Change in land use and land management practices result in the alteration of hydrological processes and quality of local and receiving waters. Anthropogenic activities introduce an array of contaminants into surface and groundwater with detrimental effects to the environment. Contamination of surface waters is a serious threat for aquatic biota as well as for the quality of drinking water. The application of road salts is a common road maintenance practice in many countries and is the major source of surface water chloride in affected areas. The focus of this study is to determine the relationship between land use and stream chloride concentration and use this relationship to create a model to predict chloride concentration in streams [...]
