IMPLEMENTING ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS IN COMPLEX WATER RESOURCES SYSTEMS – CASE STUDY: THE DUERO RIVER BASIN,SPAIN

European river basin authorities are responsible for the implementation of the new river basin management plans in accordance with the European Water Framework Directive. This paper presents a new methodology framework and approach to define and evaluate environmental flow regimes in the realistic complexities that exist with multiple water resource needs at a basin scale. This approach links river basin simulation models and habitat time series analysis to generate ranges of environmental flows (e‐flows), which are evaluated by using habitat, hydropower production and reliability of water supply criteria to produce best possible alternatives. With the use of these tools, the effects of the proposed e‐flows have been assessed to help in the consultation process. The possible effects analysed are impacts on water supply reliability, hydropower production and aquatic habitat. After public agreements, a heuristic optimization process was applied to maximize e‐flows and habitat indicators, while maintaining a legal level of reliability for water resource demands. The final optimal e‐flows were considered for the river basin management plans of the Duero river basin. This paper demonstrates the importance of considering quantitative hydrologic and ecological aspects of e‐flows at the basin scale in addressing complex water resource systems. This approach merges standard methods such as physical habitat simulations and time series analyses for evaluating alternatives, with recent methods to simulate and optimize water management alternatives in river networks. It can be integrated with or used to complement other frameworks for e‐flow assessments such as the In‐stream Flow Incremental Methodology and Ecological Limits of Hydrologic Alteration. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

阿克苏河-塔里木河水系水质污染状况及其可持续发展策略研究

阿克苏河-塔里木河是干旱区纯耗散型内陆河,受人类活动影响,阿克苏河-塔里木河的水质受到不同程度的污染.利用塔河源流之一的阿克苏河中两个监测断面[龙口、西大桥]和塔河干流上游两个监测断面(阿拉尔、十四团)的实测数据对阿克苏河-塔里木河断面水质污染状况进行了分析.初步分析结果表明:①龙口、西大桥监测数据(除SS超标外)均达到国家Ⅲ类水体标准,阿拉尔、十四团监测数据(除SS超标外)均达到国家V类水体标准;②该水系的主要污染物为悬浮物、矿化度、总硬度、氯化物、硫酸盐等,说明该河的污染主要是盐碱化,其中悬浮物对该水系污染最为敏感,这主要和自然因素(水土流失、区域本底值等)有直接的关系.在此基础上对阿克苏河-塔里木河水污染源原因进行了分析,并且提出了阿克苏河-塔里木河流域可持续发展策略.总之,该水系由于天然地质环境、农田排入等因素,维持“中等污染”程度.该河受工业污染不明显,但要防止今后工业废水的大量排入.     

城区内河水环境的生物治理——以池州市清溪河为例

对清溪河污染的治理,可以采用一系列理化的方法,但相比之下,利用生物治理不仅操作简便,成本低廉,而且能很好的修复水生生态系统的结构,达到良性循环的效果。驳岸的植物是一道屏障,能有效阻止和减少地表污染物进入水体,水中微生物将有机态的污染物转化为无机养份被植物吸收,植物为水中的微生物提供附着表面,而草食性鱼类能抑制植物的过渡生长,最终实现生态系统的重建与修复,使河道进入可持续发展的良性循环体系。     

Measuring the economic benefits of the Youngsan River Restoration Project in Kwangju,Korea, using contingent valuation

This study examines the economic benefits of a river restoration project in the Youngsan River, Kwangju, Korea, using a contingent valuation method. It employs a spike model to address the high proportion of zero responses. The results indicate that a household's annual mean willingness to pay is KRW3410 in Kwangju and KRW1744 in other regions. The resulting benefit-cost ratio is 2.29, indicating that the project would be socially profitable, and that households appear willing to support it financially.     

River basin water resources management in China: a legal and institutional assessment

China's rivers face major challenges arising from social and economic development, particularly associated with pollution and over-abstraction. Although these issues vary significantly across the country, China has adopted a national, unified approach to manage water resources in a river basin context. This paper assesses the legal and institutional arrangements for river basin management in terms of decentralization and centralization. It considers the appropriate roles for the different levels of government, including providing for participation and integration across these levels. It proposes strengthening institutional development and capacity building in the future.     

基于RVA法的河流生态需水量研究

以河流生态水文变化的指标体系（Indicator of Hydrologic Alteration,IHA）为基础,立足整体河流水文情势的流量谱系,采用变异性范围法（Range of Variability Approach,RVA）,进行基于长系列历史流量资料的河流生态需水量估算,并以山西省5条较大河流的生态敏感断面为对象进行研究。结果表明,利用本方法估算的结果是合理的,可为河流生态需水量的估算和水资源的可持续开发利用提供科学依据。     

长江中游陆溪口水道河床演变机理研究

陆溪口河段是长江典型鹅头型汊道,滩槽演变复杂,是长江中游重点浅滩碍航河段。本文深入分析了河段的上下游河势关系以及影响因子之间的耦合作用,认为可以将河道平面内的主流带位置作为影响河床演变的综合动力因子,并利用特征流量的概念对主流带位置进行了定量描述。在利用特征流量揭示河床演变机理的同时,得到了"来流过程与特征流量的相对关系决定河床演变的冲淤性质,特征流量级持续作用时间长短与沙量的大小共同决定河床演变的幅度"的重要结论,得到了"三峡水库蓄水改变下游水沙过程,使河段航道发展条件优于蓄水前"的结论,并给出了具体依据。     

中型山区河流水电站下游的鱼类生态需水量计算

为更好地对河流水电开发后的鱼类进行保护,探讨中型山区河流水电站下游的鱼类生态需水量计算.参照大型河流鱼类水力生境参数标准,根据中型山区河流的特点,得到中型山区河流鱼类水力生境参数的参考标准.选取有代表性的四川中型山区河流杂谷脑河进行鱼类生境原型观测,原型观测结果证实了该参考标准能够满足杂谷脑河鱼类对生境的实际需求.基于所得到的参考标准,应用生态水力学法对杂谷脑河红叶二级、理县以及甘堡3座电站减水河段的鱼类生态需水量进行计算分析,得到3座电站的生态需水量推荐值.通过分析可知,所得到的生态需水量推荐值占年均天然流量以及设计引用流量的比例都不高,在3座电站的运行实践中,具有可操作性.     

水电站日调节对河流生境条件影响的 生态水文评价方法研究

从表征水电站日调峰特征出发,参照生态水文参数中的频率、大小、变化率、时间等生态角度的概念,建立了由发电水流脉冲的频率、大小、历时等指标组成的评价指标体系,并运用该指标体系对长江重要支流水阳江上港口湾水库日调节的水位过程影响进行了实例分析。研究成果对于水利工程生态环境影响评价具有一定参考价值。