天然色素生产废水的生物处理研究

天然色素生产废水是一种色度大、难处理的高浓度有机废水，为了寻找该废水的有效处理方法，本文作者采用由升流式厌氧污泥床（UASB）、生物接触氧化、混凝吸附组成的废水处理工艺，对该废水进行了处理试验，结果表明，对稀释4倍的原水，当进水COD为14900mg／L左右时，UASB经过36h的水力停留时间，COD的去除率为58．2％～60．2％、出水色度为180～270倍，SS为119～126mg／L，pH值为6．5～6．8；UASB出水经过24h好氧生物接触氧化反应，COD的去除率超过90％，SS〈70mg／L；最终经过Ca（CIO）2氧化和煤渣吸附深度处理，脱色可至无色，出水COD为200mg／L以下。UASB-生物接触氧化-氧化吸附组合处理工艺处理该类天然色素生产废水是可行的。     

UASB+AF-生物接触氧化工艺处理皂素-酒精综合废水

采用水解酸化-UASB+AF-接触氧化工艺处理黄姜皂素-酒精综合废水,经调试启动和运行研究,结果表明:当进水COD在10 000~12 800 mg/L时,最终出水COD浓度可降低到200 mg/L以下;水解酸化、UASB+AF和接触氧化各阶段的COD去除率分别达到23%、75%和93.5%,系统总的COD去除率可达到98.4%,出水色度在30~50倍之间;同时该工艺具有运行稳定、耐冲击负荷能力强等特点。     

混凝-生物接触氧化-臭氧氧化工艺对印染废水处理特性评价

评价了大塘污水处理厂混凝-生物接触氧化-臭氧氧化工艺对印染废水的处理特性,分析处理过程中COD、色度的去除规律。结果表明:混凝-生物接触氧化-臭氧氧化工艺出水COD浓度最优水平值(TPSs-3.84%)为18.7 mg/L,中间水平浓度(TPSs-50%)为45 mg/L,COD浓度保证值(TPSs-95%)为62.7 mg/L,优于排放标准;工艺出水色度最优水平值(TPSs-3.84%)为10倍,中间水平浓度(TPSs-50%)为40倍,出水保证值(TPSs-95%)为45倍。其中,臭氧氧化在印染废水出水COD和色度的深度处理中发挥重要作用,将出水COD达标保障率由原来的91%提高到100%、出水色度的达标保障率由0%提高到90%。     

铁炭内电解-厌氧-好氧工艺处理阿维菌素废水的试验研究

血清瓶毒性试验表明 ,AVM对厌氧消化产生强烈的抑制作用。AVM废水经铁炭内电解预处理后 ,COD和AVM的去除率分别达到 19.5 %和 6 8.5 % ,可大大降低废水的毒性。预处理出水再经UASB +生物接触氧化反应器进一步处理 ,当生化系统进水COD为 6 0 0 0— 6 5 0 0mg/L时 ,出水COD为 2 5 0— 2 80mg/L ,总COD去除率达到 95 .6 % ,出水达到生物制药行业排放标准     

折流式水解-复合膜生物法处理印染废水的特性

应用折流式水解-复合膜生物法处理印染废水,COD与色度去除效果显著.组合工艺出水COD在100 mg/L以下,总去除率90%以上,出水色度为6倍以下,色度去除率达97%以上,达到纺织印染行业一级排放标准(COD≤100 mg/L,色度≤40倍).其中,ABR段的COD去除率在50%～65%,MBR段的COD去除率在78%～85%,COD的去除主要在MBR段,而色度去除主要在ABR段.此外,还对MBR段的HRT、污泥浓度、曝气量的影响进行了试验研究,结果表明,MBR段适宜的HRT为8～12 h,污泥浓度为3～8.6 g/L,气水比为23:1～31:1.     

