入湖河道生态修复工程对水流流速的影响研究

在河流中开辟生化反应区、直接布设仿生填料净化河流微污染水体可以达到改善入湖水质、减少投资、降低能源消耗的目的。但在河道内直接布设填料势必会对河流的水动力条件及其河流原有的使用功能造成一定的影响。从填料给水流带来的阻力、流速及糙率变化等方面进行河道内直接布设生物填料对河流水动力条件的影响试验分析。结果表明,由于河道流速不大(属于缓流水体),9根/m2的填料布设密度对水流的扰动作用程度不高,填料段的糙率仅为无填料段糙率的1.08倍,不会对河道的泄水能力造成影响。     

重庆东温泉山既有隧道疏排对岩溶水的影响

岩溶水径流路径非常复杂,而隧道疏排对岩溶水的影响更是一个长期复杂的过程。在长期观测数据以及实地调查研究的基础上,分析重庆东温泉山既有隧道疏排对岩溶水的影响,总结出水平流动带内隧道疏排岩溶水形成的降落漏斗一般可达到隧道标高附近,岩溶裂隙水带内隧道疏排岩溶水形成的降落漏斗仍保持在隧道上方一定高度,渗透性是隧道疏排对岩溶水影响的关键因素。      

One-dimensional self-weight consolidation with continuous drainage boundary conditions: Solution and application to clay-drain reclamation

Traditional consolidation theories cannot provide good predictions of consolidation settlement in land reclamation because of their assumptions that the influence of soil's self-weight is often neglected, and the drainage boundary is considered as fully pervious/impervious. In view of these limitations, an analytical solution is derived for one-dimensional self-weight consolidation problems with a continuous drainage boundary using the finite Fourier sine transform method. Following the classical Terzaghi's small strain theory, the soil's self-weight is considered to produce consolidation settlement in dredged materials with a constant coefficient of consolidation. The continuous drainage boundary can essentially describe the time-dependent variation of drainage capacity at the interface between two adjacent soil layers. By reducing the interface parameters, the effectiveness of the calculation is demonstrated against the Terzaghi's solution. The influence of interface parameters and soil's self-weight stress coefficient on self-weight consolidation is discussed. As expected, the rate of consolidation considering the self-weight stress is faster, although the dependency of consolidation rate on the material property of void ratio is neglected. Moreover, the plane of maximum excess pore-water pressure is estimated as a function of time factor, based on which a design chart is developed to optimize the layout of horizontal drains in land reclamation.     

Seasonal mixing from intermittent flow drives concentration-discharge behaviour in a stream affected by coal mine drainage

Abandoned mining operations continue to severely degrade many ecosystems worldwide by releasing acidic water and/or heavy metals into surface and groundwater. Contaminant concentrations in affected streams vary with discharge in patterns that reflect both geochemical reactions and variable mixing of contaminated and non-contaminated waters. However, controls on concentration-discharge (C-Q) patterns remain unclear, particularly for constituents that experience changing solubility across redox and pH gradients. Understanding the C-Q behaviour of contaminants aids in predicting both downstream transport and effects on aquatic life under variable flow. Here, we examined the C-Q behaviours of non-reactive (Na, K, Ca, Mg, Cl⁻) and reactive (Fe, Mn, Al, H⁺, SO₄²⁻) solutes in a stream contaminated with acid mine drainage in northeastern Ohio, USA. Concentration-discharge patterns at the watershed outlet primarily reflected mixing of contaminated baseflow with intermittent inputs of high pH water draining from a passive limestone treatment system into the stream. The treatment system acted as an ephemeral tributary that mitigated contamination in the stream by diluting solutes, raising pH, and driving metal precipitation, but only when flow was present during wet seasons. Consequently, AMD-derived reactive solutes (H⁺, Fe, Mn, Al) decreased with increasing stream discharge while relatively conservative solutes (e.g., Ca, Mg, K, Na) decreased only slightly or were chemostatic. This study highlights both the unique C-Q patterns of reactive solutes when compared to those of non-reactive solutes and the potential for intermittent streams to control C-Q behaviour in headwater catchments.     

