Bulletin on the Ecological and Environmental Monitoring Results of the Three Gorges Project 2015
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Bulletin on the Ecological and Environmental Monitoring Results of the Three Gorges Project 2015 Content Summary.......................................................................................................................................................3 Chapter 1 Operation of the Three Gorges Project...................................................................................5 Chapter 2 Economic and Social Development..........................................................................................7 Chapter 3 Natural Ecology and Environment..........................................................................................8 3.1 Climate................................................................................................................................................8 3.2 Forest resources................................................................................................................................11 3.3 Terrestrial plants................................................................................................................................12 3.4 Survey on the wintering water birds...................................................................................................13 3.5 Rare and endemic aquatic animals...................................................................................................13 3.6 Agroecology.......................................................................................................................................15 3.7 Fishery resources and environment..................................................................................................16 3.8 Earthquake and geological disasters..................................................................................................18 Chapter 4 Discharge of Pollution Sources...............................................................................................20 4.1 Discharge of Industrial Effluent........................................................................................................20 4.2 Discharge of Urban pollutants...........................................................................................................20 4.3 Agricultural Non-point Pollution.......................................................................................................22 4.4 Discharge of Ship Pollutants..............................................................................................................22 Chapter 5 Status of Water Environment Quality...................................................................................24 5.1 Streamflow......................................................................................................................................24 5.2 Water quality.....................................................................................................................................24 5.3 Trophic state and algal blooms of main tributaries...........................................................................25 1 Content Chapter 6 Status of Public Health ............................................................................................................27 6.1 Basic Situation..............................................................................................................................27 6.2 Life Statistics.....................................................................................................................................27 6.3 Monitoring of Diseases......................................................................................................................27 6.4 Monitoring of Biological Media........................................................................................................29 Chapter 7 Environmental Quality of the Dam Area...............................................................................31 7.1 Hydrology and Meteorology..............................................................................................................31 7.2 Air Quality.........................................................................................................................................32 7.3 Water Quality.....................................................................................................................................32 7.4 Noise.................................................................................................................................................33 Chapter 8 Monitoring and Studies on Ecological Environment............................................................34 8.1 Wanzhou Model Zone.......................................................................................................................34 8.2 Zigui Model Zone.............................................................................................................................35 8.3 Water-level-fluctuating zone.............................................................................................................36 8.4 Groundwater dynamics and soil gleization.......................................................................................37 8.5 Water-salt dynamics and soil Salinization in the estuary .................................................................37 8.6 Ecological environment in the estuary..............................................................................................39 8.7 Wetlands in the midstream................................................................................................................41 8.8 Small Watersheds in the Upstream ...................................................................................................45 8.9 Algal blooms in main tributaries.......................................................................................................48 2 Bulletin on the Ecological and Environmental Monitoring Results of the Three Gorges Project 2015 Summary In 2014, the Three Gorges Water Project maintained no report on epidemic diseases. The GDP of the project stable and efficient operation for the eleventh area reached 632.059 bn. yuan, up 11.3% compared with consecutive year, giving full play to the comprehensive that of 2013. The primary industry, secondary industry role of flood control, power generation, navigation, and tertiary industry achieved value added by 62.179 bn. drought resistance and water replenishment. The 175 yuan, 322.06 bn. yuan and 247.82 bn. yuan, marking an m trial impoundment was achieved in success for the increase of 4.7%, 13.2% and 10.3% respectively than fifth consecutive time. During the flood season, a total that of 2013. of 17.512 bn. m3 floodwater was impounded. The Three Gorges power plant generated electricity of 98.8 bn. The mean annual temperature of the project area kWh accumulatively throughout the year, setting the posted 17.8℃, maintaining the level of average year. new world record of annual power generation of a single The region experienced 1,213.3 mm mean annual power plant, and the navigation lock had been operated precipitation, higher than that of average year. The mean safely and efficiently with annual freight volume of 109 relative humidity was 77%, maintaining the normal mil. t. The project replenished the lower reaches with level, while the mean evaporation was obviously less about 24.35 bn. m3 of water during the water-level- than average year, standing at 878.2 mm. The mean wind fluctuating period. speed posted 1.4 m/s, close to historical average. The permanent population of the Three Gorges Project The area of arable land of the Three Gorges Project area had reached 14.5709 mil. by the end of year, up area stood at 411,426.1 ha., and the planted acreage by 0.5% compared with that of 2013; the registered is 607,268 ha. with multiple cropping index of 218%. population stood at 16.8961 mil., up by 0.4%. The Grain crops still dominated agricultural production. people in the area were in good health, and there were 3 Summary The catch of fisheries at the project area, downstream timely early warning. of the dam, Dongting Lake, Poyang Lake and the estuary totaled 62,200 t. The fish fry amount of the four major In the project area, 212 mil. t of wastewater from Chinese carps at Jianli section was about 355 mil., a industrial sources was discharged including 35,100 t slight decrease compared with that of the same period of COD and 2,200 t of NH3-N. Discharges of domestic of the previous year. The survey at the upstream of the sewage amounted to 794 mil. t including 123,000 t of project area found 25 endemic fish species and 5 species COD and 22,600 t of NH3-N. Up to 615.4 t of pesticides of alien fish. Natural propagation of Aclpenser Sinensis were applied in the area, while the application of Grdy at the downstream of Gezhouba Project was not fertilizer stood at 130,000 t. Up to 439,000 t of ship oil- found during monitoring, and the number of breeding contaminated water was generated of which 404,000 population by sonar detection remained at a low level. t was discharged up-to-standard. Shipboard domestic sewage totaled 3.74 mil. t. The Three Gorges Project area observed 1,120 earth quakes at M≥0.0. The frequency marked certain The annual average water quality of the mainstream increase compared with that of 2013 with the intensity of Yangtze River in the project area was good and that witnessing a bit decrease. Minor earthquakes were of Jialing River was