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Spatial and Seasonal Dynamics of Water Environmental Capacity in Mountainous Rivers of the Southeastern Coast, China

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  • Qiankun Liu

    (Ocean Colleage, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan 310058, China)

  • Jingang Jiang

    (Ocean Colleage, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan 310058, China)

  • Changwei Jing

    (School of Science, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou 310018, China)

  • Jiaguo Qi

    (Center for Global Change and Earth Observations, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA)

Abstract

The south-east littoral is one of the most populous and developed regions in China suffering from serious water pollution problems, and the Xian-Jiang Basin in the mid of this region is among the most polluted watersheds. Critical information is needed but lacking for improved pollution control and water quality assessment, among which water environmental capacity (WEC) is the most important variable but is difficult to calculate. In this study, a one-dimensional water quality model combined with a matrix calculation algorithm was first developed and calibrated with in-situ observations in the Xian-Jiang basin. Then, the model was applied to analyze the spatial and temporal patterns of WEC of the entire basin. The results indicated that, in 2015, the total pollutant discharges into the river reached 6719.68 t /yr, 488.12 t /yr, and 128.57 t /yr for COD, NH 3 -N and TP, respectively. The spatial pattern suggested a strong correlation between these water contaminants and industrial enterprises, residential areas, and land-use types in the basin. Furthermore, it was noticed that there was a significant seasonal pattern in WEC that the dry season pollution is much greater than that in the plum season, while that in the typhoon season appears to be the weakest among all seasons. The WEC differed significantly among the 24 sub-basins during the dry season but varied to a smaller extent in other seasons, suggesting differential complex spatial-temporal dependency of the WEC.

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  • Qiankun Liu & Jingang Jiang & Changwei Jing & Jiaguo Qi, 2018. "Spatial and Seasonal Dynamics of Water Environmental Capacity in Mountainous Rivers of the Southeastern Coast, China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(1), pages 1-21, January.
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    1. Ruibin Zhang & Xin Qian & Xingcheng Yuan & Rui Ye & Bisheng Xia & Yulei Wang, 2012. "Simulation of Water Environmental Capacity and Pollution Load Reduction Using QUAL2K for Water Environmental Management," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 9(12), pages 1-18, December.
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    1. Huiyu Jin & Wanqi Chen & Zhenghong Zhao & Jiajia Wang & Weichun Ma, 2022. "New Framework for Dynamic Water Environmental Capacity Estimation Integrating the Hydro-Environmental Model and Load–Duration Curve Method—A Case Study in Data-Scarce Luanhe River Basin," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(14), pages 1-23, July.

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