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Vegetated Treatment Systems for Removing Contaminants Associated with Surface Water Toxicity in Agriculture and Urban Runoff
Published on: May 15, 2017
[Simulation and application of the agricultural non-point source pollutants in drainage ditch]
Qiang-kun Li1, Ya-wei Hu, Huai-en Li
1Yellow River Institute of Hydraulic Research, Zhengzhou 450003, China. liqiangk@126.com
Abstract:
Drainage ditch system is the transitional zone between yield in the field and receiving waters for agricultural non-point source pollutants. Based on the brief analysis of the migration and transformation process of agricultural non-point source pollutants in drainage ditch system, the one-dimensional transport model of agricultural non-point source pollutants in drainage ditch system was constructed on the basis of the equation of continuity of flow and pollutants migration transform. Taking the Di Yi drainage ditch system, in the Qing-Tong-Xia irrigation district at the Yellow River upstream, as an example, combining with actual situation, the drainage discharge and concentration of nitrate nitrogen and total phosphorus were simulated by this model. The results show that the simulated drainage discharge accords with measured data approximately and Nash-Suttcliffe coefficient is 0.82, the simulated concentration of nitrate nitrogen and total phosphorus in farmland drainage was reasonable.
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