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Assessment of Economic and Water Quality Impacts of Land Use Change Using a Simple Bioeconomic Model 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
The objective of this study is to assess the economic and water quality impact of land use change in a small watershed in the Wiregrass region of Alabama. The study compares changes in water quality and revenue from agricultural and timber production due to changes in land use between years 1992 and 2001. The study was completed in two stages. In the first stage, a biophysical model was used to estimate the effect of land use change on nitrogen and phosphorus runoff and sediment deposition in the main channel; in the second stage, farm enterprise budgeting tools were used to estimate the economic returns for the changes in land use condition. Both biophysical and economic results are discussed, and a case for complex optimization to develop a decision support system is presented. 相似文献
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Providing clean water at relevant quality and quantity is a challenge that regulatory authorities have to face in metropolitan
cities that seem to develop at their limits of sustainability. Istanbul strives to face such a challenge for its population
of over 10 million, through six surface water resources. Two approaches of classification for the reservoirs are presented,
one based on current regulations and an alternative based on a more detailed classification. The results have shown that nutrient
control is the primary issue, and one of the reservoirs has already exceeded the limits of being eutrophic, one is at mesotrophic
conditions, and the remaining four are at the limit of being eutrophic, indicating the significance of making the correct
decision and taking pertinent measures for management and control. It has been observed that the only mesotrophic resource,
which also has the best general quality class, has no industry and a very low population density, whereas the one that is
already eutrophic is also the one with the lowest quality class, has the highest population density, and has the greatest
percentage of urban land use within its watershed. 相似文献
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Many lakes have experienced a transition from a clear into a turbid state without macrophyte growth due to eutrophication.
There are several measures by which nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) concentrations in the surface water can be reduced. We
used the shallow lake model PCLake to evaluate the effects of three measures (reducing external nutrient loading, increasing
relative marsh area, and increasing exchange rate between open water and marsh) on water quality improvement. Furthermore,
the contribution of different retention processes was calculated. Settling and burial contributed more to nutrient retention
than denitrification. The model runs for a typical shallow lake in The Netherlands showed that after increasing relative marsh
area to 50%, total phosphorous (TP) concentration in the surface water was lower than the Maximum Admissible Risk (MAR, a
Dutch government water quality standard) level, in contrast to total nitrogen (TN) concentration. The MAR levels could also
be achieved by reducing N and P load. However, reduction of nutrient concentrations to MAR levels did not result in a clear
lake state with submerged vegetation. Only a combination of a more drastic reduction of the present nutrient loading, in combination
with a relatively large marsh cover (approximately 50%) would lead to such a clear state. We therefore concluded that littoral
marsh areas can make a small but significant contribution to lake recovery. 相似文献
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A study of water quality, land use, and population variations over the past three decades was conducted in eastern Massachusetts
to examine the impact of urban sprawl on water quality using geographic information system and statistical analyses. Since
1970, eastern Massachusetts has experienced pronounced urban sprawl, which has a substantial impact on water quality. High
spatial correlations are found between water quality indicators (especially specific conductance, dissolved ions, including
Ca, Mg, Na, and Cl, and dissolved solid) and urban sprawl indicators. Urbanized watersheds with high population density, high
percentage of developed land use, and low per capita developed land use tended to have high concentrations of water pollutants.
The impact of urban sprawl also shows clear spatial difference between suburban areas and central cities: The central cities
experienced lower increases over time in specific conductance concentration, compared to suburban and rural areas. The impact
of urban sprawl on water quality is attributed to the combined effects of population and land-use change. Per capita developed
land use is a very important indicator for studying the impact of urban sprawl and improving land use and watershed management,
because inclusion of this indicator can better explain the temporal and spatial variations of more water quality parameters
than using individual land use or/and population density. 相似文献
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Leon Liegel David Cassell Donald Stevens Paul Shaffer Robbins Church 《Environmental management》1991,15(2):269-279
The Direct/Delayed Response Project (DDRP) is one of several studies being conducted by the United States Environmental Protection
Agency to assess risk to surface waters from acidic deposition in the eastern United States. In one phase of DDRP, land use,
wetland, and forest cover data were collected for statistical samples of 145 Northeast lake and 35 Southern Blue Ridge Province
stream watersheds in the United States. Land-use and other data then were extrapolated from individual to target watershed
populations. Project statistical design allows summarization of results for various subsets of the target population. This
article discusses results and implications of the land-use and land-cover characterization for both regions.
