Land Cover Changes and Drivers in the Water Source Area of the Middle Route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project in China from 2000 to 2015

The Middle Route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project(MR-SNWDP)in China,with construction beginning in 2003,diverts water from Danjiangkou Reservoir to North China for residential,agriculture and industrial use.The water source area of the MR-SNWDP is the region that is most sensitive to and most affected by the construction of this water diversion project.In this study,we used Landsat Thematic Mapper(TM)and HJ-1 A/B images from 2000 to 2015 by an object-based approach with a hierarchical classification method for mapping land cover in the water source area.The changes in land cover were illuminated by transfer matrixes,single dynamic degree,slope zones and fractional vegetation cover(FVC).The results indicated that the area of cropland decreased by 31%and was replaced mainly by shrub over the past 15 years,whereas forest and settlements showed continuous increases of 29.2% and 77.7%,respectively.The changes in cropland were obvious in all slope zones and decreased most remarkably(–43.8%)in the slope zone above 25°.Compared to the FVC of forest and shrub,significant improvement was exhibited in the FVC of grassland,with a growth rate of 16.6%.We concluded that local policies,including economic development,water conservation and immigration resulting from the construction of the MR-SNWDP,were the main drivers of land cover changes;notably,they stimulated the substantial and rapid expansion of settlements,doubled the wetlands and drove the transformation from cropland to settlements in immigration areas.

Eco-environmental benefit assessment of China's South-North Water Transfer Scheme——the middle route project

This paper assess the eco-environmental benefits that may come from the middle route project of China's South-North Water Transfer Scheme(SNWT) with principles and methods of eco-economics and planning reports of SNWT's middle route project. Some benefits were calculated in monetary units. To make sure that the results can be comparable with normal monetary indices, concrete assessment objects and the parameters are prudently selected according to the major characteristics of the project and its water import region. Primary assessment revealed that in different project construction stages, the benefit could be more than 13 07 billion RMB Yuan in 2010 and 19 79 billion RMB Yuan in 2030, respectively. The monetary value tends to increase with social-economic development. To realize these potential benefits, however, calls for more endeavors.

Critical discharge at Datong for controlling operation of South-to-North Water Transfer Project in dry seasons

Previous research shows that there is a strong correlation between saltwater intrusion in the Yangtze Estuary and discharge at Datong. In the near future, the discharge of the Yangtze River during dry seasons will decrease due to the construction and operation of large water diversion projects, including the South-to-North Water Transfer Project, which will further exacerbate saltwater intrusion in the estuary. In this paper, a nested 1D river network model and a 2D saltwater numerical model are used to associate saltwater intrusion in the Yangtze Estuary with different values of discharge at Datong. It is concluded that 13 000 m3/s is the critical discharge at Datong for preventing saltwater intrusion and controlling the volume of water transferred by the South-to-North Water Transfer Project. Furthermore, based on the analysis of river discharge from Datong to Xuliujing and in consideration of the influence of all of the water diversion projects, operation schemes are proposed for the Eastern Route of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project for different hydrological years.

Geological conditions and key rock mechanics issues in the Western Route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project

In terms of special geological conditions of the Western Route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project, the classification method for surrounding rocks is discussed by combining with the construction method of tunnel boring machine （TBM）. The classification standard of surrounding rocks is put forward on the basis of physical simulations and engineering practices. Damage, deformation and evolution of surrounding rocks induced by TBM excavation are discussed. Meanwhile, the long-term deformation mechanisms and stability of surrounding rocks are also studied. On this basis, a three-dimensional constitutive model for interbedded sandstone slate and a fiat shell-joint element-foundation system for calculating internal forces of segment lining are established. The deformation features of surrounding rocks of deep and steep interbedded sandstone slate and their influences on internal forces of segment lining are presented. Finally, the design methods of segment lining constructed in deep and steep flysch are proposed.

