Watershed‐scale impacts of bioenergy crops on hydrology and water quality using improved SWAT model
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Cellulosic bioenergy feedstock such as perennial grasses and crop residues are expected to play a significant role in meeting US biofuel production targets. We used an improved version of the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) to forecast impacts on watershed hydrology and water quality by implementing an array of plausible land‐use changes associated with commercial bioenergy crop production for two watersheds in the Midwest USA. Watershed‐scale impacts were estimated for 13 bioenergy crop production scenarios, including: production of Miscanthus × giganteus and upland Shawnee switchgrass on highly erodible landscape positions, agricultural marginal land areas and pastures, removal of corn stover and combinations of these options. Water quality, measured as erosion and sediment loading, was forecasted to improve compared to baseline when perennial grasses were used for bioenergy production, but not with stover removal scenarios. Erosion reduction with perennial energy crop production scenarios ranged between 0.2% and 59%. Stream flow at the watershed outlet was reduced between 0 and 8% across these bioenergy crop production scenarios compared to baseline across the study watersheds. Results indicate that bioenergy production scenarios that incorporate perennial grasses reduced the nonpoint source pollutant load at the watershed outlet compared to the baseline conditions (0–20% for nitrate‐nitrogen and 3–56% for mineral phosphorus); however, the reduction rates were specific to site characteristics and management practices.
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Corn stover removal can cause increased evapotranspiration and reductions of water yield at the watershed scale, though the magnitude varied with watershed and harvest rate.
“the corn stover removal can also cause increased ET and reductions of water yield at the watershed scale”
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Soil erosion induced by high-rate residue removal may be mitigated by appropriate management options such as direct input of organic matter and other protecting measures.
“soil erosion induced by high-rate residue removal may be mitigated by appropriate management options, such as the direct input of organic matter and other protecting measures”
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- Authors
- Cibin, R., Trybula, E., Chaubey, I., Brouder, S. M., & Volenec, J. J.
- Affiliations
- Purdue University West Lafayette (US)
- Corresponding author
- Chaubey, Indrajeet
- Venue
- GCB Bioenergy
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2016-01-08
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 837-848
- ISSN
- 1757-1693 (ISSN-L)
- 1757-1707
- OpenAlex
- W2163725704
- Cited by
- 97
- References
- 36
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- FWCI
- 19.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- GCB Bioenergy (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Department of Energy (DE‐EE0004396)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Bioenergy crop production and management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Keywords
- energy crops, catchment hydrology, water quality, land use change, perennial grasses, Miscanthus × giganteus, switchgrass, corn stover removal, soil erosion, sediment load, river discharge, non-point source pollution, nitrate, phosphorus, SWAT model, biofuels
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