf


Effects of 2003 Wildfires on Stream Chemistry in Glacier National Park, Montana 
(MAST and CLOW., 2008)
http://www.cfc.umt.edu/CESU/Reports/NPS/UMT/2004/04_06Brown_Mast_Clow_fire%20and%20hydrology_GLAC.pdf

Effects of Wildfires on Soils and Watershed Processes
(ICE et al., 2004)
http://www.colorado.edu/geography/class_homepages/geog_3511_s12/readings/Fire_Watersheds_JForestry.pdf

Hydrologic and Water Quality Effects of Fire 
(M. B. BAKER, 1990)
http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs_rm/rm_gtr191/rm_gtr191_031_042.pdf

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