PREDICTING THE SUMMER TEMPERATURE OF SMALL STREAMS IN SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN1

ABSTRACT: One of the biggest challenges in managing cold water streams in the Midwest is understanding how stream temperature is controlled by the complex interactions among meteorologic processes, channel geometry, and ground water inflow. Inflow of cold ground water, shade provided by riparian vegetation, and channel width are the most important factors controlling summer stream temperatures. A simple screening model was used to quantitatively evaluate the importance of these factors and guide management decisions. The model uses an analytical solution to the heat transport equation to predict steady‐state temperature throughout a stream reach. The model matches field data from four streams in southwestern Wisconsin quite well (typically within 1°C) and helps explain the observed warming and cooling trends along each stream reach. The distribution of ground water inflow throughout a stream reach has an important influence on stream temperature, and springs are especially effective at providing thermal refuge for fish. Although simple, this model provides insight into the importance of ground water and the impact different management strategies, such as planting trees to increase shade, may have on summer stream temperature.     

Mainstreaming investments in watershed services to enhance water security: Barriers and opportunities

Watersheds are under increasing pressure worldwide, as expanding human activities coupled with global climate change threaten the water security of people downstream. In response, some communities have initiated investments in watershed services (IWS), a general term for policy-finance mechanisms that mitigate diverse watershed threats and promote ecosystem-based adaptation. Here, we explore the potential for increasing the uptake and impact of IWS, evaluating what limits its application and how institutional, financial, and informational barriers can be overcome. Our analysis complements the growing literature on individual programs by identifying levers at regional and global scales. We conclude that mainstreaming IWS as a cost-effective strategy alongside engineered approaches will require advances that (i) lower institutional barriers to implementation and participation in IWS; (ii) introduce structural market changes and standards of practice that account for the value of watersheds’ natural capital; (iii) develop practical tools and metrics of IWS costs and benefits; and (iv) share success stories of replicable institutional and financial models applied in varied contexts.     

城市污染河流水质原位综合净化技术

针对我国城市河流水质污染普遍严重,河道截污不彻底的现状,开发了污染水体就地综合净化方法,利用水闸形成一定深度的水体,在其中安装曝气机、生物膜并投加特效菌种。为了考查其处理效果,在福田河进行了现场试验,试验段长420 m,河底宽7~15 m,平均水深1.85 m,总容积为8 500 m3。试验运行3个月,进水平均CODC r,BOD5,NH4+-N,TN,TP及SS分别为88.4 mg/L,62.0 mg/L,6.4 mg/L,8.2 mg/L,0.8 mg/L和17.0 mg/L,出水分别为28.9 mg/L,7.6 mg/L,4.2 mg/L,5.9mg/L,0.4 mg/L和10.0 mg/L,CODC r,BOD5,NH4+-N,TN,TP及SS的去除率分别为67.4%,87.7%,34.3%,30.3%,53.3%和39.7%,河道中溶解氧及透明度分别由原水的0.9 mg/L和12.5 cm提高至7.6 mg/L和137.5 cm。     

新疆河流径流特征分析

选择了新疆众多河流中代表性好的7条河流，对径流的特征进行了分析。结果表明，新疆河流径流量主要集中在夏季，占年径流量的50．8％—70．7％，春、秋季径流量差别不大，冬季仅占年径流量的4．7％—10．8％。以7条河流径流深值可看出，北疆径流深值比南疆大，最大的是布尔津河，径流深为507．4mm。从径流量的Cv值看，除头道沟为0．44，极值比4．42较大外，其它河流的Cv值均在0．19—0．23间、极值比在1．85—2．42间。同时，新疆大多数河流径流量90年代后有明显增多的趋势。     

BAF-BAC组合工艺对受污染河水水质净化研究

研究通过采用BAF-BAC组合工艺净化受污染河水,进行了该系统对主要污染物指标的去除效果分析,并结合多种生物毒性效应检测,进行了系统对生物毒性物质的去除研究。结果表明:组合工艺系统稳定运行阶段,对COD、NH3-N和TN平均去除率分别在60%、96%和19%左右。试验条件下最适宜水力负荷10 L/h,BAF单元最佳气水比为7:1时,系统对上述污染物的去除率分别达到72%、99%和20%。发光菌抑制试验表明,受污染河水在浓缩50、10和2倍时,相对抑制率均高于80%,经BAF-BAC组合装置净化后,相对抑制率分别为15.8%、7.8%和3%,出水水质没有表现出明显急性毒性特征;受污染河水对大型蚤急性致死率达到100%,而最终出水大型蚤死亡率为0%;在浓缩50倍、20倍、10倍和1倍时,受污染河水水样对仔鱼的致死性分别为100%、70%、20%和0,最终出水水样中仔鱼死亡率均为0,说明组合工艺系统各单元对此类毒性物质均有去除效果。     

