Erosion Control and the Impact of Highway Construction on Wetland Water Quality: A Case Study

The industrial sector is one of the important sector in supporting the development of a region. Utilization of land around the river that is used for industrial activities will affect the quality of river water. The river can be polluted by waste personinating from industries that operating around the river. The catchment area that used for industry, agriculture, urban development, and the use of land for making roads (gravel or footpaths) can affect the flow of surface water and sediments that it brings to the river. Waste generated from industrial activities can pollute rivers which are a source of water for daily needs and affect the development of biota in them. This can affect river water quality

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Optimized Selection of Wetland Water Quality Monitoring Points Based on Information Entropy and Fuzzy Similarity

Computer And Computing Technologies In Agriculture, Volume II - The International Federation for Information Processing ◽

10.1007/978-0-387-77253-0_30 ◽

2008 ◽

pp. 983-991 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Xinjian Xiang

Keyword(s):

Water Quality ◽

Information Entropy ◽

Water Quality Monitoring ◽

Quality Monitoring ◽

Fuzzy Similarity ◽

Wetland Water ◽

Wetland Water Quality ◽

Selection Of

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A Community Facilitation Model for E-Government

Global E-Government ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-027-1.ch007 ◽

2007 ◽

pp. 114-126

Author(s):

Kyle B. Murray ◽

Cory A. Habulin

Keyword(s):

Water Quality ◽

Water Quality Monitoring ◽

Water Monitoring ◽

Quality Monitoring ◽

Central Tenet ◽

Traditional Approaches ◽

The Impact

This chapter introduces a community facilitation model for e-government. The central tenet of this approach is the empowerment of a segment of the population to act, by providing the tools and information necessary to tackle issues that have been difficult to address with traditional approaches to government. Under this model, government provides an initial spark and then plays a supporting role in the growth of the community. By doing so, the costs of the program are minimized while the impact of the program is maximized. We examine the viability of the model by looking at a case study in water quality monitoring. The case illustrates the power of a government facilitated community of action to address an important problem, and it suggests that such a model can be applied globally and may be relevant to government initiatives beyond water monitoring.

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Forms of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Suspended Solids: A Case Study of Lihu Lake, China

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12125026 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (12) ◽

pp. 5026 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jialu Li ◽

Qiting Zuo

Keyword(s):

Water Quality ◽

Suspended Solids ◽

Inorganic Phosphorus ◽

Nitrogen And Phosphorus ◽

Lake Ecosystems ◽

Phosphorus Forms ◽

Sequential Extraction Method ◽

Main Component ◽

The Impact

Suspended solids are an important part of lake ecosystems, and their nitrogen and phosphorus contents have a significant effect on water quality. However, information on nitrogen and phosphorus forms in suspended solids remains limited. Therefore, a case study was conducted in Lihu Lake (China), a lake with characteristically high amounts of suspended solids. Nitrogen and phosphorus speciation in suspended solids was analyzed through a sequential extraction method. We also evaluated the sources of various forms of nitrogen and phosphorus and their different effects on eutrophication. The total nitrogen (TN) content was 758.9–3098.1 mg/kg. Moreover, the proportions of various N forms in the suspended solids of the study areas were ranked as follows: Hydrolyzable nitrogen (HN) > residual nitrogen (RN) > exchangeable nitrogen (EN). Total phosphorus (TP) ranged from 294.8 to 1066.4 mg/kg, and 58.6% of this TP was inorganic phosphorus (IP). In turn, calcium (Ca)-bound inorganic phosphorus (Ca-Pi) was the main component of IP. The correlation between various nitrogen and phosphorus forms showed that there were different sources of suspended nitrogen and phosphorus throughout Lihu Lake. Correlation analysis of water quality indices and comparative analysis with surface sediments showed that in Lihu Lake, the dissolved nitrogen and phosphorus contents in water were influenced by sediment through diffusion, while particle phosphorus content in water was influenced by suspended solids through adsorption; however, due to the higher phosphorus contents in suspended solids, we should pay more attention to the impact of suspended solids.

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