HYDROLOGY OF A SMALL IMPOUNDMENT AND WATERSHED IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA1

ABSTRACT: West Bitter Creek floodwater retarding structure site 3 in South Central Oklahoma was instrumented and records obtained and analyzed to obtain information concerning an impoundment water budget that is useful to landowners and designers of these impoundments. On-site loss of water from the impoundment was only 17 percent of the inflow during three years when the annual precipitation averaged 26 inches and the annual inflow averaged 1.4 inches. Runoff from an eroded area with no farm ponds was about 70 percent greater per unit area than from a portion of the watershed where 71 percent of the drainage area was controlled by farm ponds. A previous study indicated, however, that the ponds were reducing runoff only 13 percent. Loss of top soil increases runoff considerably. Only 24 percent of the total runoff into the impoundment was base flow. The flow rate into the impoundment was less than 0.05 cfs 70 percent of the time, and the inflow rate exceeded 10 cfs only 1 percent of the time. SCS runoff curve numbers varied between 57 and 96 for the impoundment watershed with an inverse relation between precipitation amount and curve number apprently caused by partial area runoff from impervious and semi-impervious areas. A comparison of measured event runoff versus event runoff computed by the SCS curve numbers gave an r² of only 0.44. However, the total computed surface runoff for eight years of record was less than 1 percent below the measured runoff which indicated the curve number method was a good tool for predicting long term runoff for the watershed.     

溪源水库蓄水前后冬春季水体营养盐和浮游植物特征研究

于2007—2008年溪源水库蓄水前,2014—2015年溪源水库蓄水后对溪源宫水源地水体进行采样,分析了冬春季水体的理化指标、浮游植物生物量及群落组成。蓄水前共鉴定出浮游植物6门26属43种,水体水质状况较好,浮游植物细胞密度平均为7.31×10~5cells/L,以硅藻、绿藻门为优势门类,两者占浮游植物总生物量的比例约为54.7%、32.2%,水体呈贫-中营养状态。蓄水后,水体氮、磷营养盐浓度分别约为蓄水前的2.4倍、3倍,浮游植物细胞密度平均为1.42×10~7cells/L,约为蓄水前的20倍,且群落结构发生改变,优势门类为硅藻、蓝藻、绿藻,所占比例分别为40.2%、38.7%、14.4%,蓝藻门比例有显著提高,约为蓄水前的5倍。说明建库蓄水对浮游植物的影响显著。     

Evaluating the effect of vehicle impoundment policy on illegal construction and demolition waste dumping: Israel as a case study

Construction and demolition (C&D) waste dumped alongside roads and in open areas is a major source of soil and underground water pollution. Since 2006, Israeli ministry for environmental protection enacted a policy of vehicle impoundment (VI) according to which track drivers caught while dumping C&D waste illegally have their vehicles impounded. The present study attempted to determine whether the VI policy was effective in increasing the waste hauling to authorized landfill sites, thus limiting the number of illegal unloads of C&D waste at unauthorized landfill sites and in open areas. During the study, changes in the ratio between the monthly amount of C&D waste brought to authorized landfills sites and the estimated total amount of C&D waste generated in different administrative districts of Israel were examined, before and after the enactment of the 2006 VI policy. Short questionnaires were also distributed among local track drivers in order to determine the degree of awareness about the policy in question and estimate its deterrence effects. According to the study’s results, in the district of Haifa, in which the VI policy was stringently enacted, the ratio between C&D waste, dumped in authorized landfill sites, and the total amount of generated C&D waste, increased, on the average, from 20% in January 2004 to 35% in October 2009, with the effect attributed to the number of vehicle impoundments being highly statistically significant (t = 2.324; p < 0.05). By contrast, in the Jerusalem and Southern districts, in which the VI policy was less stringently enforced, the effect of VI on the above ratio was found to be insignificant (p > 0.1). The analysis of the questionnaires, distributed among the local truck drivers further indicated that the changes observed in the district of Haifa are not coincident and appeared to be linked to the VI policy’s enactment. In particular, 62% of the truck drivers, participated in the survey, were aware of the policy and 47% of them personally knew a driver whose vehicle was impounded. Furthermore, the drivers estimated the relative risk of being caught for unloading C&D waste in unauthorized sites, on the average, as high as 67%, which is likely to become a deterrent on its own. Our conclusion is that the VI policy appears to have a deterring effect on truck drivers, by encouraging them to haul C&D waste to authorized landfill sites. As we suggest, the research methodology implemented in the study and its results may help policy makers in other regions and countries, which experience similar environment enforcement problem, to analyze policy responses.     

