在热带地区恢复城市湖泊的好处
Priyanka Jamwal1, Laurence Carvalho2,3, Sumita Bhattacharyya4
1Centre for Environment and Development, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Jakkur Post, Bangalore, India. priyanka.jamwal@atree.org.
Environmental monitoring and assessment
|October 11, 2023
概括
污水处理显著改善了城市热带湖水质,使渔业和娱乐活动成为可能. 虽然还没有完全恢复,但Jakkur湖比未经处理的Bellandur湖有好处,减少了污染和温室气体排放.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 生态生态学 生态生态学
- 水资源管理 水资源管理
背景情况:
- 热带城市湖泊面临着未经处理的废水造成的严重污染,这阻碍了恢复工作.
- 高温加剧了微生物和藻类的生长,使湖泊复苏复杂化.
- 发展中国家的恢复目标往往定义不佳或无法实现.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较废水处理和建筑湿地在恢复城市热带湖泊方面的有效性.
- 评估印度班加罗尔的Jakkur湖 (恢复) 和Bellandur湖 (未恢复) 的水质变化.
- 评估恢复对生态参数和湖泊利用潜力的影响.
主要方法:
- 两个城市湖泊的比较案例研究:Jakkur (处理废水和湿地) 和Bellandur (未经处理的废水).
- 对关键水质参数的分析:生物化学氧气需求 (BOD5),便大肠杆菌,悬浮固体总量 (TSS),总量 (TN),总量 (TP) 和叶绿素-a.
- 评估溶解氧水平和Secchi深度 (SD),以评估光线透率和湖泊的整体健康状况.
主要成果:
- 贝兰杜尔湖的水质非常差,有机污染,脱氧和甲排放很高.
- 在废水处理和湿地循环后,Jakkur湖显示有机污染和营养水平显著降低.
- 贾库尔湖支持植物浮游生物的繁荣,并改善了溶解氧气,使渔业和娱乐活动成为可能,与贝兰杜尔湖不同.
结论:
- 标准的废水处理和建筑湿地为恢复城市热带湖泊提供了巨大的好处.
- 即使是部分恢复,如在Jakkur湖,可以重新建立生态功能和支持社区使用.
- 需要采取进一步的措施来管理季风污染物负载,但社区参与是重建的关键里程碑.
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