Pollution of inland waters in Brazil: the case for goal-oriented initiatives

This article examines the use of output-based aid and payment for environmental services to reduce water pollution in Brazil. Two nationwide initiatives are reviewed. First, the output-based aid concept of the River Basin Clean-up Programme (PRODES) to tackle the problem of sanitation deficit in urban areas is presented. Second, the payment for environmental services scheme supported by Brazil’s National Water Agency (ANA) through the Water Producer Programme to promote water conservation on rural properties is discussed. Both programmes are evaluated not only as financing mechanisms for water conservation but also as strategies for implementing Brazil’s water policy.     

龙岗河流域节水评估体系研究

龙岗河属雨源型河流,其环境容量小,自净能力低。节约用水可从源头上减少龙岗河污废水的纳入量做起,故建立节水评估体系势在必行。采用层次分析法,对综合节水总目标进行层层细分,结合流域综合节水的特征、影响因素等问题,建立了包含2大系统8类22个指标的综合节水评估指标体系。该综合节水评估指标体系涵盖政策保障和技术支持两大层面,贯穿水源、水厂、管网、用户终端整个节水主线,同时以开源、节流、减污三大节水途径为保障。该系统可为其他流域和城市节水工作的开展提供借鉴。     

蓟运河降污规划方案实施效果的量化分析

为了改善蓟运河的水污染现状,研究河道水量、水质的时空变化规律,利用一维圣维南方程和一维对流-扩散方程建立水动力-水质耦合模型,并对模型进行率定、验证,所得计算值与实测值吻合较好。应用模型模拟了蓟运河的降污规划方案,得出不同方案下污染物的时空变化情况,为方案的最终确立及修复效果的合理预测提供了量化依据。     

黄河流域实施水功能区限制纳污红线管理的整体构想与初步实践

水功能区限制纳污红线管理是实行最严格水资源管理制度的核心内涵之一。黄河流域水安全问题是中国水安全问题的缩影,探索构建行之有效且具有黄河流域特色的纳污红线管理制度体系和工作格局,对于提高黄河流域水安全保障能力意义重大。针对黄河流域的水资源质量状况,探索建立流域与区域相结合、水利与环保相联合的黄河水资源保护管理体系,构建流域水功能区划及水资源保护规划体系,依法强化以入河排污口为重点的水功能区管理,积极探索水生态系统保护与修复,加强水质监测网络体系建设等一系列措施,为黄河流域实施纳污红线管理提供了良好的工作基础和能力支撑,并在此基础上阐述了黄河流域实施纳污红线管理的整体构想与初步实践。     

A DEM‐based parallel computing hydrodynamic and transport model

The sudden and accidental water pollution response system (SAWPRS) for Yangtze River in central China required to develop a hydrodynamic and transport model, which is readily available and capable of simulating a large river system within GIS environment. This study facilitates such effort by developing a parallel computing method based on digital elevation model (DEM) using overlapping domain decomposition approach (ODDA) and message passing interface (MPI) protocol. The hydrodynamic and transport model was redesigned using finite volume method for hydrodynamic and transport model dispersion, the SIMPLEC method for solving the flow field, and the pressure weighted interpolating method for the flow field modification. This modelling approach was verified in two experiments using different sets of computer clusters. The model output was evaluated against the measured data collected for the year 1998 for Wanzhou, an upstream river segment of Yangtze River. The relative error was found to be less than 10%. The performance of parallel computation was found excellent as evident from the cost efficiency values greater than 0.81 in both experiments and increased computation speed while increasing the number of computer clusters. Overall, the parallel computing modelling system developed here was found to meet all requirements of SAWPRS. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT AND APPORTIONMENT OF POLLUTION SOURCES OF TIGRIS RIVER (TURKEY) USING MULTIVARIATE STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES—A CASE STUDY

The Tigris is one of the most important transboundary rivers in western Asia and originates in the Toros mountains of the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. Multivariate statistical techniques, such as cluster analysis (CA), principal component analysis (PCA) and factor analysis (FA), were applied for the evaluation of temporal/spatial variations and the interpretation of a water quality data set for the Tigris River, which was obtained during 1 year of monitoring. This study presents the usefulness of multivariate statistical techniques for the evaluation and interpretation of complex water quality data sets and apportionment of pollution sources/factors to obtain better information about water quality and the design of a monitoring network for the effective management of water resources. Hierarchical CA grouped 12 months into two periods (the first and second periods) and classified seven monitoring sites into three groups, that is, less polluted sites, medium polluted sites and highly polluted sites, based on similarities in the water quality characteristics. PCA/FA identified five factors in the data structure, which explained 77.5% of the total variance of the data set. This allowed us to group the selected parameters according to common features and to evaluate the influence of each group on the overall variation in water quality. Varifactors obtained from the factor analysis indicated that the parameters responsible for water quality variation were mainly related to soluble salts (natural), organic pollution and nutrients (anthropogenic). Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

不同改良剂对滨海盐渍粉土改良效果的试验研究

采用桶栽试验的方法,研究了基质、稻壳和菌糠三种不同有机质改良剂对滨海盐渍粉土理化性质和西红柿产量的影响。研究结果表明:与不加改良剂(CK)相比,三种有机质改良剂可降低表层土壤干容重22.5%～33.1%,孔隙率增加25.5%～37.7%;土壤的含盐量降低5.05%～24.54%。使用改良剂处理的土壤,碱化度(ESP)、pH、土壤交换性Na+、土壤Na+、K+占阳离子总量和土壤Cl-下降,而土壤Ca2+和SO42-增加。三种改良剂均能显著增加西红柿的产量,增幅在24.05%～34.46%;单果总量整体有所提高。结果表明,基质、稻壳和菌糠对滩涂高钠盐粉土均具有较好的改良效果。综合考虑改良剂的价格、材料获得难易程度,稻壳和菌康是较为适宜的滨海盐渍粉土改良材料。     

基于水质监测对新疆水环境保护的意义

水质监测主要是针对水体中的各种污染物的种类以及浓度和变化趋势进行监测,并作出监测结果报告的一个过程.概述了水质监测的作用和水中污染物的分类情况,并针对新疆水环境污染现状,从水资源总量稀少,水资源分布不均,生态环境脆弱等方面,就水质监测在新疆水环境保护方面进行了阐述,进一步明确了水质监测对新疆水环境保护的重要意义.     

突发重金属水污染事故环境风险评价模型研究

为降低我国重金属突发水污染事故发生频率、减轻事故危害,针对目前突发水污染事故环境风险评价缺乏系统性研究的现状,构建了基于蒙特卡洛模拟法的突发水污染事故环境风险评价模型,提出了一套计算突发水污染事故环境风险的方法。该模型由突发水污染事故概率分析模型、重金属迁移转化分相模型、突发水污染事故损失评估模型耦合而成。应用该模型对佛山市的环境风险进行了评价,结果表明:计算时间段为固定值时,重大风险值和特大风险值之和为8%;计算时间段为区间值时,重大风险值和特大风险值之和为21%,说明该地区的环境风险已经十分严峻。     

高有机物污染原水深度处理工艺选择和运行优化

P市地表原水受到有机物污染,水中CODMn经常高达10mg/L以上,为此,在G水厂的扩建工程中,采用了两级臭氧—生物活性炭深度处理工艺,以保证出水水质安全。水厂运行结果表明,在活性炭吸附饱和后,一级炭池出水CODMn仍有3～5mg/L,需二级臭氧—生物活性炭处理才能使出厂水CODMn小于3mg/L。当前后臭氧分级投加比例为3∶2时,有机物的去除率最高。