铁炭内电解—厌氧—好氧工艺处理阿维菌素废水的试验研究

血清瓶毒性试验表明，AVM对厌氧消化产生强烈的抑制作用，AVM废水经铁炭内电解参处理后，COD和AVM的去除率分别达到19．5％和68．5％，可大大降低废水的毒性，预处理出水再经UASB＋生物接触氧化反应器进一步处理，当生化系统进水COD为6000－6500mg/L时，出水COD为250－280mg/L，总COD去除率达到95．6％，出水达到生物制药行业排放标准。     

铁炭微电解-水解酸化-接触氧化法处理有机硅废水的研究

针对有机硅废水的特性,采用铁炭微电解预处理、水解酸化和接触氧化组合工艺处理有机硅废水。废水经铁炭微电解预处理后COD去除率达40%;水解酸化处理后COD去除率达30%;接触氧化处理后COD去除率达70%;当系统进水COD为750 mg/L时,经过组合工艺处理后,出水COD可降至100 mg/L以下,达到了工业废水排放标准。     

Fe/C微电解-Fenton氧化-混凝沉淀-生化法处理染料母液废水

采用Fe/C微电解-Fenton氧化-混凝沉淀-生物接触氧化法处理强酸性染料生产母液废水。结果表明,组合工艺对该强酸性母液废水具有理想的处理效果。在铁炭处理单元,当铁炭比为2.5∶1,曝气量为90 L/h,HRT=80 min时,单级色度和COD去除率分别为77.2%和48.7%,BOD5/COD升高至0.30;Fenton氧化处理单元,当30%H2O2投加量为3 mL/L,pH=3.5,HRT=80 min时,单级色度和COD去除率分别为83.6%和77.4%,BOD5/COD升高至0.48。再经过混凝沉淀和生物接触氧化处理后,废水的色度和COD总去除率可分别高于99.8%和99.2%。     

上流式厌氧污泥床反应器处理糖蜜酒精废水的启动运行研究

将取自某糖厂的糖蜜酒精废水稀释约100倍,并经过改性蔗渣灰活性炭吸附后,选用上流式厌氧污泥床(UASB)反应器进行处理。控制UASB反应器温度为40℃,进水流量为450mL/h,进水pH为6.5~7.2。结果表明,经过30d后,UASB反应器运行稳定,COD去除率达到60%,色度去除率达到25%,SO_4~(2-)去除率达到20%,产气量为60mL/L。     

生物接触氧化—絮凝循环回流法处理洁霉素废水的试验研究

本文概述了采用生物接触氧化(简称生物氧化)——絮凝循环回流法处理洁霉素废水的试验过程及结果分析。采用此法可使废水中的COD由13000～16000mg/l降至270～470mg/l,COD总去除率96～98.5％,色度去除率>95％,BOD去除率>98％,出水BOD<60mg/l,接近和达到生物制药工业废水的排放标准。     

Evaluation of trichloroethene recovery processes in heterogeneous aquifer cells flushed with biodegradable surfactants

The ability of two biodegradable surfactants, polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan monooleate (Tween 80) and sodium dihexyl sulfosuccinate (Aerosol MA), to recover a representative dense non-aqueous-phase liquid (DNAPL), trichloroethene (TCE), from heterogeneous porous media was evaluated through a combination of batch and aquifer cell experiments. An aqueous solution containing 3.3% Aerosol MA, 8% 2-propanol and 6 g/l CaCl(2) yielded a weight solubilization ratio (WSR) of 1.21 g TCE/g surfactant, with a corresponding liquid-liquid interfacial tension (IFT) of 0.19 dyn/cm. Flushing of aquifer cells containing a TCE-DNAPL source zone with approximately two pore volumes of the AMA formulation resulted in substantial (>30%) mobilization of TCE-DNAPL. However, a TCE mass recovery of 81% was achieved when the aqueous-phase flow rate was sufficient to displace the mobile TCE-DNAPL toward the effluent well. Aqueous solutions of Tween 80 exhibited a greater capacity to solubilize TCE (WSR=1.74 g TCE/g surfactant) and exerted markedly less reduction in IFT (10.4 dyn/cm). These data contradict an accepted empirical correlation used to estimate IFT values from solubilization capacity, and indicate a unique capacity of T80 to form concentrated TCE emulsions. Flushing of aquifer cells with less than 2.5 pore volumes of a 4% T80 solution achieved TCE mass recoveries ranging from 66 to 85%, with only slight TCE-DNAPL mobilization (<5%) occurring when the total trapping number exceeded 2 x 10(-5). These findings demonstrate the ability of Tween 80 and Aerosol MA solutions to efficiently recover TCE from a heterogeneous DNAPL source zone, and the utility of the total trapping number as a design parameter for a priori prediction of DNAPL mobilization and bank angle formation when flushing with low-IFT solutions. Given their potential to stimulate microbial reductive dechlorination at low concentrations, these surfactants are well-suited for remedial action plans that couple aggressive mass removal followed by enhanced bioremediation to treat chlorinated solvent source zones.     