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梯级水电开发对生态地质环境影响评价的思路与方法初探

笔者在充分调研和综合分析研究金沙江、雅砻江、大渡河水电工程区岸坡生态地质环境条件和主要生态环境地质问题及其环境演化效应的基础上.按照分类评价思想和原理.初步探讨了流域梯级水电工程开发对生态地质环境影响评价的思路与方法,初步提出以斜坡(岸坡)稳定性评价子系统、水土流失与水库淤积评价子系统、生态环境演化评价子系统和社会经济发展影响子系统等四大类子系统为主干的梯级水电开发对生态地质环境影响评价系统.初步建立了四大类评价指标体系,讨论了评价方法与成果表达方式,供大家讨论。     

The status of the passive treatment systems for acid mine drainage in South Korea

This study was performed to investigate the operating status, evaluate the problems, and discuss possible improvement methods of passive treatment systems for acid mine drainage (AMD) in South Korea. Thirty-five passive treatment systems in 29 mines have been constructed from 1996 to 2002 using successive alkalinity producing systems (SAPS) as the main treatment process. We investigated 29 systems (two for metal mines), 19 of which revealed various problems. Overflows of drainage from SAPS, wetland, or oxidation ponds were caused by the flow rate exceeding the capacities of the facilities or by the reduced permeability of the organic substance layer. Leakages occurred at various parts of the systems. In some cases, clogged and broken pipes at the mouths of the mine adits made the whole system unusable. Some systems showed very low efficiencies without apparent leakage or overflow. Even though the systems showed fairly good efficiencies in metal removal ratios (mainly iron) and pH control; sulfate removal rates were very poor except in three systems, which may indicate very poor sulfate reductions with sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) as a means.     

海河流域河流季节化对地下水及生态环境的影响

本文在分析海河流域河流季节化趋势的基础上 ,着重探讨河流断流给下游平原地区地下水及生态环境所带来的深刻影响。研究认为 :河流季节化与下游平原地区地下水之间存在着相互影响、互为因果的密切关系 ,河流季节化因地下水超采的日趋严重而愈演愈烈 ;反过来 ,愈演愈烈的河流季节化又极其深刻地影响着地下水的时空分布、补给条件及运动流场等方面 ,同时也给下游平原地区带来一系列的生态环境问题 ,如地下水降落漏斗、地面沉降、海咸水入侵、河流功能衰退、湿地生态退化和水质恶化等。     

Delineation of Microscale Regimes of Fully-Developed Drainage and Implications for Continuum Models

Despite significant progress made in recent years, a fundamental understanding of immiscible displacements at the macroscale is lacking. In this paper we use a version of percolation theory, based on invasion percolation in a gradient, to connect drainage processes at the pore-network scale with the displacement at the macroscale. When the mobility ratio M is sufficiently small, the displacement is stabilized and can be described by invasion percolation in a stabilizing gradient. In the opposite case, it has common features with invasion percolation in a destabilizing gradient. A diagram delineating the regimes of fully developed drainage is developed. The transition between stabilized displacement and fingering is controlled by the change of the sign of the gradient of the percolation probability, and the transition boundary is described by a scaling law involving the capillary number and the viscosity ratio. We review recent work for random networks and extend the method to correlated pore networks. As the regimes of stabilized displacement are also those for which conventional theories (such as the Buckley–Leverett equation) are expected to apply, the phase diagram helps to delineate their validity.     

Some problems associated with past mining at a mine in the Witbank coalfield, South Africa

 Mining in the Witbank Coalfield commenced at the turn of the century. Initially there was little environmental degradation associated with mining activities; however, in the late 1930s and early 1940s a pillar-robbing programme commenced. At one particular mine this has had marked effects on the environment. Primary effects include subsidence, the appearance of tension cracks at the surface and crownhole development. Secondary effects include spontaneous combustion of the coal worked, as air has been provided with ready access to the mine, accelerated subsidence due to the strength of many pillars being reduced by burning, and a marked deterioration in groundwater quality in the area. Spoil heaps also form blemishes on the landscape. These contain significant amounts of coal and have undergone spontaneous combustion. The deterioration in the water quality has led to the decimation of vegetation in some areas and the eradication of aquatic flora and fauna in a nearby stream. Received: 5 March 1997 · Accepted: 1 July 1997