水体底泥对污染物的吸附-解吸机理的研究

水体底泥污染已经成为世界范围内的一个重要的环境问题,其污染物主要通过大气沉降、废水排放、雨水淋溶冲刷等进入水体,最后沉积到底泥中并逐渐富集,使底泥受到严重污染。吸附-解吸是底泥污染的重要过程,为了控制水体底泥污染,对底泥对各种污染物的吸附-解吸机理及其影响因素的研究显得极其重要。本文总结了底泥中氮、磷和重金属等的吸附-解吸的影响因素及机理,对今后水体底泥污染方面的研究具有重要意义。     

底泥疏浚与水环境修复

底泥疏浚是清除江河湖库内源污染的重要措施，其疏浚方案的制定有其重要的内涵，应对疏挖深度、疏挖形式、疏浚设备、底泥处置等问题给予科学的分析，真正实现通过疏浚改善水环境的目标，并能为进一步修复和重建良好的水生态系统创造条件。对疏浚可能带来的不利影响及疏浚效果欠佳的可能原因等进行了一定的分析。     

西溪湿地底泥质量现状与生态风险初步评价

为了解西溪湿地底泥质量现状,2012年9月采集保护区内不同干扰类型的底泥样本,测试了底泥中重金属和POPs中PCBs、OCPs和PAHs的含量,并对湿地底泥污染进行了生态风险初步评价。结果表明,底泥中未检出PCBs和OCPs,但检测出14种EPA优控PAHs,总PAHs的浓度范围为115.9～217.8 ng·g^-1,低于潜在生态风险的效应区间低值ERL,其中列入中国＂水中优先控制污染黑名单＂的7种PAHs均有检出并且其总量占∑PAHs 1/2左右（平均为50.08%）;底泥中8种重金属含量平均值低于《土壤环境质量标准》（GB 15618—1995）的二级标准,但Hg、Zn、Pb、Ni含量在多个位点已超过一级标准;分别采用土壤背景值和国家一级标准为参比值对湿地底泥中重金属进行单因子污染风险指数评价,发现分别有7种和4种元素的污染指数大于1;综合分析不同干扰类型的底泥质量,发现底泥疏浚能有效降低有机质含量、全氮和PAHs含量,但对全磷、重金属含量则无明显效果,封闭水体的干塘措施能显著减少污泥量和有机物含量。研究结果表明,西溪湿地底泥中高环PAHs和重金属污染水平可能对西溪湿地生物具有潜在的生物毒性作用及不利的生态影响效应,其疏浚底泥农用则无生态风险。     

疏浚底泥生态毒理性风险分析方法的研究进展

疏浚底泥土地利用应该尽可能避免对施用土壤、周围地表水及地下水的污染,通过生物聚积试验和急性、亚急性毒性试验考查底泥对水及土壤中生物、植物发芽生长的影响,通过渗滤试验评价其对地下水层的污染。疏浚底泥土地利用前,其生态毒理性风险分析的方法包括风险简化评价和风险详细评价。通常简化评价方法用于估计底泥土地利用对生态系统影响程度;详细评价法进一步通过生物毒性试验和柱状渗滤试验来确定其生态毒理性影响,界定其风险特性。     

滇池沉积物重金属污染状况评估

本文通过多年滇池底泥的采样监测数据,采用地积累指数法和对数衰减模型评估滇池的底泥质量状况,希望摸清底泥中重金属污染状况,并分析评价其对水生生物的风险,为底泥疏浚、截污护岸的滇池治理工程提供一定的科学依据。研究表明:以地积累指数法评价,(1)滇池监测断面底泥质量呈现轻度污染,镉出现一定程度富集,汞在个别监测断面也出现富集情况;(2)6种重金属污染排序为镉>汞>铅>铜>铬>砷;(3)从监测断面来看,海口西污染程度较重,滇池南底泥质量较好。采用对数衰减模型评价,(1)滇池监测断面沉积物重金属污染存在潜在生物风险,应引起重视;(2)从产生可以观察到毒性效果的可能性大小看,6种重金属潜在危害可能性排序为砷>铅>铜>铬>镉>汞;(3)从监测断面来看,白鱼口和观音山中潜在危害可能性大。从富集污染程度分析,海口西监测断面的底泥污染最重,可考虑在海口西监测断面附近进行一定的底泥疏浚工程。从而达到治标治本的目的。滇池监测断面沉积物重金属污染存在潜在生物风险,应引起重视,但在可控范围。     

