Availability of fresh water in cold climate regions
Challenges related to the availability of fresh water in cold climate regions are discussed with emphasis on possible degradation of the quality of drinking water. The permafrost in this region has been consistent in making sure there is little drainage in the ground. This is important, as fresh wat...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/32615 2024-02-11T10:02:29+01:00 Availability of fresh water in cold climate regions Awong, Nu Dah Gudmestad, Ove Tobias 2023-12-21 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/32615 https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/1294/1/012034 eng eng IOP Publishing IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering FRIDAID 2217580 https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/1294/1/012034 1757-8981 1757-899X https://hdl.handle.net/10037/32615 Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) openAccess Copyright 2023 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2023 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899X/1294/1/012034 2024-01-25T00:08:04Z Challenges related to the availability of fresh water in cold climate regions are discussed with emphasis on possible degradation of the quality of drinking water. The permafrost in this region has been consistent in making sure there is little drainage in the ground. This is important, as fresh water is mainly supplied through melting water from snow and ice in the many winter months. Climate change and warmer weather plays a role in heating up the permafrost and increasing the rate of the melting snow. This has an impact on both the amount of water and potentially the drinking quality. In certain cold region areas, fresh water sources are located not far from the shore. With increased shorline erosion due to warming climate, the fresh water supply is in danger of being contaminated by salt water during large storm events. Furthermore, human activities such as road transport and sewage contamination do also have a significant impact on the water’s quality. A bowtie diagram will be used to illustrate the different risk factors and suggestions on how to maintain the quality of fresh water supplies in cold climate areas. The primary focus areas will be Isdammen, near Longyearbyen on Svalbard and Utqiaġvik (formerly Barrow), Alaska. Article in Journal/Newspaper Barrow Ice Longyearbyen permafrost Svalbard Alaska University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Longyearbyen Svalbard IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering 1294 1 012034 |
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Challenges related to the availability of fresh water in cold climate regions are discussed with emphasis on possible degradation of the quality of drinking water. The permafrost in this region has been consistent in making sure there is little drainage in the ground. This is important, as fresh water is mainly supplied through melting water from snow and ice in the many winter months. Climate change and warmer weather plays a role in heating up the permafrost and increasing the rate of the melting snow. This has an impact on both the amount of water and potentially the drinking quality. In certain cold region areas, fresh water sources are located not far from the shore. With increased shorline erosion due to warming climate, the fresh water supply is in danger of being contaminated by salt water during large storm events. Furthermore, human activities such as road transport and sewage contamination do also have a significant impact on the water’s quality. A bowtie diagram will be used to illustrate the different risk factors and suggestions on how to maintain the quality of fresh water supplies in cold climate areas. The primary focus areas will be Isdammen, near Longyearbyen on Svalbard and Utqiaġvik (formerly Barrow), Alaska. |
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Availability of fresh water in cold climate regions |
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Availability of fresh water in cold climate regions |
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Longyearbyen Svalbard |
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