Forecasting Loss of Ecosystem Service Value Using a BP Network: A Case Study of the Impact of the South-to-north Water Transfer Project on the Ecological Environmental in Xiangfan, Hubei Province, China

Objective To recognize and assess the impact of the South-to-north Water Transfer Project (SNWTP) on the ecological environment of Xiangfan, Hubei Province, situated in the water-out area, and develop sound scientific countermeasures. Methods A three-layer BP network was built to simulate topology and process of the eco-economy system of Xiangfan. Historical data of ecological environmental factors and socio-economic factors as inputs, and corresponding historical data of ecosystem service value (ESV) and GDP as target outputs, were presented to train and test the network. When predicted input data after 2001 were presented to trained network as generalization sets, ESVs and GDPs of 2002, 2003, 2004... till 2050 were simulated as output in succession. Results Up to 2050, the area would have suffered an accumulative total ESV loss of RMB 104.9 billion, which accounted for 37.36% of the present ESV. The coinstantaneous GDP would change asynchronously with ESV, it would go through an up-to-down process and finally lose RMB89.3 billion, which accounted for 18.71% of 2001. Conclusions The simulation indicates that ESV loss means damage to the capability of socio-economic sustainable development, and suggests that artificial neural networks (ANNs) provide a feasible and effective method and have an important potential in ESV modeling.

Price Analysis of Water Supply for South-to-North Water Transfer Project

The factors influencing the water supply price of a hydraulic project include natural conditions and economic policies. This paper thoroughly demonstrates the water price of South-to-North Water Transfer Project from the viewpoint of economic policies. It is considered that if the project is assigned as a profitable one and built depending on commercial loan from bank completely or mostly, the water price will be too high to be undertaken by users,and if the project places the public good at first while considering the economic benefit, its investment mainly relies on the state (national or local governments) appropriation and self-raised funds and a little from the bank loan on favorable terms, the price determined according to the principle of satisfying the cost and reasonable profit will be relatively lower and can be undertaken by the users in the North China where water shortage is serious. The problem of higher water price of agricultural irrigation to the north of the Yellow River can be tackled by taking measures such as "compensating agriculture by industry" according to foreign practical experiences and relevant suggestions.

Water Security Situation in Haihe River Basin after South-to-North Water Transfer Project

The over-exploitation of water resources in the Haihe River Basin （HRB） has now become a serious problem. This is clearly evidenced by the fact that many local rivers and lakes are drying up and the total amount of over-exploited groundwater has reached over 1000×10^8m^3. It is important to note that the exploitation of water resources in HRB was reasonable before 1979. After 1980, however, over-exploitation happened with an annual average amount of 40×10^8m^3. Both the dry season and rapid economic growth in HRB took place at the same time. Therefore, the over-exploitation of water in HRB was actually the negative result of the conjunction of a continuous dry season and rapid economic growth. So the over-exploitation would not be as serious as it is today if either of the above two stopped. After the first stage of south-to-north water transfer project, the water shortage problem in HRB could be eased for the following reasons： firstly, water transfer project will bring to the Basin 60x108m3 water resources; secondly, a wet season will come back eventually according to natural law of climate variability; finally, its agricultural and industrial use and total water consumption all have decreased from the peak value, so that the groundwater table will raise certainly and ecological water in rivers and lakes that were dried-up will be partly restored. In the future, the main problem of water resources security in HRB will include water pollution, operation risk of the south-to-north water transfer project, groundwater pollution and engineering geological hazards that may be brought by groundwater rise. The proposed countermeasures are as follows： keeping strengthening water demand management, raising water price as well as subsidies for the low- income family and improving other water related policies, preventing and dealing with water pollution seriously and getting fully prepared for the operation of south-to-north water transfer project.

Simulation of Transport Channel in China's Middle Route South-to-North Water Transfer Project

The unsteady flow in the Middle Route South-to-North Water Transfer Channel was simulated numerically using an implicit solution procedure for the Saint Venant equations. An equivalent roughness was used to simulate the effect of many transfer structures on the water levels in the main channel. Various gate operating and control methods were analyzed to study the response to disturbances produced by varying the flow rates through the Tianjin outlet. The results show that when the inflow at the head changes in the same way as the sum of the flow rates through all the outlets, the transition time and the fluctuation of the water levels using the timed gate operation method are less than when using the simultaneous gate operation method, but the variations of the gate openings and flow rates through each control gate are much larger. The flow disturbances produced by the Tianjin outlet can be rectified within several channel sections and the transition time can be greatly shortened by allowing the water levels immediately upstream of the control gates to vary within proscribed ranges, rather than being held constant.