Forest cover was the primary land use in both regions. In the Northeast, developed (agriculture and urban) land was positively
associated with surface-water chemistry values for acid neutralizing capacity, Ca plus Mg, pH, and sulfate in the Pocono/Catskill
subregion. Extensive wetlands and beaver activity occur in parts of the Northeast region, whereas topography limits wetland
and riparian development in the Southern Blue Ridge Province. Northeast soils have low sulfate adsorption capacity, most watersheds
are near sulfur steady state, and lake sulfate concentrations are controlled principally by levels of sulfur deposition. Net
annual sulfur retention in Northeast watersheds is positively correlated with occurrence of wetlands and beaver impoundments.
In contrast, most Southern Blue Ridge Province soils have high sulfate adsorption capacities, resulting in high net watershed
sulfur retention. At the present time, stream sulfate concentrations and percent sulfur retention are controlled principally
by soil chemical properties related to adsorption rather than atmospheric deposition and land use.
The information in this document has been funded wholly by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. It has been
subjected to the agency's peer and administrative review, and it has been approved for publication as an EPA document. Mention
of trade names or commercial products does not constitute endorsement or recommendation for use. 相似文献
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Anthony W. Akpan 《The Environmentalist》2004,24(1):49-55
The water quality of some tropical fresh-water bodies in Uyo (Nigeria) was investigated for two years in relation to point and non-point source city effluents and slaughter-house washings discharged into them. Streams which received city effluents and slaughter-house washings were degraded in quality with acidic water (pH =5.26±0.83 to 6.20±0.56), low oxygenation (2.46±1.30 to 3.88±0.29 mgl–1), high biochemical oxygen demand (4.96±0.66 to 8.20±0.82 mgl–1) and chemical oxygen demand (88.60±3.50 to 146.36±9.86 mgl–1) than non-effluent receiving streams. High acidity in streams is due mainly to the acidic nature of underground water which replenishes the streams. Nutrient levels were high indicating enrichment from highly fertilized farmlands and slaughter-house washings. The concentrations of most of the hydrochemical variables were significantly lower in non-effluent than effluent-receiving streams. Some of the hydrochemical variables (total alkalinity, dissolved oxygen, nitrate, phosphate and conductivity) exhibited pronounced seasonality regimes with significant correlations with rainfall indicating its influence on the chemical hydrology of the water bodies. Land use in the catchment influenced water quality through inflow of nutrients, organic and inorganic contaminants and siltation. Pollution in the impacted streams is attributed mainly to episodic events. 相似文献
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Data collected from 172 sites in 20 major river basins between 1993 and 1995 as part of the US Geological Survey's National
Water-Quality Assessment Program were analyzed to assess relations among basinwide land use (agriculture, forest, urban, range),
water physicochemistry, riparian condition, and fish community structure. A multimetric approach was used to develop regionally
referenced indices of fish community and riparian condition. Across large geographic areas, decreased riparian condition was
associated with water-quality constituents indicative of nonpoint source inputs—total nitrogen and suspended sediment and
basinwide urban land use. Decreased fish community condition was associated with increases in total dissolved solids and rangeland
use and decreases in riparian condition and agricultural land use. Fish community condition was relatively high even in areas
where agricultural land use was relatively high (>50% of the basin). Although agricultural land use can have deleterious effects
on fish communities, the results of this study suggest that other factors also may be important, including practices that
regulate the delivery of nutrients, suspended sediments, and total dissolved solids into streams. Across large geographic
scales, measures of water physicochemistry may be better indicators of fish community condition than basinwide land use. Whereas
numerous studies have indicated that riparian restorations are successful in specific cases, this analysis suggests the universal
importance of riparian zones to the maintenance and restoration of diverse fish communities in streams. 相似文献
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Long-Term Effects of Changing Land Use Practices on Surface Water Quality in a Coastal River and Lagoonal Estuary 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Meghan B. Rothenberger JoAnn M. Burkholder Cavell Brownie 《Environmental management》2009,44(3):505-523
The watershed of the Neuse River, a major tributary of the largest lagoonal estuary on the U.S. mainland, has sustained rapid
growth of human and swine populations. This study integrated a decade of available land cover and water quality data to examine
relationships between land use changes and surface water quality. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) analysis was used to
characterize 26 subbasins throughout the watershed for changes in land use during 1992–2001, considering urban, agricultural
(cropland, animal as pasture, and densities of confined animal feed operations [CAFOs]), forested, grassland, and wetland