Chloroaromatic pollutants in mussels incubated in two finnish watercourses polluted by industry

Concentrations of different chlorinated compounds were measured in mussels incubated in two polluted watercourses, a river (the River Kymijoki) and a lake (Lake Vanaja) for four weeks in summer 1995. The sum concentrations of polychlorinated phenols (PCP) and biphenyls (PCB) were both about 1 μg/g lipid weight (lw) in Lake Vanaja mussels, while in the River Kymijoki mussels PCPs were non-detectable and PCBs were measured 120 ng/g lIw. The concentrations of toxic polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (PCDD) and dibenzofuran (PCDF) congeners ranged between <17 and 370 pg/g Iw in Lake Vanaja mussels and between <38 and 11,000 pg/g lw in the River Kymijoki mussels. Polychlorinated diphenyl ethers (PCDE) were detected in the mussels incubated in the River Kymijoki (0.4–1.1 ng/g Iw), but not in those incubated in Lake Vanaja. Polychlorinated phenoxyanisoles (PCPA) were measured 33 ng/g lw and polychlorinated phenoxyphenols (PCPP) 300 ng/g lw in the mussels incubated in the River Kymijoki. PCPAs were also detected in reference samples, which were sediment and pike from the River Kymijoki and Baltic salmon, seal and white-tailed sea eagle.     

The variation of street air levels of PAH and other mutagenic PAC in relation to regulations of traffic emissions and the impact of atmospheric processes

The occurrence of particle associated PAH and other mutagenic PAC was determined in 1996 in the street air of Copenhagen. In addition, particle extracts were tested for mutagenicity. The measurements were compared with previous measurements in 1992/1993. The levels had decreased in this period. The decrease was caused by an implementation of light diesel fuels for buses and the exchange of older petrol-driven passenger cars with catalystequipped new ones. About 65% of the reduction was caused by the application of the light diesel fuels. Under special conditions, chemical processes in the atmosphere produced many more mutagens than the direct emissions. The concentrations of S-PAC and N-PAC were 10 times lower than those of PAH, while the levels of oxy-PAH were in the same order of magnitude as those of PAH. Benzanthrone, an oxy-PAH, is proposed to be formed in the atmosphere in addition to direct emissions. Benzo(a)pyrene, often applied as an air quality criteria indicator, was photochemically degraded in the atmosphere. A strong increase in the mutagenic activities was observed to coincide with a depletion of benzo(a)pyrene.     

Teratological effects of pesticides in vertebrates: a review

Abstract

In the last decades, the use and misuse of pesticides in the agriculture have increased, having a severe impact on ecosystems and their fauna. Although the various effects of pesticides on biodiversity have been already documented in several studies, to our knowledge no consistent overview of the impact of pesticides in vertebrates, both terrestrial and aquatic, is available. In this review, we try to present a concise compilation of the teratogenic effects of pesticides on the different classes of vertebrates – mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish.     

Book review

The Pesticide Manual ‐ A World Compendium, 8th Edition, C.R. Worthing, Editor and S.B. Walker, Assistant Editor, British Crop Protection Council, BCPC Publications Sales, Bear Farm, Binfield, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 5QE, England. 1987, 1100 pp., UK £50; Overseas £56. ISBN 0–948404–01–9.     

Patterns of volatile metabolites and nonvolatile trichothecenes produced by isolates of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Stachybotrys,Fusarium, Trichoderma,Trichothecium</Emphasis> and <Emphasis Type="Italic">Memnoniella</Emphasis>