SENSITIVITY OF PHYTOPLANKTON SIMULATIONS TO VARIATIONS IN THE HALF SATURATION CONSTANTS1

ABSTRACT In many impoundment dynamic water quality models, the growth of two or more ecologic groups of phytoplankton may be simulated. These ecologic groups are differentiated by growth rates, temperature tolerances, settling rates, and the Michaelis-Menten half saturation constants for necessary nutrients. In this investigation, the effect of variations in the Michaelis-Menten half saturation constant for the limiting nutrient when two competing ecologic groups of algae are simulated is examined. In an idealized case, it is demonstrated that uncertainty in the half saturation constant for the limiting nutrient for one ecologic group of algae can significantly affect the simulation results and in some cases could lead to a poorly designed impoundment restoration program.     

THE LIMNOLOGY OF LAKE WABUKAYNE,A STORM-WATER IMPOUNDMENT1

ABSTRACT The limnology of a 1.9-ha storm-water detention pond is described. The eutrophic nature of this impoundment is attributed to the nutrients in runoff from the surrounding residential area. During the summer, photosynthetic activity of the phytoplankton caused surface waters to become super-saturated with oxygen, while decomposing organic material greatly reduced dissolved oxygen concentrations in the deeper water. Sediment derived from construction activity within the drainage basin caused the impoundment to be turbid. The use of road deicing salts within the drainage basin produced high chloride concentrations and a temporary meromixis during the winter and early spring. The benthic fauna consisted primarily of oligochaetes, chironomids, and chaoborids. High densities of oligochaetes were present in the settling basin. Chaoborid larvae were abundant in the deep basin where low oxygen concentrations reduced the numbers of other benthic macroinvertebrates.     

CHEMISTRY OF MUD-WATER INTERFACE IN AN IMPOUNDMENT1

ABSTRACT: Lake Evergreen was investigated during the time of filling and thereafter for the change of water chemistry at the mud-water interface. The results show that aging or maturing occurs at the nascent stage of the impoundment history. There are many factors affecting concentration of chemical constituents at the interface. There are hydrologic changes such as wind and wave action, or water circulation which can influence all chemical parameters. There is also biological activity, which may involve changes in concentrations of silica, phosphate, alkalinity, pH, ammonium, Kjeldahl nitrogen, etc. An associated effect is the reduction of oxidation-reduction potential which in turn affects the concentration of manganese, etc. All these changes occur primarily in autumn. In late spring to summer, there are changes of nitrite and nitrate accompanied by changes in dissolved oxygen. A water chemistry model at the interface is illustrated.     

三峡水库正常蓄水后支流沉积物的污染特征

为研究三峡水库不同时期沉积物污染变化规律,采集三峡库区175 m正常蓄水后7条支流表层沉积物样品,分析营养盐、重金属含量和污染特征,结果表明:7条支流表层沉积物均存在营养盐含量超标现象,但仍处于多数底栖生物可承受水平,其中龙溪河21号断面w(TN)和19号断面w(TP)最高,分别为1.97、2.03 g/kg;采用EF(富集因子)和RI(潜在生态风险指数)评价了重金属富集程度和污染水平,重金属EF表现为Hg>As>Cd>Pb>Cu>Zn>Mn>Cr,仅Mn和Cr的EF小于1,未受污染;RI平均值为160±35,处于中度生态风险. 沉积物中TN、TP来源以农业面源污染为主,TOM主要来源于浮游动物和浮游植物;重金属污染则以流域工业污水排放和农业活动为主. 研究显示,三峡库区蓄水后沉积物中营养盐和重金属含量总体呈上升趋势,建议划分优先控制区域,重点解决农业面源污染,强化农村生活污水治理,并以严格的环境准入制度防控和削减流域工业污染.      

