Spatial distribution of non-point source pollution in Danjiangkou reservoir and the upper reaches

Author

Chen, Ying-ting ; Wang, Xiao ; Cheng, Hong-guang ; Zhou, Tan

Author_Institution

Sch. of Environ., Beijing Normal Univ., Beijing, China

fYear

2011

fDate

22-24 April 2011

Firstpage

4462

Lastpage

4465

Abstract

This study was undertaken in Danjiangkou reservoir and the upper reaches, where the SWAT model was used to analyze the space distribution of non-point source pollution. The land-use pattern was interpreted by Environment for Visualizing Images Software (ENVI). The runoff and the sediment data series from 2001 to 2006 were collected to calibrate the parameters and validate the model. The calculated result indicated that this watershed was a serious soil erosion area. The non-point source pollution load had the same space distribution with the silt load. Agricultural development was the main reason that caused the soil erosion. Appropriate agricultural management measures can effectively prevent the water from non-point source pollution.

Keywords

agriculture; environmental management; erosion; hydrological techniques; hydrology; reservoirs; rivers; sedimentation; water pollution measurement; AD 2001 to 2006; China; Danjiangkou reservoir; ENVI software; Environment for Visualizing Images software; SWAT model; agricultural development; agricultural management measures; land use pattern; nonpoint source pollution spatial distribution; runoff data series; sediment data series; silt load; soil erosion; Geographic Information Systems; Load modeling; Reservoirs; Soil; Water conservation; Water pollution; Danjiangkou reservoir and the upper reaches; SWAT model; non-point source pollution; space distribution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electric Technology and Civil Engineering (ICETCE), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Lushan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0289-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICETCE.2011.5774449

Filename

5774449