We reported previously that trichodiene, a volatile trichothecene derivative, was produced by a Stachybotrys isolate, also known to produce highly cytotoxic, non-volatile, macrocyclic trichothecenes (satrotoxins). We investigated the relationship between the production of trichodiene and various non-volatile trichothecenes for several molds. Volatile metabolites were concentrated by adsorption on Tenax TA and analyzed by GC/MS, while non-volatile metabolites were separated by HPLC, derivatized and analyzed by GC/MS. Stachybotrys chartarum isolates producing macrocyclic trichothecenes secreted significantly larger amounts of trichodiene and other sesquiterpenes than isolates which only produced simple trichothecenes. The amounts of secreted trichodiene were relatively small in all cases. With the exception of Memnoniella, which excreted small amounts of sesquiterpenes, the other isolates produced varying amounts of sesquiterpenes, including trichodiene, as well as simple tricothecenes, no detectable trichodiene, but large amounts of griseofulvin derivatives. In Stachybotrys there is apparently a correlation between trichodiene and macrocyclic trichothecene production. In the remaining isolates, there was no simple relationship between trichodiene and non-volatile trichothecene synthesis. Trichodiene is produced in larger amounts by Stachybotrys isolates, which also produce satratoxins, but it will be difficult to utilize this metabolite to detect toxic isolates in buildings due to the relatively small amounts excreted.     

Observations on the influence of water and soil pH on the persistence of insecticides

Abstract

The pH‐disappearance rate profiles were determined at ca. 25°C for 24 insecticides at 4 or 5 pH values over the range 4.5 to 8.0 in sterile phosphate buffers prepared in water‐ethanol (99: 1 v/v). Half‐lives measured at pH 8 were generally smaller than at lower pH values. Changes in half lives between pH 8.0 and 4.5 were largest (>1000x) for the aryl carbamates, carbofuran and carbaryl, the oxime carbamate, oxamyl, and the organophosphorus insecticide, trichlorfon. In contrast, half lives of phorate, terbufos, heptachlor, fensulfothion and aldicarb were affected only slightly by pH changes. Under the experimental conditions described half lives at pH8 varied from 1–2 days for trichlorfon and oxamyl to >1 year for fensulfothion and cyper‐methrin. Insecticide persistence on alumina (acid, neutral and basic), mineral soils amended with aluminum sulfate or calcium hydroxide to different pH values and four natural soils of different pH was examined. No correlation was observed between the measured pH of these solids and the rate of disappearance of selected insecticides applied to them. These observations demonstrate the difficulty of extrapolating the pH dependent disappearance behaviour observed in homogeneous solution to partially solid heterogeneous systems such as soil.     

The chemical stability of formulations of some hydrolyzable insecticides in aqueous mixtures with hydrolysis catalysts

Abstract

The active ingredients in commercial formulations of malathion, oxamyl, carbaryl, diazinon, and chlorpyrifos diluted to “spray tank”; concentrations with buffered distilled or natural water of pH 4–9 were stable for at least 24 hr. Formulations of trichlorfon were not stable at pH 7 or above but disappearance rates were slower than for the pure chemical in homogeneous solution. Cupric ion was observed to be an effective catalyst for the hydrolysis of a variety of pure organophosphorus insecticides but did not catalyze hydrolysis of the active ingredients of the formulations examined. Increasing the dilution of the formulation increased the susceptibility of malathion, oxamyl, and carbaryl to hydrolysis.     

Organochlorine compounds in a three-step terrestrial food chain

The concentrations of 15 organochlorine chemicals (PCBs and pesticides) were studied in a Central European oak wood food chain system: Great tit (Parus major), caterpillars (Tortrix viridana, Operophtera brumata, Erannis defoliaria), and oak-leaves (Quercus robur). Juvenile tits receive organochlorines from the mother via egg transfer and, eventually to a greater extent, from the caterpillar food source during nestling period. The concentrations of PCB 153 (2,2′,4,4′,5,5′-hexachlorobiphenyl, the most abundant in this study) was found in leaf material at ca. 1 ng/g, in caterpillars 10 ng/g, and in bird eggs 170 ng/g on an average and on a dry mass basis.     

Knowledge transfer initiative between molecular biologists and environmental researchers and regulators

A Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funded Knowledge Transfer (KT) workshop was held in the United Kingdom (UK) to identify the needs and opportunities in the application of molecular biology and ‘omics’ techniques to environmental monitoring and risk assessment. Attendees highlighted a lack of effective communication between end-users and researchers as well as difficulties with data interpretation as reasons behind the slow uptake of molecular biology and omics techniques. A number of promising areas in which new techniques could be implemented at a practical level in the very near future were identified, thereby raising the profile of these recent technologies and providing vital proof of concept work. Molecular taxonomy, bacterial source tracking and pre-screening of chemicals for potential toxicities were all viewed as areas in which omics and molecular techniques could have immediate value, with the aim of reducing cost, increasing efficiency and providing more comprehensive data of improved quality.