南水北调中线总干渠冰盖糙率观测分析

冰盖糙率是确定渠道冰期输水水位和流量关系的基础参数,一直是明渠冰工程研究的重点之一。鉴于当前大型混凝土渠道冰盖糙率研究成果相当匮乏,以南水北调中线总干渠石家庄以北唯一无输水建筑物的唐河节制闸—放水河节制闸渠段为研究区域,依据全线通水以来唯一生成全渠段封冻冰盖的2016年1—2月逐日水位和流量实测数据,采用伯努利能量方程和谢才-曼宁公式推求渠道糙率,定性定量分析封冻前后渠道糙率变化特征。结果表明:①研究渠段畅流期渠道糙率n b为0.0167,封冻期冰盖综合糙率n c为0.0146,冰盖下表面糙率n i为0.0118。②由于水力磨蚀作用,封冻期冰盖糙率随时间呈波动减小的趋势。③渠道一旦生成封冻冰盖,输水能力大幅降低,仅占渠道设计流量的66.7%。该研究给出了大型混凝土渠道封冻冰盖糙率和输水能力降低的确切数值,以期为冰期输水调度和类似工程设计提供科学依据。

基于标准化温度指数的南水北调中线工程沿线地区冷暖冬评估

选择南水北调中线工程沿线邯郸、正定、涿州为代表地区,利用1979-2021年冬季逐日气温数据,分析各代表区气温序列统计频率分布与理论概率分布的拟合情况,提出标准化温度指数(standardized temperature index,STI),并据此建立新的冬季冷暖量化评估模型。结果表明:STI方法与国标法的冬季冷暖评估结果基本一致,但在各代表区强冷冬和强暖冬划定上,STI评估得出的年份数量均少于国标法;各代表区以1月份气温计算得出的冷暖等级阈值对应的气温值均明显低于按整个冬季3个月计算结果。工程所在纬度越高,冬季冷暖等级阈值对应的气温值越低;根据STI评估结果,邯郸、正定、涿州发生强冷冬概率分别为7.14%、9.52%和4.76%,发生弱冷冬及以上的概率分别为38.09%、40.48%和38.09%,发生平冬的概率分别为21.43%、28.57%和21.43%,发生弱暖冬及以上的概率分别为40.48%、30.95%和40.48%,发生强暖冬的概率分别为4.76%、7.14%和2.38%。研究成果与基于正态分布的国标法相比,考虑了气温序列的偏态性概率分布特征,对相对冷暖的判别更科学,有推广应用价值。

The Evaluation of the Integrated Risk for the South-to-North Water Transfer Project Using the Bayesian Network Theory

南水北调工程是目前我国最大的调水工程。随着工程的建设和运行,由不确定性问题引起的风险问题越来越受到关注,工程运行的风险分析也摆在管理者的面前,如何识别、评估、降低和控制风险的发生成为南水北调工程运行中的一个重要问题。本文首次将贝叶斯网络理论引入到南水北调综合风险分析中,选取东线工程宝应抽水泵站为研究对象,利用贝叶斯网络推理功能得出宝应站运行综合风险发生的概率为0.025%,风险发生的等级为"较低"。利用情景分析的方法,得出在影响综合风险的因素中,泵站的管理维护状况条件改变时,综合风险变化最大,因此需要予以重点关注。

南水北调中线京石段闸门间歇关闭水力响应特性

为减小闸门关闭引发的水位壅高,以南水北调中线工程京石段磁河闸至沙河北闸之间的渠池为研究对象,构建一维明渠非恒定渐变流仿真模型,比较分次间歇关闸与一次连续关闸,以及不同闸门间歇方案对闸前壅水峰值、水力振荡稳定时间的影响。研究表明:分次间歇关闸可带来更低的闸前壅水水位和更短的水力振荡稳定时间;设置1次间歇相较于多次间歇可减小闸前壅水峰值,将间歇开始时刻设置在上游降水波即将传播至闸前的时刻、设置间歇时长略小于关闸总时间的1/2均可有效降低闸前壅水峰值,缩短稳定时间。闸门分次间歇关闭水力响应特性与水波运动规律紧密关联,合理设置间歇有助于在应急调控阶段减少事故造成的影响。

