Key technologies and equipment for contaminated surface/groundwater environment in the rural river network area of China: integrated remediation

Han Wang,Weiwu Ma,Yayi Wang,Yajie Qian,Zhuoran Zhang,Changqing Su,Jingsong Guo,Gang Xue,Tianbei Wang,Pin Gao,Junwu Yu,Jiang Zhao,Min Wu,Bingnian Zong

doi:10.1186/s12302-020-00451-1

Abstract

To realize the integrated remediation of SW/GW and soil in the rural river network area, the integrated remediation in rural river network area project (IR-RRNA), funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China, has been launched. In eastern China, the rural river network area (RRNA) is an anthropic active area characterized by its rapid economic development and high gross national product. However, the water environmental pollution in these areas is increasingly severe, which has greatly hindered their sustainable development. Especially, the frequent interactions between surface/groundwater (SW–GW) have intensified the pollution migration and transformation in RRNA. The IR-RRNA (2019–2022) will apply the related interdisciplinary and methodological knowledge to elucidate the transportation and transformation of pollutants in water and soil during SW–GW interaction and develop remediation technologies of surface water, groundwater, and soil suitable for the RRNA. In this way, to realize the remediation technologies integration for surface/groundwater and soil in RRNA and implementing application demonstration. Meanwhile, a technical guideline will be compiled for the integrated remediation suitable for the RRNA. This project is conducive to addressing the urgent environmental problems as well as promoting rural economic revitalization and ecological environment optimization.

Highlights

The river network is formed by the river mainstreams and their tributaries in the river basin, which is the result of the interaction between the environment and human activities
Rural areas in plain river network areas possess an increasingly important status as they are the main producer of food and other natural resources for urban areas
The strategies to cope with rural development have attracted wide attention and the differential approach for the planning of rural development has been proposed

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Introduction

The river network is formed by the river mainstreams and their tributaries in the river basin, which is the result of the interaction between the environment and human activities. River networks have both ecological and social benefits for regional development, in particular in the. Rural development is a hot topic and challenging issue for human beings since the regional development has become more imbalanced between urban and rural areas in terms of population change, economic development, access to services, and social outcomes [4]. Differential approaches have been proposed in worldwide for planning rapid and sustainable rural development. The strategies to properly manipulate rural development are urgently required to effectively promote the environmental quality in the rural area

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