The tenth dragon: controlled seasonal flooding in long-term policy plans for the Vietnamese Mekong delta

Recently the Vietnamese government has endorsed a long-term policy plan in which it is proposed to restore controlled seasonal flooding in the upper regions of the Vietnamese part of the Mekong delta. Restoring controlled flooding would contrast a period of several decades characterized by a dominant flood prevention approach to enable intensive rice production in the delta. This article investigates a series of long-term policy plans, which have been developed for the Mekong delta since the 1960s, on their take on flood control sensu flood prevention, or the opposite, controlled seasonal flooding. By doing so it is demonstrated how perspectives on flood management have gradually evolved and, in the specific case of suggesting controlled flooding, have been framed in various ways by various actors. Contemporary proposals for controlled seasonal flooding are supported by actors ranging from governmental institutes to environmental NGOs, and connect to on-going debates about environmental challenges and sustainable development of the Mekong delta. We adopt a systems approach to analyze social, environmental and technological dynamics in the Mekong delta, and discuss whether the different interpretations of controlled flooding may contribute to the long-term sustainability of the delta.     

Stormwater Control Measures for Runoff and Water Quality Management in Urban Landscapes

This study develops and tests a novel optimization method for optimally selecting and sizing stormwater control measures (SCMs) in urban landscapes for selected design storms. The developed methodology yields SCMs that capture and retain stormwater via onsite percolation, remove stormwater pollutants, and minimize stormwater control expenditures. The resulting environmental optimization problem involves integer and real variables imbedded in an objective function that is subjected to multiple constraints. This study's methodology aims at practicality and ease of implementation in the solution of the SCM sizing and selection optimization problem while taking into account the main factors that govern stormwater management in urban landscapes. The near‐optimal global solution of the SCM selection and design problem is obtained with nonlinear programming and verified with the average of multiple solutions calculated with multiple runs of an optimization evolutionary algorithm. The developed methodology is illustrated with one stormwater project in the City of Los Angeles, California.     

Using NOAA AVHRR data to assess flood damage in China

The article used two NOAA-14 Advanced Very High ResolutionRadiometer (AVHRR) datasets to assess flood damage in the middleand lower reaches of China's Changjiang River (Yangtze River) in 1998. As the AVHRR is an optical sensor, it cannot penetratethe clouds that frequently cover the land during the flood season, and this technology is greatly limited in flood monitoring. However the widely used normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) can be used to monitor flooding, sincewater has a much lower NDVI value than other surface features.Though many factors other than flooding (e.g. atmospheric conditions, different sun-target-satellite angles, and cloud) can change NDVI values, inundated areas can be distinguished fromother types of ground cover by changes in the NDVI value beforeand after the flood after eliminating the effects of other factors on NDVI. AVHRR data from 26 May and 22 August, 1998 wereselected to represent the ground conditions before and after flooding. After accurate geometric correction by collecting GCPs,and atmospheric and angular corrections by using the 6S code, NDVI values for both days and their differences were calculatedfor cloud-free pixels. The difference in the NDVI values betweenthese two times, together with the NDVI values and a land-use map, were used to identify inundated areas and to assess the arealost to the flood. The results show a total of 358 867 ha, with 207 556 ha of cultivated fields (paddy and non-irrigated field) inundated during the flood of 1998 in the middle and lower reaches of the Changjiang River Catchment; comparing with the reported total of 321 000 and 197 000 ha, respectively. The discrimination accuracy of this method was tested by comparing the results from two nearly simultaneous sets of remote-sensingdata (NOAA's AVHRR data from 10 September, 1998, and JERS-1 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data from 11 September, 1998, with a lag of about 18.5 hr) over a representative flooded regionin the study area. The results showed that 67.26% of the total area identified as inundated using the NOAA data was also identified as inundated using the SAR data.     

Advanced treatment of oil recovery wastewater from polymer flooding by UV/H2O2/O3 and fine filtration

In order to purify oil recovery wastewater from polymer flooding （ORWPF） in tertiary oil recovery in oil fields, advanced treatment of UV/H2O2/O3 and fine filtration were investigated. The experimental results showed that polyacrylamide and oil remaining in ORWPF after the conventional treatment process could be effectively removed by UV/H2O2/O3 process. Fine filtration gave a high performance in eliminating suspended solids. The treated ORWPF can meet the quality requirement of the wastewater-bearing polymer injection in oilfield and be safely re-injected into oil reservoirs for oil recovery.     

