HE Yu-pu, WANG Jie, HONG Da-lin, XIA Chao-fan, CHE Li, ZHANG Jian
China Rural Water and Hydropower. 2019, (12):
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The mitigation effect of eco-ditch with controlled drainage and matrix dam on nitrogen runoff losses from paddy fields was investigated by field experiment. Based on the data observed after paddy field surface drainage in the yellow maturity, the nitrogen concentration changes and nitrogen removal mechanism of the eco-ditch with controlled drainage and matrix dam were monitored. We carried out a field experiment of eco-ditch with controlled drainage and matrix dam in 2017. The experimental site was located in the CaoWei Village of the Hongze County. The controlled drainage gate and matrix dam were set in the ditch at the side of strip field (9.6ha) and irrigation canal flow through the another side. The controlled drainage gate was reinforced concrete structure. The elevation of ram was set same to the strip field. The matrix dam consisted of six dams located in the 2m downstream of controlled drainage gate. The padding of first and sixth dams were stone with particle size of 2-3cm, which were set for energy dissipation and stabilizing the matrix dam. The padding of second and third dams were zeolite about 2cm, which were set for adsorbing nutrients. The padding of fourth and fifth dams were elastic solid material, which were vector of biological film. The paddy fields drainage water was held in the eco-ditch by controlled drainage gate. The nitrogen in drainage water reduced again by matrix dam after overflowing from the controlled drainage gate. Due to the surface drainage and lateral seepage from paddy fields, the high water level in the eco-ditch was remained during the observation stage. The drainage water overflowed from the controlled drainage gate everyday. During the five days paddy fields drainage water held in the eco-ditch, water samples were collected every day at the upstream of controlled drainage gate and downstream of matrix dam, respectively. Then, total nitrogen (TN), ammonium nitrogen and nitrate nitrogen concentrations in the water samples were analyzed, respectively. Results showed a combination of controlled drainage and matrix dam may be an effective method for mitigating nitrogen runoff losses from paddy fields. The eco-ditch with controlled drainage and matrix dam obtained 58.20% TN removal. The organic nitrogen was main form of TN in drainage channel water body after paddy field surface drainage in the yellow maturity, the mean ratio of organic nitrogen /TN was 78.14%. The removal of inorganic nitrogen was 11.89%, which was much lower than that of TN. Reductions in TN concentration were primarily due to the organic nitrogen removal in the eco-ditch. The nitrogen mitigation capacity of controlled drainage was higher than that of matrix dam. The removal of TN under controlled drainage was 46.24%, higher than that under matrix dam (8.19%).