Abstract:

In this paper, variability in monthly water quality records at Durucasu monitoring station on the Yeşilırmak River was analyzed by considering the Mann-Kendal (MK) and Theil-Sen Slope estimator (TSE) statistical approaches to detect the direction and magnitude of an available monotonic trend in any given data. The pH, chlorides, sulfates and SAR data sequences for some months had statistically significance upward trend when there was a decreasing trend in streamflow data of the nine months. The largest percent change in streamflow data was found as 153% in November, whereas July in the pH, June in chlorides and January in sulfates and SAR had the maximum percent change

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