categories and numbers of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). GIS was also used together with longitudinal regression analysis
to identify specific land use characteristics that influenced surface water quality. Total phosphorus concentrations were
significantly higher during summer in subbasins with high densities of WWTPs and CAFOs. Nitrate was significantly higher during
winter in subbasins with high numbers of WWTPs, and organic nitrogen was higher in subbasins with higher agricultural coverage,
especially with high coverage of pastures fertilized with animal manure. Ammonium concentrations were elevated after high
precipitation. Overall, wastewater discharges in the upper, increasingly urbanized Neuse basin and intensive swine agriculture
in the lower basin have been the highest contributors of nitrogen and phosphorus to receiving surface waters. Although nonpoint
sources have been emphasized in the eutrophication of rivers and estuaries such as the Neuse, point sources continue to be
major nutrient contributors in watersheds sustaining increasing human population growth. The described correlation and regression
analyses represent a rapid, reliable method to relate land use patterns to water quality, and they can be adapted to watersheds
in any region. 相似文献
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本文基于数据分析工具Excel 2007和SPSS17.0,采用多元统计方法中的聚类分析与判别分析对2008年京杭运河(苏州段)水质时空分布特征进行分析,以识别水质指标的时间与空间差异性。时间分析结果将京杭运河(苏州段)划分为与丰、平、枯水期略有差异的3个时期,其中7项显著性时间差异的水质指标为pH、NH4-N、CODMn、DO、BOD5、V-phen、cn-total。空间分析结果将研究区域分为3个污染区域;空间分析判别函数的构建表明仅pH、NH4-N、CODMn、DO、BOD55项水质指标即可反映研究区域水质的差异性。本研究结果对改善省界河流水质、缓解省际纠纷、维护社会和谐稳定具有重要意义。 相似文献
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Quality and Quantity of Suspended Particles in Rivers: Continent-Scale Patterns in the United States 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Suspended solids or sediments can be pollutants in rivers, but they are also an important component of lotic food webs. Suspended sediment data for rivers were obtained from a United States–wide water quality database for 622 stations. Data for particulate nitrogen, suspended carbon, discharge, watershed area, land use, and population were also used. Stations were classified by United States Environmental Protection Agency ecoregions to assess relationships between terrestrial habitats and the quality and quantity of total suspended solids (TSS). Results indicate that nephelometric determinations of mean turbidity can be used to estimate mean suspended sediment values to within an order of magnitude (r2 = 0.89). Water quality is often considered impaired above 80 mg TSS L–1, and 35% of the stations examined during this study had mean values exceeding this level. Forested systems had substantially lower TSS and somewhat higher carbon-to-nitrogen ratios of suspended materials. The correlation between TSS and discharge was moderately well described by an exponential relationship, with the power of the exponent indicating potential acute sediment events in rivers. Mean sediment values and power of the exponent varied significantly with ecoregion, but TSS values were also influenced by land use practices and geomorphological characteristics. Results confirm that, based on current water quality standards, excessive suspended solids impair numerous rivers in the United States. 相似文献
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We analyzed the effects of changes in land cover on the water balance in Spain’s Marina Baixa County, on the Mediterranean
coast. To reveal how different land management strategies have affected the area’s environment, four municipalities within
the same catchment were studied: Benidorm, Callosa d’en Sarrià, Beniardà, and Guadalest. In the municipalities of Callosa
and Benidorm, the proportion of the area covered by woodland declined by 4.2% and 30.2%, respectively, and woodland was replaced
by agriculture and urban development. The abandonment of farmland produced a 17% increase in the proportion of the area covered
by vegetation in Guadalest and Beniardá, where frequent forest fires have exacerbated a decrease in the area of pine woodland.
Tourism development in Benidorm has been accompanied by an increase in the transportation infrastructure and by an expansion
of areas with an impermeable surface, with the lowest level of infiltration into the aquifer system. These changes have generated
a net water deficit in Callosa and Benidorm of more than 6 Mm3/year, creating a high demand for water imported from other municipalities (Guadalest and Beniardá) or from outside of the
county to maintain the sustainability of the current water management strategies. The Marina Baixa case study is representative
of many of the world’s coastal areas that are undergoing rapid urban development based on an inappropriate understanding of
human progress based mainly on economic development and thus provides insights into water management in other areas. 相似文献
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EXCEL在原水水质评价中的应用 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
采用综合水质指数法对原水水质评价的过程中,水质指数的计算十分繁琐,出错率高,且不易校核。本文运用Excel电子表格处理软件自动计算水质指数,可以大大减小水质指数计算的工作量,明显提高工作效率。 相似文献
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A newly installed combined detention/wetland stormwater treatment facility upstream from Lake McCarrons, Roseville, Minnesota,
was monitored for 21 months to evaluate its effectiveness and the response of the lake to decreased phosphorus loads. The
treatment facility consists of a 1.0-ha detention pond that discharges into a series of six constructed wetland “chambers.”
