@article {Cardinali:2013:0306-7319:1628,
title = "Herbicides runoff in vegetative filter strips: evaluation and validation of a recent rainfall return period model",
journal = "International Journal of Environmental and Analytical Chemistry",
parent_itemid = "infobike://tandf/geac",
publishercode ="tandf",
year = "2013",
volume = "93",
number = "15",
publication date ="2013-12-01T00:00:00",
pages = "1628-1637",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "0306-7319",
eissn = "1369-1619",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tandf/geac/2013/00000093/00000015/art00007",
doi = "doi:10.1080/03067319.2013.841151",
keyword = "vegetative filter strips, runoff, return period, herbicides",
author = "Cardinali and Otto and Zanin",
abstract = "Vegetative filter strips reduce herbicide runoff from cultivated fields owing to the ability of vegetation to delay surface runoff, promote infiltration, and adsorb herbicides. Previous research has shown that the annual runoff of each herbicide is typically less than 1gha1.
A model for the detection of the return period of rainfall events was recently proposed for a site in the north-eastern Po Valley, Italy. The return period model suggested that most of the herbicide loss by runoff (about 98%) is caused by a few, or even just one, extreme rainfall event with
a return period of about 2527 years, whereas ordinary events (45 each year) account for the rest. The present study aims to validate that model by comparing model predictions with the experimental results obtained in the 20102011 sampling season (independent test data),
and to evaluate the effectiveness of the VFS. In addition, a 7-yr dataset of metolachlor and terbuthylazine concentration in real runoff events is summarised in order to highlight the medium-term magnitude of the pollution. Results show that on the Po Valley plain, 34 runoff events
of low intensity are expected in springsummer and that the consequent annual runoff of the herbicides metolachlor and terbuthylazine is about 0.50.7gha1 yr1. A summary shows that, owing to their chemical-physical properties, concentrations
of the two herbicides are similar, both varying from about 0.01300g l1, with a potential pulse-like exposure risk for aquatic communities in waterways. This study showed that vegetative filter strips can reduce herbicide transfer to surface water by 9098%,
and should be suggested for environmental schemes at field and catchment scale.",
}