三峡水库蓄水期支流水体营养盐来源估算

通过对蓄水前后三峡水库库首支流香溪河沉积物-上覆水中的氢氧同位素和氮磷营养盐的测定,分析了蓄水前后沉积物-上覆水氢氧同位素和氮磷营养盐的分布特征,并利用二元线性混合模型计算了长江干流（CJ River）和古夫源头（GFYT）的贡献率.结果表明,整个蓄水期沉积物以源的形式向上覆水体释放NH₄⁺-N、DTP、PO₄^3--P,以汇的形式吸收上覆水体中的NO₃^--N.利用营养盐贡献率公式进一步分析得到,蓄水前沉积物-上覆水中氮营养盐主要来源于CJ干流,其中以DTN和NO₃^--N最为显著,蓄水后GFYT的贡献率明显上升,其中3号和4号采样点最为明显,其中DTP在蓄水前后几乎均以GFYT为主要来源,PO₄^3--P在蓄水前则以CJ干流为主要来源,蓄水后以GFYT为主要来源.说明尽管蓄水期库湾水体在较大程度上受干流倒灌影响的支配,但对于沉积物-上覆水而言受GFYT的影响更为显著.     

蓄水对水库下游食物网中汞生物累积影响研究进展

1991年,加拿大学者Verdon首次报道了加拿大拉格朗德二级水库下游鱼体中汞含量显著高于水库库区的现象,发现水库下游是新建水库汞输出的重要场所,因此水库下游鱼类汞升高的风险继水库本身后成为新的关注热点.通过对相关野外研究的回顾,表明蓄水对水库下游食物网的鱼类、浮游生物以及水体中汞的富集产生影响,水生食物网中各组分甲基汞含量和比例随着营养级的升高而增加.蓄水加速了水库的甲基化过程,使水库自身成为巨大的汞源,不仅影响水库自身食物网中汞的分布,而且更加剧烈地影响水库下游食物网中汞的分布.水库既向下游直接输送溶解态和悬浮颗粒态的甲基汞,又向下游输送丰富的、可被杂食性鱼类和动物直接利用和吸食的甲基汞食物源.在下游食物网中,甲基汞有可能通过微型浮游生物网（悬浮颗粒物-浮游植物-浮游动物经典食物链）,或者通过杂食性鱼类主动摄食来自水库直接输送的浮游动物,或者通过杂食性鱼类被动吸食来自水库直接输送的悬浮颗粒物富集途径,向位于更高营养级位置的鱼类进行传递.在我国,水库蓄水对下游汞输送机制以及对下游微型、底层食物网中生物累积和迁移转化的影响需要更加深入的定量研究.      

模拟稻田中氮磷的变化特征及其降污潜力分析

为研究稻田中氮磷的变化特征和降污潜力,采用室外微区模拟稻田春耕施肥耕整试验,在3、6cm和9cm等3个不同蓄水深度处理（分别表示为t-3、t-6、t-9）条件下,对稻田氮磷含量变化的动态特征及降污潜力进行了探讨。田面水氮磷质量浓度变化与土壤中氮磷的流失密切相关。土壤扰动、基肥（缓释肥）的释放、硝化-反硝化作用、悬浮颗粒物（SS）的物理沉降等综合因素的影响,是导致田面水氮磷质量浓度变化呈先升后降趋势的主要原因。在蓄水处理后1周内,各处理的田面水氮磷质量浓度大小顺序为：Ct-3〉Ct-6〉Ct-9,总氮（TN）、总磷（TP）质量浓度与蓄水深度呈显著的负相关（Y=-33.97x＋133.4,R2=0.999和y=-0.115x＋0.61,R2=0.994）。春耕插秧时,因水分管理要求,需要立即排水,相对于蓄水3cm的常规水分管理,若能蓄水9cm后再排放,可减少排放总氮45.57%~86.88%、总磷33.02%~62.79%;若蓄水6cm再排放,可减少排放总氮35.76%~72.13%、总磷9.88%~50%。但考虑到＂浅水活苗＂之实际,以人工蓄水5~6cm较为适宜。另外,在蓄水5~6cm的前提下,于第5d或第7d排水,减排降污效果显著;第5d排水,相比第3d排水,可减少排放总氮21.22%~55.41%、总磷67.67%~83.70%。从稻田春耕生产实际要求和降污效能综合考虑,选择6cm的蓄水深度并在第5d排水,是提高稻田减排降污潜力的农艺措施之一。