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Ecological strategy for eutrophication control

Tang, X; Wu, M; Yang, W; Yin, W; Jin, Feng; Ye, Min; Currie, NGR; Scholz, M

Authors

X Tang

M Wu

W Yang

W Yin

Feng Jin

Min Ye

Prof Neil Currie N.G.R.Currie@salford.ac.uk
Professor Structural EngineeringPractice

M Scholz



Abstract

Water monitoring results of the Danjiangkou Reservoir indicated that total nitrogen and total phosphorus concentrations are high and therefore worse than required for central drinking water supplies. Nutrients including nitrogen and phosphorus accumulated in the bank cultivated land were greater than those contained within the river estuary sediment as well as in the reservoir bay sediment. This implies that high concentrations of loosely exchangeable phosphorus (166.53 mg/kg) in cultivated land could, after the completion of the dam heightening project, easily lead to the development of algal blooms. Serious water and soil loss occurring in the reservoir area will promote the transportation of non-point source pollution mainly caused by untreated agricultural domestic wastewater, chemical fertilizer and livestock farming, which accounted for more than 50% of the total basin’s nutrient input loads. Ecological control techniques were therefore the first choice for nutrient reduction and water quality guarantee in the Danjiangkou Reservoir. In order to guide the ecological restoration process, leading international ecological methodologies were summarized and compared, taking into consideration aspects of engineering, as well as ecological, biological, environmental and economic advantages and disadvantages. Finally, novel ecological filtration and a purification dam were designed for eutrophication control.

Citation

Tang, X., Wu, M., Yang, W., Yin, W., Jin, F., Ye, M., …Scholz, M. (2010). Ecological strategy for eutrophication control. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 223(2), 723-737. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-011-0897-3

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 19, 2011
Publication Date Aug 2, 2010
Deposit Date Nov 23, 2015
Journal Water, Air, and Soil Pollution
Print ISSN 0049-6979
Electronic ISSN 1573-2932
Publisher Springer Verlag
Volume 223
Issue 2
Pages 723-737
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-011-0897-3
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11270-011-0897-3
Related Public URLs http://link.springer.com/journal/11270#AboutSection