Research on Theoretical Framework and Implementation Path of Green Maintenance of Inland Waterway

Abstract

Inland waterway maintenance could guarantee channel dimension and maintain navigation conditions. With the continuous increase of channel mileage, inland waterway maintenance gradually became more frequent and scale-up, as well. The maintenance activities would inevitably cause adverse environment impacts on waters, and disturb the ecosystem. Therefore, it was necessary to implement the green maintenance to reduce the negative impacts in the maintenance process. However, the research on green maintenance of inland waterway was not systematic and impeccable. This paper proposed a solution for the problem above. Firstly identified the environmental impacts of maintenance based on the analysis of maintenance process. Secondly the notion and principles of green maintenance are put forward, according to the concept of green transportation and green channel. Thirdly, the study constructed the technical framework of green maintenance and summarized the major measures for green maintenance. An last, implementation path of green maintenance was addressed including standard-setting, establishing system management, technology research and development, etc.