Articles | Volume 22, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-4699-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-22-4699-2018
Research article
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07 Sep 2018
Research article |  | 07 Sep 2018

Modeling freshwater quality scenarios with ecosystem-based adaptation in the headwaters of the Cantareira system, Brazil

Denise Taffarello, Raghavan Srinivasan, Guilherme Samprogna Mohor, João Luis Bittencourt Guimarães, Maria do Carmo Calijuri, and Eduardo Mario Mendiondo

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ED: Publish subject to revisions (further review by editor and referees) (12 Dec 2017) by Zhenyao Shen
AR by Denise Taffarello on behalf of the Authors (17 Mar 2018)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (20 Mar 2018) by Zhenyao Shen
RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (18 Apr 2018)
ED: Publish as is (19 Apr 2018) by Zhenyao Shen

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AA by Denise Taffarello on behalf of the Authors (06 Jul 2018)   Author's adjustment   Manuscript
EA: Adjustments approved (14 Jul 2018) by Zhenyao Shen
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Short summary
This paper aims to compare freshwater quality scenarios under different land uses, related to ecosystem-based adaptation in subtropical headwaters. Using a spatially semi-distributed model, nitrate, total phosphorous loads and sediments yield were modeled in Brazilian catchments ranging from 7 to 1037 km2. In short, we proposed the new hydrologic services index as a composite metric comparing water pollution levels for reference catchments related to the grey water footprint and water yield.