『Abstract
Understanding the spatial distribution and apportioning the sources
of water pollution are important in the study and efficient management
of water resources. In this work, we considered data for 13 water
quality variables collected during the year 2004 at 46 monitoring
sites along the Qiantang River (China). Fuzzy comprehensive analysis
categorized the data into three major pollution zones (low, moderate,
and high) based on national quality standards for surface waters,
China. Most sites classified as “low pollution zones” (LP) occurred
in the main river channel, whereas those classified as “moderate
and high pollution zones” (MP and HP, respectively) occurred in
the tributaries. Factor analysis identified two potential pollution
sources that explained 67% of the total variance in LP, two potential
pollution sources that explained 73% of the total variance in
MP, and three potential pollution sources that explained 80% of
the total variance in HP. UNMIX was used to estimate contributions
from identified pollution sources to each water quality variable
and each monitoring site. Most water quality variables were influenced
primarily by pollution due to industrial wastewater, agricultural
activities and urban runoff. In LP, nonpoint source pollution
such as agricultural runoff and urban runoff dominated; in MP
and HP, mixed source pollution dominated. The pollution in the
small tributaries was more serious than that in the main channel.
These results provide information for developing better pollution
control strategies for the Qiantang River.
Keywords: Qiantang River; Water pollution; Fuzzy comprehensive
assessment; Factor analysis; UNMIX』
1. Introduction
2. Material and methods
2.1. Study area and data set
2.2. Chemical analysis methods
2.3. Statistical analysis
3. Results
3.1. Fuzzy comprehensive assessment
3.2. Factor analysis
3.3. Source apportionment
4. Discussion
4.1. Spatial variation of water quality
4.2. Source identification
4.3. Source contributions
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
Appendix A
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