The Southern branch passes through the city of Gothenburg providing more than 700 000 people Trends in the export: The Göta River with drinking water. Gota River is utilized as a shipping channel and allows for ship transport of In 2014 flow was 17% higher than the long term goods both in the upstream and downstream average flow. The N export was 14,000 t and P direction. The total fall height between lake Vänern export 403 t. and the sea is 44 meters. This is used for producing hydropower through a highly regulated water flow in N export has been decreasing from 1995 to 2014 several water power plants, corresponding to a total (Figure 1a). P export did not show any statically effect of approximately 300 MW. Gota River significant changes. constitutes a recipient for wastewater from was a better correlation between flow and N industries, sewage treatment plants and individual export than with P export and flow (Figure 2b). sewers as well as stormwater from urban areas and nutrient input from agriculture in the valley. (2) 1. SMHI Faktablad 44-2010 2. Fakta om Göta älv en beskrivning av Göta älv – och dess avrinningsområde nedströms Vänern 2015, Göta älvs vattenvårdsförbund, 2016) 3. J. Althage (2010) Lunds Universitet, Ship-Induced Waves and Sediment Transport in Göta River, Sweden 4. (www.lansstyrelsen.se/VastraGotaland
The Southern branch passes through the city of Gothenburg providing more than 700 000 people with drinking water. Gota River is utilized as a shipping channel and allows for ship transport of goods both in the upstream and downstream direction. The total fall height between lake Vänern and the sea is 44 meters. This is used for producing hydropower through a highly regulated water flow in several water power plants, corresponding to a total effect of approximately 300 MW. Gota River constitutes a recipient for wastewater from industries, sewage treatment plants and individual sewers as well as stormwater from urban areas and nutrient input from agriculture in the valley. (2) 1. SMHI Faktablad 44-2010 2. Fakta om Göta älv – en beskrivning av Göta älv och dess avrinningsområde nedströms Vänern 2015, Göta älvs vattenvårdsförbund, 2016) 3. J. Althage (2010) Lunds Universitet, Ship-Induced Waves and Sediment Transport in Göta River, Sweden 4. (www.lansstyrelsen.se/VastraGotaland Trends in the export: The Göta River In 2014 flow was 17% higher than the long term average flow. The N export was 14,000 t and P export 403 t. N export has been decreasing from 1995 to 2014 (Figure 1a). P export did not show any statically significant changes. was a better correlation between flow and N export than with P export and flow (Figure 2b).
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