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Jing Xu1, Min Xu2, Yanxin Zhao3
1Hubei Key Laboratory of Critical Zone Evolution, School of Geography and Information Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China; Geological Survey of Anhui Province (Anhui Institute of Geological Sciences), Heifei 230001, China.
Abstract:
Sudden water pollution incidents (SWPI) are random and harmful, which is a problem that cannot be ignored in ecological environment governance and economic development. Identifying spatial-temporal distribution characteristics of SWPI is essential for the disaster prevention and the early warning of water environment. The Kernel Density (DE) and spatial mean center of SWPI transfer curve were used to explore the characteristics with the dataset of 1174 cases from 2006 to 2018 in China. Results showed that: (1) From the time point of view, there was an overall upward trend in the overall number of SWPI. (2) At a regional scale, Eastern China, Southwest China, and Southern China underwent a high frequency with 69.93% of SWPI. The Fujian, Guangdong and Chongqing provinces were specified as the top 3 provinces with incident frequencies. The Yangtze River Basin and the Pearl River Basin were two regions where water pollution incidents occur more often, more than 50% of incidents among basins in China every year. (3) In general, SWPI presents a northeast-southwest distribution pattern and center of SWPI moves in the direction of west by south. (4) More than half of the incidents (57.24% of the total) were induced by illegal pollutant discharge and production safety accidents.
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