电解水制氢技术进展

氢能清洁无污染，并且高效，可再生，被视为未来最有潜力的能量载体。在目前的各种制氢技术中，利用可再生能源所产生的电能作为动力来电解水是最为成熟和最有潜力的技术，是通向氢经济的最佳途径。简要介绍了碱性电解槽，聚合物薄膜电解槽，固体氧化物电解槽的基本原理，研究现状，并对有关问题和电解槽的现状，发展趋势作了讨论。     

淋洗修复后残留土壤中重金属的再释放及环境风险

淋洗修复后残留土壤中的重金属会因外界环境的改变可能会发生再释放过程而使环境风险增加,淹水是农田土壤常见的管理模式之一,然而淹水介导的土壤环境条件的改变对淋洗修复后残留农田土壤中重金属的再释放和环境风险的变化影响尚不清楚.因此,本研究开展了持续淹水培养（180 d）对经柠檬酸（CA）、EDTA、FeCl₃和HCl淋洗修复后残留土壤中Cd、Pb和Zn的有效性、形态分配和环境风险的影响研究.结果表明随着培养时间的延长,经CA、EDTA和HCl淋洗后土壤中有效态Cd含量呈先增加后减少的趋势,有效态Pb含量增加,有效态Zn含量减少.经FeCl₃淋洗后土壤中有效态Cd、Pb和Zn含量随培养时间延长而增加.形态分析结果表明,淹水会使土壤E_h降低而致使铁锰氧化物的溶解,因此导致可还原态Pb含量向弱酸提取态Pb转移是有效态Pb含量增加的原因;土壤弱酸提取态Cd含量变化与土壤有效态Cd含量变化基本一致;淹水对淋洗修复后Zn形态的影响较小.基于改进的潜在生态风险指数法评价结果表明淹水使CA、EDTA和HCl淋洗后土壤Cd、Zn环境风险和重金属环境总风险减少,使Pb的环境风险增加.淹水后FeCl₃淋洗后土壤Cd、Pb和Zn环境风险及重金属环境总风险增加.由于FeCl₃淋洗后的土壤重金属污染状况较低且环境总风险（低风险）明显小于其它3种淋洗剂淋洗的土壤,因此,FeCl₃可成为Cd-Pb-Zn复合污染土壤的淋洗剂选择,但是需关注其淋洗修复后残留土壤中重金属的再释放并采取调控措施.本研究结果可为农田重金属污染土壤合适淋洗剂的选择和淋洗法修复重金属污染农田土壤的效果评估提供更为合理的指导思路.     

我国聚合物驱采出水处理方法研究进展

聚合物驱采油技术为我国东部各油田的原油稳产奠定了坚实的基础,但因对聚合物驱油采出水的处理难度大而制约了油田的发展。对油田含聚污水的处理工艺、回注可行性以及HPAM降解方法进行了分析,综合论述了含聚污水处理的研究现状。     

聚合物驱油工程交联剂职业健康风险分析

运用风险积分计算板评价聚合物驱油工程交联剂健康风险,为职业安全健康管理工作者和评价人员介绍一种新的评价方法。     

基于RRM模型的三峡库区重庆开县消落区土地利用生态风险评价

以三峡库区重庆开县消落区为研究对象,基于风险度量的基本原理,在实地考察、历史资料考证和2007年遥感影像景观分类的基础上引入相对风险模型,将研究区划分为4个风险单元,并选取5种生境类型、5类风险源和3种生态受体,以此计算该地区不同风险小区土地利用的综合生态风险值,并依据生态风险值的高低划分为4级.研究结果表明,在消落区内,风险等级随着土地出露水面海拔高度的增加而加大,在海拔达到170m以上的消落区生态系统受到的伤害更大.作物种植等风险源对生物物种、生态系统等生态受体的作用是生态风险增大的主要原因,其中,生物物种受到的风险最大,其次为生态系统、景观格局.研究结果可为三峡库区的环境保护和生态风险管理决策提供科学依据.     

淹水对菖蒲(Acorus calamus)根际氧环境的影响

为研究淹水对湿地植物根际氧环境的影响,选择典型湿地植物菖蒲幼苗(株高约15 cm、根长约6 cm)和成株(株高约40 cm、根长约11 cm)在沉积物中培养并完全淹没,利用微型电机控制氧气微光极对菖蒲根中部根际氧浓度及组织内部氧浓度原位测定3周. 结果表明:短期(7 d) 淹水,菖蒲幼苗及成株根际氧扩散层厚度及氧浓度比对照组均显著下降;在淹水第14天,在幼苗根际未检出氧扩散层;在淹水第21天,成株根际氧扩散层厚度及平均氧浓度仍分别为0.34 mm和11.18%,并保持至淹水试验结束. 淹水组菖蒲的根际氧扩散层厚度、平均氧浓度均随根组织内部氧浓度的下降而降低,其中幼苗3个指标分别由初始的0.22 mm、1.4%和50.3%降至0 mm、0%和32.9%,成株分别由0.64 mm、19.3%和64.6%降至0.34 mm、11.2%和55.3%,表明前2个指标的下降程度显著超过后者;淹水组菖蒲幼苗、成株根组织内部氧浓度主要受植株光合作用的影响,而对照组则受光合作用及气体交换作用的共同影响,淹水能在短期(7 d)内促进菖蒲成株根通气组织的发育,使其孔隙率从28.45%升至32.44%,并有助于维持根组织内的氧浓度水平,根组织内部氧浓度淹水组(65.6%)与对照组(67.1%)无显著差异. 研究表明,淹水胁迫下,根组织内部氧浓度水平是影响菖蒲根氧扩散的核心因素,其中幼苗根组织内部氧浓度显著下降并威胁到自身存活时,其已无氧扩散效应,而成株根组织内部较高的氧浓度使其仍能保持一定程度的氧扩散.