Runoff And Water Quality Of Bui River At Headwater Catchment In Luong Son District Hoa Binh Province

MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

VIETNAM FORESTRY UNIVERSITY

STUDENT THESIS

RUNOFF AND WATER QUALITY OF BUI RIVER AT HEADWATER

CATCHMENT IN LUONG SON DISTRICT,

HOA BINH PROVINCE.

Major: Natural Resources Management

Code: D850101

Faculty: Forest Resources and Environmental Management

Student: Dương Tuấn Anh Student ID:1153092241

Class: K56 Natural Resources Management Course: 2011 - 2015

Advanced Education Program

Developed in collaboration with Colorado State University, USA

Supervisor: Dr. Bùi Xuân Dũng

Ha Noi, October/2015

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Dr. Dung and Prof: Lee Mac

Donald providing continuous encouragement and enthusiastic support during the research

work in. I greatly appreciated the help provided for by the Lam Son hydrometeorology

station provided for me data, laboratory of Vietnam Forestry University and Institute of

Chemistry in Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology helped me to analysis water

sample, and would especially like to thank Mss. Huyen, Mss. Xuan who helped me

directly.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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ASBTRACT ........................................................................................................................... 1

I. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 2

1.1. Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 2

1.2. Overview of the previous research issues.......................................................................3

II. OBJECTIVES ................................................................................................................... 5

III. STUDY SITE AND METHODS ..................................................................................... 5

3.1. Study site ......................................................................................................................... 5

3.2. Methods .......................................................................................................................... 8

3.2.1. Identified the boundary of headwater catchment of Bui River .................................... 8

3.2.2. Runoff measurement .................................................................................................... 9

3.2.3. Rainfall measurement ................................................................................................ 10

3.2.4. Water quality measurement ....................................................................................... 11

IV. RESULTS AND DISCUSTION ................................................................................... 21

4.1. Parameter characteristics of Bui River’s headwater catchment .................................... 21

4.2. Flow regime characteristics of Bui River at headwater catchment. ............................. 23

4.3. Water quality of Bui River ............................................................................................ 28

V. CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................... 34

REFERENCES .................................................................................................................... 35