Data from snowmelt and rainfall events are presented for several pollutants. Results show good reductions for most pollutants.
Discussion on the facets of the system's operation are presented. Data from the lake show very little change in its water
quality from three years prior to restoration (1984–1986) to three years following restoration (1987–1989): the lake's phosphorus
and chlorophyll has actually increased. 相似文献
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Assessment of the Water Quality and Ecosystem Health of the Great Barrier Reef (Australia): Conceptual Models 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
Haynes D Brodie J Waterhouse J Bainbridge Z Bass D Hart B 《Environmental management》2007,40(6):993-1003
Run-off containing increased concentrations of sediment, nutrients, and pesticides from land-based anthropogenic activities
is a significant influence on water quality and the ecologic conditions of nearshore areas of the Great Barrier Reef World
Heritage Area, Australia. The potential and actual impacts of increased pollutant concentrations range from bioaccumulation
of contaminants and decreased photosynthetic capacity to major shifts in community structure and health of mangrove, coral
reef, and seagrass ecosystems. A detailed conceptual model underpins and illustrates the links between the main anthropogenic
pressures or threats (dry-land cattle grazing and intensive sugar cane cropping) and the production of key contaminants or
stressors of Great Barrier Reef water quality. The conceptual model also includes longer-term threats to Great Barrier Reef
water quality and ecosystem health, such as global climate change, that will potentially confound direct model interrelationships.
The model recognises that system-specific attributes, such as monsoonal wind direction, rainfall intensity, and flood plume
residence times, will act as system filters to modify the effects of any water-quality system stressor. The model also summarises
key ecosystem responses in ecosystem health that can be monitored through indicators at catchment, riverine, and marine scales.
Selected indicators include riverine and marine water quality, inshore coral reef and seagrass status, and biota pollutant
burdens. These indicators have been adopted as components of a long-term monitoring program to enable assessment of the effectiveness
of change in catchment-management practices in improving Great Barrier Reef (and adjacent catchment) water quality under the
Queensland and Australian Governments’ Reef Water Quality Protection Plan. 相似文献
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A water quality index expressed as a single number is developed to describe overall water quality conditions using multiple water quality variables. The index consists of water quality variables: dissolved oxygen, specific conductivity, turbidity, total phosphorus, and fecal coliform. The objectives of this study were to describe the preexisting indices and to define a new water quality index that has advantages over these indices. The new index was applied to the Big Lost River Watershed in Idaho, and the results gave a quantitative picture for the water quality situation. If the new water quality index for the impaired water is less than a certain number, remediation—likely in the form of total maximum daily loads or changing the management practices—may be needed. The index can be used to assess water quality for general beneficial uses. Nevertheless, the index cannot be used in making regulatory decisions, indicate water quality for specific beneficial uses, or indicate contamination from trace metals, organic contaminants, and toxic substances. 相似文献
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Application of an Environmental Decision Support System to a Water Quality Trading Program Affected by Surface Water Diversions 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
Environmental decision support systems (EDSSs) are an emerging tool used to integrate the evaluation of highly complex and
interrelated physicochemical, biological, hydrological, social, and economic aspects of environmental problems. An EDSS approach
is developed to address hot-spot concerns for a water quality trading program intended to implement the total maximum daily
load (TMDL) for phosphorus in the Non-Tidal Passaic River Basin of New Jersey. Twenty-two wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs)
spread throughout the watershed are considered the major sources of phosphorus loading to the river system. Periodic surface
water diversions to a major reservoir from the confluence of two key tributaries alter the natural hydrology of the watershed
and must be considered in the development of a trading framework that ensures protection of water quality. An EDSS is applied
that enables the selection of a water quality trading framework that protects the watershed from phosphorus-induced hot spots.
The EDSS employs Simon’s (1960) three stages of the decision-making process: intelligence, design, and choice. The identification of two potential hot spots
and three diversion scenarios enables the delineation of three management areas for buying and selling of phosphorus credits
among WWTPs. The result shows that the most conservative option entails consideration of two possible diversion scenarios,
and trading between management areas is restricted accordingly. The method described here is believed to be the first application
of an EDSS to a water quality trading program that explicitly accounts for surface water diversions. 相似文献