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Water infrastructure
Degradative use of water (dams, reservoir, Consumptive use of
water
canals, etc.)

Suspended
Introduction Thermic Surface water Groundwater
of exotic pollution solids consumption consumption
species of water delivered
to rivers

Watershed
Upstream or
Ground
surface downstream Soil
Water Saline water moisture
fragmentation water flow intrusion surface table
regime water flow change
change
alteration alteration
regime

Mortification of average
flow rate, volume, area
or depth of a water
Biological Surface Water body
water water quality
quality temperature alteration Alteration of flow
alteration variability, and drought
or flood intensity or
occurence

Changes in Artificial Constrained
species barrier to Habitat water
modifications
interaction migration availability

Damage to
Damage to aquatic terrestrial
ecosystems ecosystems
(plants, fishes, (plants, worms,
etc...)
mammals, etc...)
Fig. 10.27 Impact pathways affecting ecosystem quality [adapted from Núñez et al. (2016)]