The Effects of Climate Change on Water Quality in Urban Centers

This presentation examines the impact of climate change on urban water quality, focusing on the deterioration of water quality in urban centers due to heavy traffic, growing populations, and dust generation. The study investigates the effects of land use, climate conditions, and street cleaning methods on water quality, particularly concerning runoff and heavy metal pollution. It explores the research question of whether climatic changes impact urban water quality, including the influence of traffic characteristics on pollutant buildup. The presentation includes a thesis statement, discussion of pollution sources, and a research spotlight on related studies, along with cited references to support the findings. It highlights the role of vehicles, alteration of ecosystem tolerance levels, and the significance of road characteristics in understanding and mitigating urban water pollution. The scope is limited to the analysis of urban water quality as influenced by runoff, and the context aims to evaluate the impacts of land use, pavement texture, climate conditions, and street cleaning methods on urban water quality.

Effect of Climate
Change on Water
Quality
Quality of Water in the
Urban Centres.

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Self Introduction

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Introduction
• Urban centres are usually
characterized by heavy traffic
• Growing population also
promote the transport related
population and thereby affects
the water quality.
• Generation of dusts also
promotes the detoriation of
urban water quality (Borris et
al 2013).

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Importance of the Chosen Topic
• Land use
• Condition of the Climate

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Continued…
• Role of vehicles in lowering
the water quality of urban
area.
• Alteration of ecosystem
tolerance level in urban
area.

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Scope and Context
Scope of the Study
The study was limited to the
analysis of urban water quality as
influenced by the runoff.
Context of the Study
The study aims to evaluate the
impacts of various components
comprising of land use, texture of
the pavement, climate conditions,
cleaning methods of the streets on
the water quality of the water in the
urban areas.

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Parameters of the Research Essay
• Land use
• Conditions of the climate
• Street cleaning methods
• Heavy metals due to
pollution

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Research Question
Is there any impact of climatic
changes on the quality of water
in urban areas?

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The pollutant build-up which is traffic
generated on the urban roads is
influenced by the changes in features of
urban traffic including congestion, daily
traffic as well as the depth of road
surface texture.
Thesis statement

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Discussion
• Increment in the water
pollution level due to
deposition of heavy metals.
• Water pollution due to road
dusts is reported along with
the adverse effect to the
residents of the area.

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Continued..
• Runoff solids of storm is
another harmful water
pollutants.
• Absorption rate of heavy
metals .

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Research
Spotlight
• The Padoan et al. (2018) studied the
role of terrain of the road and other
areas in the environmental pollutions.
• The article discusses the process of
calculating the amount of metals
present in the polluted water.
• The article is very helpful for this
study as the article gives an actual
facts of the incidents related to the
enhanced number of pollutants in the
urban water.
• The main bias of this study is that the
study is based on the influence of
road characteristics and its effect on
the water quality of the urban area.

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