Assessment OF SURFACE WATER QUALITY at Large Watershed Scale: Land‐Use,Anthropogenic, and Administrative Impacts

Understanding the impacts that influence water quality is critical to the development of best management practices at the large watershed scale. This study describes the spatiotemporal variation in surface water quality and identifies their main impact in the Haihe River basin, China. Multivariate statistical techniques are applied to analyze the similarities among the sampling sites and to identify the main pollution sources in surface water. Results show that: (1) the basin can be clustered into two regions, water quality being better in the mountainous vs. plain regions; (2) water quality improves due to implementation of a strict state policy on environmental pollution control, prodded by the hosting of the Olympic games in the cities of Beijing and Tianjin; and (3) agricultural and residential land uses as well as livestock‐breeding are the main sources affecting water quality in the mountainous regions, whereas rural waste discharge — including domestic waste sewage, human and animal feces, and solid waste — significantly influences water quality in the plain regions. The waste discharge of industrial factories may be a significant source of water pollution in the plain regions. Results indicate that the environmental management from pollution sinks and sources, long‐lasting legal framework, and adequate economic incentives should be improved to optimize the large‐scale watershed management under the background of the rapid development of countries like China.     

造纸法再造烟叶废水COD的快速预测

针对造纸法再造烟叶生产废水COD波动大、废水处理系统运行不稳定等问题,对造纸法再造烟叶的生产废水排放及不同种类废水的水质特点进行了分析。在废水处理系统运行检测数据的基础上,采用数理统计方法研究了废水COD与pH的关系。结果表明:COD与pH呈高度显著的线性关系;用得到的回归方程COD=-2 913pH+22 059对废水COD进行验证和预测,相对偏差在15%以内。本研究为造纸法再造烟叶废水处理系统的运行提供了一种快捷的COD预测方法,有助于提高废水处理系统的处理效率和运行稳定性。     

Human Freshwater Demand for Economic Activity and Ecosystems in Taiwan

Freshwater is necessary to economic activity, and humans depend on goods and services generated by water-dependent ecosystems. However, national freshwater management usually focuses on direct use of domestic freshwater. With an increasing scarcity of freshwater, attention has turned to two indirect uses of freshwater by humans. The first indirect use is freshwater used by foreign countries when producing products for export. The second use is freshwater required by local ecosystems: human survival and development depend on goods and services generated in these ecosystems. This work adopted Taiwan as a case study. In addition to two widely recognized ecosystem freshwater demands, evapotranspiration and reversed river flow, this study suggests that freshwater is a constituent of some abiotic components, such as groundwater in aquifers, because excessive withdrawal has already caused significant land subsidence in Taiwan. Moreover, the estimated results show that Taiwan’s net imports of freshwater through trade amounts to approximately 25% of its total freshwater use for economic production. Integrating industrial policy, trade policy, and national freshwater management is a useful approach for developing strategies to limit the growing use of freshwater in Taiwan. Policy implications are then developed by further analyzing withdrawal sources of freshwater (domestic and foreign) for supporting economic production in Taiwan and identifying the factors (domestic final demand and export) driving freshwater-intensive products.     

A Simple Discussion on the Supply and Demand of Water Resources in the Western Region of China

We are accustomed to solve the problem of the water scarcity in the western region by the thought of increasing the effective supply of water to meet the needs of Go-west Campaign. After introducing the dynamic equilibrium principle on supply and demand in economy, we find that we should solve the problem of the water scarcity in the western region through reducing total demand to achieve the dynamic equilibrium of supply and demand. Finally water resources in the western region can be enlarged by an accumulated way.     

