1. Water quantity and pollutant fluxes of inflow and outflow rivers of Lake Taihu, 2009
- Author
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Zhang Lulu, Yu Hui, Xu Jun, Yan Shuwen, and Wang Zhenping
- Subjects
Hydrology ,Pollutant ,Particle (ecology) ,Inflow ,Aquatic Science ,Pollution ,Environmental monitoring ,Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) ,Yangtze river ,Environmental science ,Outflow ,Water quality ,Water Science and Technology ,Taihu basin - Abstract
By the synchronous environmental monitoring of 49 inflow and outflow rivers of Lake Taihu,this study analyzed the water quantity and pollutant fluxes of those rivers in 2009,and compared them with the literature data of previous years.Analyses showed that water fluxes of the inflow and outflow rivers were 88.40×108m3 and 93.27×108 m3 successively in the year 2009,respectively.The 5 largest inflow water fluxes were in the order as Chendonggang Dapugang Liangxi River Taige River Wangyu River and the 2 largest outflow water fluxes were Taipu River and Changdougang.Analyses also showed that the river pollution from Yixing area were heaviest,and should be urgently improved.Also the outflow suspend particle fluxes were extremely larger than that of inflow and most of suspend particle was outflow in the south part of the lake.Furthermore,the total nitrogen and total phosphorus fluxes increased since 2002.The project of water diversion from Yangtze River to Taihu basin was good for water quality of the lake.Comparison of water quality between the lake and rivers suggested that the inflow river pollutant had important effect on the lake water.
- Published
- 2011