Dissertation Research: Capitalizing on Existing Landscape Features for Sustainable Wastewater Management in the Andean Amazon of Peru

论文研究：利用秘鲁安第斯亚马逊地区现有景观特征进行可持续废水管理

• 批准号: 0547336
• 负责人: Mark Brown
• 金额: $ 1.43万
• 依托单位: University of Florida
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-05-01 至 2007-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0547336&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Capitalizing; Existing; Landscape

In this U.S.-Peru dissertation enhancement project supported by the Americas Program of the Office of International Science and Engineering, Lynn V. Saunders of the University of Florida will pursue a program of research to study wastewater management solutions, particularly the treatment potential of drainage ditches in Oxapampa, Peru, a rural town in the Andean Amazon. These earthen and vegetated ditches, called zanjas, route untreated wastewater from approximately 5,000 residents through the town and into a third-order river, the Rio Chorobamba. The Peruvian collaborator is Juan Sanez at the Institute of Environmental Studies, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru in Lima.The findings from this study will have direct implications for wastewater management throughout the developing world due to the ubiquitous use of rudimentary ditches for routing wastewater. This study will also contribute scientific information useful for understanding intrinsic attenuation capabilities of agricultural and roadside ditches, thus addressing a topic still lacking adequate attention in the current literature. The wastewater treatment processes that they will study are appropriate for the Andean region where they are to be applied than more technically advanced methods. This project will provide an opportunity to apply classroom skills to the "real world," so that students at the K-12 level will gain increased awareness of the connections between water, ecosystems and human health. This study will contribute to the local and global scientific community by providing further insight into sustainable water management strategies that improve both human and ecosystem health.

在国际科学与工程办公室美洲项目支持的美国-秘鲁论文强化项目中，佛罗里达大学的 Lynn V. Saunders 将开展一项研究计划，研究废水管理解决方案，特别是排水沟的处理潜力秘鲁奥克萨潘帕是安第斯亚马逊地区的一个乡村小镇。 这些被称为 zanjas 的土制和植被沟渠将约 5,000 名居民未经处理的废水流经该镇，流入三级河流 Rio Chorobamba。 秘鲁合作者是位于利马的秘鲁天主教大学环境研究所的胡安·萨内斯(Juan Sanez)。由于普遍使用简陋的沟渠来输送废水，这项研究的结果将对整个发展中国家的废水管理产生直接影响。 这项研究还将提供有助于理解农业和路边沟渠的内在衰减能力的科学信息，从而解决当前文献中仍然缺乏足够关注的主题。 他们将研究的废水处理工艺比技术更先进的方法更适合安第斯地区的应用。 该项目将提供将课堂技能应用到“现实世界”的机会，以便 K-12 级别的学生能够提高对水、生态系统和人类健康之间联系的认识。 这项研究将进一步深入了解改善人类和生态系统健康的可持续水管理策略，为当地和全球科学界做出贡献。