Model-based scenarios of water use in two semi-arid Brazilian states

Sustainability-oriented water management calls for scenarios of future water use. Model-based qualitative-quantitative scenarios combine the development of story lines and the quantification of driving forces with the application of a water use model. In order to support regional planning in two semi-arid Brazilian states suffering from water scarcity, the water use model NoWUM was applied to derive two reference scenarios of municipality-specific sectorial water uses (irrigation, livestock, household, industry and tourism), and to assess the impact of certain interventions. Until 2025, the extension of irrigation accounts for almost 80% of the additional water withdrawals and for an even higher fraction of consumptive use in both scenarios. Domestic and industrial use increases in regions with high immigration, but water use intensities can be controlled by appropriate water pricing. A significant improvement of the developed scenarios is only possible if better data on water use and its driving forces become available. Electronic Publication     

环境应急监测方法测定水中化学需氧量的研究

随着社会和经济的快速发展,环境污染事故尤其是突发性水污染事故,不仅在发生次数上,而且在污染的危害程度上有增大趋势。应急监测是突发性环境污染事故处置与善后处理中的重要环节。用真空检测管-电子比色法测定水和废水中的化学需氧量,实验结果表明,该方法的准确度和精密度较高。方法最低检出限为10 mg/L,回收率为89.0%～105%,相对标准偏差为1.8%～12.3%,相对误差为-2.38%～＋8.80%。用重铬酸盐法和真空检测管法测定实际样品,2种方法相对误差为-34.7%～＋6.86%,能满足半定量检测要求,符合环境应急监测分析的要求。     

山地城市水安全问题的思考

中国属多山地的国家,山地城市依山而建,因其特殊的地理位置、地质条件、地形地貌、气候水文等环境要素,构成了区别于平原城市的重要特征。水安全是全球关注的问题,通过分析我国山地城市水安全问题及影响因素,发现水安全问题日趋严峻,为了构建可持续发展的"人"、"山地"和"水"的和谐关系,需要尽快开展山地城市水安全的研究。     

哈尔滨市城市发展中水资源的需水预测分析与研究

以哈尔滨市为例,依据"十一五"纲要,对经济社会发展过程中城市2010年、2030年和2050年三个水平年的需水量进行模拟预测,按照全面节水、量水而行、以水定供、以供定需的原则,对城镇生活需水,工业需水,农业需水进行预测,充分考虑随着经济的发展,科技水平的提高,经济结构的调整,节水器具的推广,节水灌溉技术的普及,水价的提高,人民节水意识的增强,用水定额会不断降低.旨在提供一种预测方法,展示预测过程,不为结果,旨在为今后相关深入研究提供计算理论支持.     

不同COD浓度下低基质厌氧氨氧化的启动特征

采用厌氧序批式反应器(ASBR)处理NH4+-N和NO2--N浓度分别为(25. 00±0. 40) mg·L~(-1)和(33. 00±0. 60) mg·L~(-1)的模拟废水,在温度为30℃时,投加乙酸钠控制COD浓度分别为5. 00、15. 00、30. 00和50. 00 mg·L~(-1),研究对厌氧氨氧化启动的影响.结果表明:①4种COD浓度下分别经过74、94、106和129 d均能成功启动厌氧氨氧化. COD浓度为15. 00 mg·L~(-1)和30. 00 mg·L~(-1)时,反应器脱氮性能较好,稳定运行后,平均出水NH4+-N浓度分别为1. 98 mg·L~(-1)和1. 89 mg·L~(-1),平均出水NO2--N浓度低于0. 62 mg·L~(-1),平均出水TN浓度分别为2. 37、2. 28 mg·L~(-1);②启动过程中反硝化对脱氮的平均贡献率逐渐降低至4. 78%、9. 59%、10. 21%和36. 50%,厌氧氨氧化对脱氮的平均贡献率逐渐上升至95. 22%、90. 41%、89. 79%和63. 50%;③厌氧氨氧化活性分别在第44、76、86和114 d时超过反硝化活性,最后分别达到0. 700、0. 690、0. 670和0. 510mg·(g·h)~(-1),反硝化活性分别为0. 110、0. 130、0. 240和0. 410 mg·(g·h)~(-1).该研究结果可为厌氧氨氧化技术在实际工程中的应用提供参考.