An integrative analytical framework and evaluation system of water environment security in the context of agricultural non-point source perspective

Abstract

Agricultural non-point source pollution (ANPSP) caused a contradiction between economic growth and water environmental security protection. In order to understand the trade-off between social-economic development and water environmental security in the context of agricultural non-point source pollution, a Driving force-Agricultural non-point source pollution-Pressure-State-Response (DAPSR) model framework was proposed, and 23 indicators were selected to construct the evaluation system of water environment security in this study. And we take Ya’an City, China as case study from 2017 to 2019, the characteristics of water pollution was analyzed, and the water environment security was evaluated by method of particle swarm projection pursuit. The results show that: (1) Agricultural non-point source pollutant discharge in Ya’an generally shows a decreasing trend. (2) The agricultural non-point source pollution subsystem and the response subsystem have a great impact on water environment security. (3) According to the values of water environment security, Yucheng, Hanyuan, Tianquan and Lushan are basically safe in level III, Mingshan is unsafe in level IV, Yingjing is safe in level II, Shimian and Baoxing are safe in level II. (4) The degree of agricultural non-point sources is highly correlated with the water environment security. This study shows that the DAPSR model is feasible and practical, and can provide a scientific basis for the decision-making of regional agricultural non-point source pollution prevention and water environmental security protection.