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2.8. Summary<br />

The correlation coefficients for all the linear regression equations are shown in Appendix<br />

E. The correlation coefficients increase for the majority of the subclasses as more<br />

controlling factors of the denitrification rate are fixed to constant values. While it is not<br />

as evident as demonstrated by Anderson (1998), the denitrification rate is positively<br />

correlated to the amount of organic carbon present. OC is however not the sole<br />

controlling factor in the equation (Weier et al., 1993; Laverman et al., 2001).<br />

It is only when other factors are fixed that the relationship can be clearly seen. Even with<br />

the breakdowns as conducted in this section the relationship between the denitrification<br />

rate and organic carbon is not robust enough to be useful as a predictive tool. The<br />

application of these regression equations to predict denitrification while untested can at<br />

best be applied only to the areas as specified by the code (page 41) and universal<br />

application is doubtful.<br />

This methodology while being the simplest possible technique to obtain a quick and<br />

rough estimate of the denitrification rate is nevertheless fraught with the need for a<br />

substantial amount of good quality data. Given the various issues with measuring<br />

denitrification it may be several decades before such a comprehensive database is<br />

available. The application of this method is thus limited to data available and can at best<br />

be used only in similar and already known conditions. 41<br />

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