南水北调中线沉藻池布置方案优化

南水北调中线总干渠联通工程处拟新建沉藻池,实现总干渠藻类等混合物集中沉降和处理。通过现场试验研究总干渠水体藻类等混合物沉降特性,并采用二维水动力数值仿真分析沉藻池在设计工况条件下的水流特性,提出导流墩的优化布置思路。结果表明:在水深基本一致条件下,随着断面平均流速的增加,有效沉降距离增加,有效沉降率有所降低;在沉藻池初始设计方案下,藻类等混合物可在沉藻池内进行沉降,但沉藻池利用效率不足;布置纵向导流墩后,可有效改善沉藻池内水流平顺性和水体交换能力;在设计工况下,沉藻池内回流区水域面积占比从57%降低至7%,池内水流平均流速从约0.10 m/s降低至约0.07 m/s,平均水龄从约18 h降低至约6 h。研究成果可为中线沉藻池工程布置提供基本技术支撑。

南水北调中线总干渠水情数据智能清洗

南水北调中线总干渠水位、流量等实时水情数据受外界扰动、测量系统误差等因素影响而产生的病态水情数据将造成调度模型计算失真,甚至导致计算失败。为此,针对上下游流量数据空间上的逻辑错误和水位数据时间序列的跳变,分别建立基于粒子群优化的水量平衡模型和指数加权滑动平均模型,对病态水情数据在空间、时间上实施横向、纵向清洗处理。以穿黄节制闸至漳河节制闸间的渠段为典型研究区间,利用模型自动识别流量倒挂点,并对该渠段涉及的12座节制闸、26处分水点的流量数据进行统一修正,实现了上下游逻辑上的合理性。同时,选取研究渠段内的闫河节制闸为代表,在48 h内运行基本稳定状态下,对每2 h的闸前水位数据序列进行分析,自动识别出跳变数据并进行合理修正。结果表明:建立的模型可自动识别病态水情数据并进行智能清洗,处理后的数据能够较好地满足输水调度分析决策的需要,因此该模型具有推广应用的价值。

南水北调中线河南段沿线城市旅游竞争力评价及旅游合作

选取南水北调中线河南段沿线8个城市作为研究对象,参考并借鉴城市旅游竞争力评价相关研究成果,从基础设施、发展现状和生态环境3个方面选取22个评价指标。通过主成分分析法和系统聚类分析法对8个沿线城市旅游竞争力进行了排序和等级水平划分,提出了促进南水北调中线河南段沿线城市旅游发展和合作的路径。结论包括:(1)郑州旅游竞争力最强,许昌、鹤壁旅游竞争力相对较弱。(2)划分了3种竞争力等级水平和2种竞争类型。(3)提出了着力推进“一轴两带三组团”式旅游合作路径。

南水北调中线工程核心水源区石漠化治理探讨

淅川县是南水北调中线工程渠首和核心水源区,境内有亚洲第1大人工水库丹江口水库,生态区位十分重要,由于水源区周围的山体主要是喀斯特地貌,土壤脊薄,植被稀少,石漠化问题十分突出。为担起一库清水送京津的重任,治理石漠化迫在眉睫。2016年以来,淅川县根据不同石漠化类型,通过人工造林、飞播造林、封山育林、退化林修复等多种方式进行综合治理,积累了丰富的经验,为石漠化地区石漠化治理提供参考。

