Nitrogen and phosphorus concentration zoning control method of surface water in the Haihe River Basin

Abstract

Abstract Various uncertain influencing factors and incomprehensible mechanisms have posed daunting challenges to the management and treatment of regional surface water environment quality. The unified measures and the “one-size-fits-all” management approach limit the treatment effectiveness. Therefore, considering natural and human activities which are major factors affecting the surface water environment quality, the present study proposed a set of zoning management and control schemes for nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations in surface water based on its natural attributes. Selecting DEM, rainfall, vegetation type, soil type, and land use, and employing “grid transformation”, “data extraction”, “attribute superposition” of GIS software and “correlation analysis”, “cluster analysis”, and “principal component analysis” of SPSS software, the Haihe River Basin was divided into the prevention zone, the control zone, and the non-control zone with different natural attribute sets by the correlation coefficient R2 and the nitrogen and phosphorus pollution therein. Based on the nitrogen and phosphorus data of 276 surface water quality monitoring sites, the multiple nonlinear stepwise regression analysis was conducted to construct the relationship between a single water quality indicator and its natural attributes in the three zones. The results are of essential practical significance to surface water environment quality zoning management and survey in the Haihe River Basin. Meanwhile, it provides innovative insights into environmental zoning management in other regions.