SHOULD DAMS BE MODIFIED FOR THE PROBABLE MAXIMUM FLOOD?1

ABSTRACT: The probable maximum flood (PMF) currently serves as the design standard for many U.S. dams. Floods used for design have increased and currently thousands of dams in the U.S. would be overtopped and possibly fail using the latest calculated PMF at each dam site. Some researchers have suggested that modifying dams to accommodate the PMF could be wasteful. Objections to using the PMF for dam modification include: (1) larger spillway capacity may increase annual downstream flood losses, (2) benefit‐cost ratios may be low, (3) construction accidents associated with dam modification may cause fatalities, and (4) the dollar amount spent to save lives by making dams safer is often very high. Based on these objections, a procedure is presented for evaluating the effectiveness of a proposed dam modification. A change in spillway design policy is recommended. Accepting the status quo at a dam that cannot accommodate the PMF may be the best course of action.     

Dams in the Amazon: Belo Monte and Brazil’s Hydroelectric Development of the Xingu River Basin

Hydroelectric dams represent major investments and major sources of environmental and social impacts. Powerful forces surround the decision-making process on public investments in the various options for the generation and conservation of electricity. Brazil’s proposed Belo Monte Dam (formerly Kararaô) and its upstream counterpart, the Altamira Dam (better known by its former name of Babaquara) are at the center of controversies on the decision-making process for major infrastructure projects in Amazonia. The Belo Monte Dam by itself would have a small reservoir area (440 km²) and large installed capacity (11, 181.3 MW), but the Altamira/Babaquara Dam that would regulate the flow of the Xingu River (thereby increasing power generation at Belo Monte) would flood a vast area (6140 km²). The great impact of dams provides a powerful reason for Brazil to reassess its current policies that allocate large amounts of energy in the country’s national grid to subsidized aluminum smelting for export. The case of Belo Monte and the five additional dams planned upstream (including the Altamira/Babaquara Dam) indicate the need for Brazil to reform its environmental assessment and licensing system to include the impacts of multiple interdependent projects.     

H型超薄板防渗技术在卫生填埋场中的应用

上海某生活垃圾卫生填埋场运营过程中发生堤坝渗漏,对周围环境造成了污染。经比选采用H型超薄板防渗技术处理,防渗薄板墙深18m,墙厚100mm。竣工后经CSAMT法、现场开挖取样等方式检测,超薄板墙各项指标均满足要求。有效治理了渗滤液渗漏,提升了区域环境质量。     

淮河流域多闸坝河流COD综合衰减系数测算

提出在多闸坝河流上，利用枯水期断面化学需氧量同步监测数据测算COD综合衰减系数的方法，用该方法测算河南省辖河流域部分河流COD综合减系数在0．08－0．341/d。并用实际监测结果进行检验。     

“三池两坝”多级池塘对凡纳滨对虾工厂化海水养殖尾水的处理效果研究

为了解“三池两坝”多级池塘对凡纳滨对虾工厂化海水养殖尾水的处理效果,以山东烟台某凡纳滨对虾工厂化养殖合作社为试验基地,在1个凡纳滨对虾养殖周期内,每周对养殖池、沉淀池、曝气池和生物处理池进行1次水质监测,共进行10次监测。结果表明：对虾养殖过程排放的养殖尾水呈重度富营养化,经“三池两坝”处理后的养殖尾水富营养化指数（E）平均值较处理前下降93.5%,共去除1个对虾养殖周期养殖尾水中污染物总量的57.5%,各监测项目平均去除率为DIP>DIN>TSS>TP>TN>COD。