汉江流域骤旱演变规律及其对南水北调中线工程的响应分析

通过识别汉江流域骤旱事件,分析了汉江流域在南水北调中线工程实施前后其骤旱事件特征的差异,并且使用偏最小二乘回归(Partial Least Squares Regression, PLSR)、支持向量机(Support Vector Machine, SVM)和随机森林(Random Forest, RF)3种机器学习方法建立了骤旱历时回归模型,定量分析了南水北调中线工程对骤旱历时的影响。结果表明:(1)南水北调中线工程实施后,汉江流域骤旱频次从平均每年0.7次上升至0.9次,骤旱历时从平均每年24.6 d上升至34.5 d,但在空间上,上游骤旱历时显著延长,中游增加幅度减弱,下游骤旱历时却缩短;(2)骤旱爆发历时在空间分布上由5~6 d均匀分布变为上下游不均分布,上游爆发历时缩短至3~5 d,而中下游地区延长至7~9 d;(3)随机森林对骤旱历时模拟效果最好,气候条件对骤旱历时影响最大,相对重要性为0.34,其中降水为0.14,净辐射为0.12,相对湿度为0.08,南水北调中线工程延长了汉江流域中下游地区的骤旱历时,相对重要性为0.12。

Ecological assessment of lakeshore wetland rehabilitation on eastern route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project

To evaluate the ecological effects of lakeshore wetland rehabilitation on the eastern route of the Southto-NorthWater Transfer Project,species composition,coverage,height,and biomass of wetland communities at 22 sites of the study area on the shore of Nansi Lake in April and May 2007 were investigated.The wetlands under investigation were divided into platform fields,transition zones,and shallow water zones according to differences in elevations,water levels,and human activities.The species richness index,Shannon-Wiener index,Simpson index,and Pielou Evenness index were adopted to delineate and discuss the ecological effects of lakeshore wetland rehabilitation in 22 quadrates.Results showed that the species richness of the wetland areas after 2 years’rehabilitation amounted to 47 of 24 families,higher than 25 of 20 families in areas without rehabilitation.The biodiversity index and abundance index of rehabilitated areas were also higher than those of platform fields and fish ponds where there was no rehabilitation.In addition,the Shannon-Wiener index,Simpson index,and community evenness index of platform fields in rehabilitated wetland areas were 1.619,0.745,and 0.860,respectively,higher than those of the platform fields before rehabilitating.The results suggested that the constructed lakeshore wetland played an important role in protecting the diversity of species.

Coupling interaction between biodiversity and aquatic habitat area in Western Route Project vicinity

The Western Route of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project will divert water from the upper Yangtze River and its tributaries, the Dadu River and Yalong River, to the upper Yellow River. The project may ease the water shortage in the Yellow River Basin. However, it may also have some effects on the ecosystem in the upper Yangtze River Basin. Benthic invertebrates play an important role in the river ecosystem, particularly in the circulation of materials and nutrition. Benthic invertebrates are widely used to quickly assess river ecosystems because of their rapid response to changes in the water environment. The diversity of benthic invertebrates is closely associated with the aquatic habitat area. This study examined this interaction by sampling the benthic invertebrates in an expanding area. The conclusions are that the diversity of benthic invertebrates begins to decrease when the aquatic habitat area is reduced to 45% of the original area, and decreases dramatically when the aquatic habitat area is reduced to 10% of the original area. The aquatic habitat area should be kept at more than 45% of the original area in order to maintain the significant diversity of benthic invertebrates.

2-D NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF FLOODING EFFECTS CAUSED BY SOUTH-TO-NORTH WATER TRANSFER PROJECT

Since the General Channel designed for the South-to-North Water Transfer Project in China has to cross many rivers and streams flowing from west to east, there are potentially serious effects additional flooding on the western side of the project alignment. Therefore, a 2-D numerical model for forecasting basin flood disasters was established and verified using historical flood data. The model was applied to researching the interaction between the proposed Project and flooding events for 5 streams in the Anyang River reach as a representative case study. Simulated results indicate that the model could correctly forecast the flood, submerged area and depths, and water surface elevations along the left side of the channel. The discharge capacity and location of hydraulic structures in the transfer canal alignment were analyzed. Then adjustments to the dimensions and positioning of proposed hydraulic structures were recommended at intersections, especially the addition of a channel to transfer flood water from one stream to another, which can effectively limit the sluice and protect the Anyang City from flooding.