在受污染的水力发电水库中,盆地规模的沉来源
Claudio Bravo-Linares1, Luis Ovando-Fuentealba2, Enrique Muñoz-Arcos3
1Universidad Austral de Chile, Facultad de Ciencias, Instituto de Ciencias Químicas, Independencia 631, Valdivia, Chile.
The Science of the total environment
|January 10, 2024
概括
水力发电水库沉是一个全球性问题. 在智利,农业是主要的沉积物来源 (60%),采矿也造成污染物,需要可持续能源的综合管理策略.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 水文学的水文学
- 地质化学 地质化学
背景情况:
- 沉威胁着全球水力发电能力,预计到2050年,储能损失将达到26%.
- 土壤侵蚀和土壤沉造成的水污染是拉丁美洲,特别是智利的重大挑战.
- 了解沉积物来源对于水电盆地的气候变化适应和减缓至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了识别和量化影响南美主要水电水库的沉积物来源.
- 为了研究各种土地用途的沉积物贡献的时空动态.
- 为管理水力发电系统中沉和水污染的战略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 一个盆地规模的调查使用时空地化学指纹.
- 对沉积源的分析,包括采矿和农业活动.
- 通过检查湖泊沉积物柱和支流网络,评估随时间的沉积物贡献.
主要成果:
- 农业来源约占沉积物输入量的60%,畜牧业和农业推动了负荷.
- 采矿活动约占近期沉积物的9%,与此相关的铜 (Cu) 和 (Mo) 污染物.
- 沉积物贡献随着时间的推移而变化,由于土地利用变化,自大建设以来,农业增加,采矿比例下降.
结论:
- 拉佩尔盆地是水力发电沉的全球挑战的一个例子.
- 迫切需要共同设计,以证据为导向的解决方案,解决盆地内外驱动因素的相互作用.
- 提高沉积物管理的社会接受度是可持续清洁水电生产的关键.
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