INTERACTIONS BETWEEN GROUND WATER AND SURFACE WATER IN THE SUWANNEE RIVER BASIN,FLORIDA1

ABSTRACT: Ground water and surface water constitute a single dynamic system in most parts of the Suwannee River basin due to the presence of karst features that facilitate the interaction between the surface and subsurface. Low radon-222 concentrations (below background levels) and enriched amounts of oxygen-18 and deuterium in ground water indicate mixing with surface water in parts of the basin. Comparison of surface water and regional ground water flow patterns indicate that boundaries for ground water basins typically do not coincide with surface water drainage subbasins. There are several areas in the basin where ground water flow that originates outside of the Suwannee River basin crosses surface water basin boundaries during both low-flow and high-flow conditions. In a study area adjacent to the Suwannee River that consists predominantly of agricultural land use, 18 wells tapping the Upper Floridan aquifer and 7 springs were sampled three times during 1990 through 1994 for major dissolved inorganic constituents, trace elements, and nutrients. During a period of above normal rainfall that resulted in high river stage and high ground water levels in 1991, the combination of increased amounts of dissolved organic carbon and decreased levels of dissolved oxygen in ground water created conditions favorable for the natural reduction of nitrate by denitrification reactions in the aquifer. As a result, less nitrate was discharged by ground water to the Suwannee River.     

RUNOFF AND SEDIMENT RESPONSES TO CONSERVATION PRACTICES: LOESS PLATEAU OF CHINA1

ABSTRACT: Soil erosion is the most significant threat to land productivity and environmental quality on the Loess Plateau of China. The annual total sediment load of the Yellow River is 1.6 billion tons, with about 90 percent coming from soil erosion from the Loess Plateau. To reduce soil erosion from the Loess Plateau, conservation practices, including tree planting, ridge construction between fields and around gullies, terrace and ditch construction perpendicular to the main slope, and dam construction are being implemented. An evaluation of these conservation practices is required before they are implemented at the large scale. The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of conservation practices to control runoff and sediment yield from paired watersheds in the hilly gully region of the Loess Plateau. The advantage of the paired watershed approach is its sensibility in detecting differences in runoff and sediment transport by monitoring both watersheds during two periods, an initial period with no conservation practices and a treatment period with only one watershed subjected to conservation practices. Implementation of the conservation practices resulted in (1) cumulative runoff and sediment yield that were, respectively, 25 and 38 percent less from the treatment watershed than from the control, (2) a decrease in the number of rainfall events producing runoff and sediment transport (94 in the control versus 63 in treatment), and (3) a reduction in the maximum discharge and maximum suspended sediment concentration.     

Effects of river sediment addition to the beach microbial communities

During the processes of claiming land from the sea, river sediments are used to fill and transform the sea area along the margin of islands and lands into new lands. These activities would probably affect microbial ecosystems of the beach sediment. However, little is known about these effects. In this study, a simulation test was conducted to evaluate these effects. Pyrosequencing technique was employed to assess the effects of river sediment addition to the beach bacterial communities. The used river sediments were collected from different rivers. The results indicated that river sediment addition greatly impacted microbial ecosystems of the beach and caused a clear shift in the beach bacterial community composition. These processes remarkably increased toxic metals and decreased the bacterial diversity in the beach sediment, mainly including the phyla of Bacteroidetes, Cyanobacteria, Proteobacteria, and Spirochaetes. River sediment addition caused an increase in potentially pathogenic bacterial genera of the beach sediment. Bacterial phylotype richness in the beach without river sediment addition was higher than that in the beach with river sediment input. There were significant differences in bacterial communities between beach sediments with and without river sediment addition, and the most dominant classes were Gammaproteobacteria and Flavobacteria.     

中国北方城市内河水资源综合利用与调配方案研究——以胶州市城市内河为例

内河是城市的重要组成部分,而伴随着快速城镇化进程,城市内河原有的水文、生态节律都受到很大的扰动。针对胶州市水资源量相对有限、水环境质量较差的现状,以河道生态需水量理论为指导,以期通过实施科学的生态补水,逐步恢复城市内河的生态功能与城市景观功能。结果表明,胶州市城市内河以景观功能为主,经测算其生态需水量为36 486.9m3/d,而根据胶州市的相关发展规划,其污水处理厂中水回用能力为5万m3/d,可以满足生态补水工程的需求;根据生态补水工程实施后的污染物入河情况预测,实施生态补水后,胶州市城市内河水质基本达到《地表水环境质量标准》(GB 3838—2002)Ⅳ类标准,基本可消除水体黑臭等现象。     

天津市典型河网区沉积物中重金属分布及生态风险评价

选择天津市典型河网区为研究对象,分析了沉积物中6种重金属(Cr、Cu、Mn、Ni、Pb和Zn)的分布特征,并采用富集系数法和潜在生态危害指数法分析了重金属的来源,进而评价了其生态风险。结果表明,表层沉积物中Cr、Cu、Mn、Ni、Pb和Zn的平均含量分别是58.18、23.52、524.60、22.93、25.24和49.51 mg/kg,其中Cr、Mn和Ni含量均低于天津市土壤背景值,而Cu、Pb和Zn含量在部分样点高于背景值;在垂直分布上,沉积物中Cr和Ni的含量相对稳定,而Cu、Mn、Pb和Zn的含量从底层到表层均先增加后降低。重金属富集系数(EF)分析显示,河网区表层沉积物中Cu和Zn在个别样点以及Pb在近一半样点存在人为输入过程(EF1.5),与接纳上游及区域的生活污水、农田退水有关,而Cr、Mn和Ni均来自自然源。重金属综合潜在生态危害指数(RI)评价表明,整个河网区表层沉积物为轻微生态危害水平,对区域的水环境质量不构成威胁。