『Abstract
Jialing River, which covers a basin area of 160,000 km2
and a length of 1,280 km, is the largest tributary of the catchment
area in Three Gorges Reservoir Area, China. In recent years, water
quality in the reservoir area section of Jialing River has been
degraded due to land use and the rural residential area induced
by non-point source pollution. Therefore, the semi-distributed
land-use runoff processes (SLURP) hydrological model has been
introduced and used to simulate the integrated hydrological cycle
of the Jialing River Watershed (JRW). A coupling watershed model
between the SLURP hydrological model and dissolved non-point source
pollution model has been proposed in an attempt to evaluate the
potential dissolved non-point source pollution load; it enhances
the simulation precision of runoff and pollution load which are
both based on the same division of land use types in the watershed.
The proposed model has been applied in JRW to simulate the temporal
and spatial distribution of the dissolved total nitrogen (DTN)
and dissolved total phosphorus (DTP) pollution load for the period
1990-2007. It is shown that both the temporal and spatial distribution
of DTN and DTP load are positively correlated to annual rainfall
height. Land use is the key factor controlling the distribution
of DTN and DTP load. The source compositions of DTN and DTP are
different, where average DTN pollution load in descending order
is land use 67.2%, livestock and poultry breeding 30.5%, and rural
settlements 2.2%; and for DTP, livestock and poultry breeding
is 50%, land use 48.8%, and rural settlements 1.2%. The contribution
rates of DTN and DTP load in each sub-basin indicate the sensitivity
of the results to the temporal and spatial distribution of different
pollution sources. These data were of great significance for the
prediction and estimation of the future changing trends of dissolved
non-point source pollution load carried by rainfall runoff in
the JRW and for studies of their transport and influence in the
Three Gorges Reservoir.
Keywords: SLURP hydrological model; Jialing River Watershed; Non-point
source pollution; Dissolved nitrogen and phosphorus; Spatial and
temporal distributing simulation』
Introduction
Study area
Materials and methods
Basic data sources
SLURP hydrological model
Principle of the SLURP model
Validation of parameters optimization and simulation
Dissolved pollution load model of different land use types
DTN and DTP pollution model of different land use
The determination of the DTN and DTP runoff concentration
Monitoring and analytical methods
The determination of DTN and DTP concentration
The determination of transport loss coefficient
DTN and DTP load model of rural settlements
The determination of the sewage (excretion) coefficient and
producing pollution coefficient
Results and discussion
The annual variability of DTN and DTP pollution load
The sources composition of DTN and DTP pollution load
The spatial distribution DTN and DTP pollution load
The contribution rates of DTN and DTP load in each sub-basin
Simulation results verification
Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References