深圳市前海铁石片区沿江河涌污染特征及对策分析

城市河涌黑臭水治理是新时代提高居民生活水平的重要环节,以深圳前海铁石片区沿江河涌为研究对象,采用化学元素分析、X射线衍射及电化学氧化技术对河涌水体、底泥进行微观测试与分析,研究影响河涌水体及底泥污染的主要因素,探索快速降低河涌水体氨氮指标的方法。研究结果显示铁石片区河涌水体黑臭主要指标是氨氮、总磷等有机类污染物,无机重金属离子含量较低;河涌底泥中有机质及重金属含量低于建设用地限制值,通过添加改性材料可提升底泥利用性能;电化学氧化技术能够快速降低黑臭水中氨氮含量,试验结果显示在氧化反应一小时后黑臭水体氨氮降解率超过90%。     

南河底泥中金属污染的现状评价

底泥是水环境研究中的一个重要对象。底泥中元素的含量一般为10~(-4)—10~(-2)％,比水中同类元素往往高1—4个数量级。底泥主要由粘土矿物和腐殖酸等组成,对金属离子具有吸附和螯合作用,且吸附和螯合容量均大。如果工业废水中金属离子的含量愈多,排放时间愈长,其富集的元素含量就愈高。相对于水体和生物而言,底泥中的化学成份随季节、气候等的影响较小,而具有相对的稳定性。因此底泥中的化学成份更能反映出污染的情况。加以底泥样品易于保存,底泥与水及     

污染底泥修复治理技术

我国目前有90%的城市河流受到严重污染,河道治理问题已提上日程。而随着截污工程的引入,底泥的二次污染问题就成为影响河水水质的一个重要原因。本文简要分析了底泥中的主要污染物及其危害性,并总结了近年来国内外环境学者对底泥中有机物污染修复治理技术研究的主要成果。     

复合酶生物促进剂在底泥生物修复中的应用

通过测定河道底泥中微生物的生化呼吸线来表征复合酶生物促进剂对河道自净过程的影响。研究结果表明复合酶生物促进剂对微生物具有激活作用,使微生物的累积耗氧量明显增加,有效地提升了水体的自净能力。复合酶生物促进剂能够有效地修复受萘污染的底泥,修复后底泥中多环芳烃萘的释放量和有机质的含量均明显低于对照样,并可显著降低底泥对上覆水...     

重金属污染底泥稳定化/固化技术应用

稳定化/固化修复技术具有修复周期短、见效快、易操作、费用低等优点,是重金属污染修复的常用技术之一。以含锰、镍、钴复合重金属污染底泥为研究对象,配制、筛选出有效的稳定化/固化药剂,优化该工程污染底泥的施工技术参数及条件。在研究的基础上,使污染底泥达到修复目标值,降低其生物有效性。工程的实施为含锰、镍、钴等复合重金属污染介质的修复工程提供了技术参考。     

Environmental impact assessment of infrastructure projects: a governance perspective

Environmental impact assessment (EIA) has been promoted as an instrument for preventive environmental management in construction projects, but its performance in safeguarding the environment through influencing project decision-making is questioned. This paper probes the underlying reasons from a governance perspective as an important supplement to the regulatory and technical perspectives. A framework, with process integration, professional governance, and public engagement being its key components, is proposed to analyze the governance arrangements that enable or inhibit the effective functioning of EIA, based on which a comparative study of three infrastructure projects in China, the United States and Finland was conducted. The results reveal that, while the level of process integration and public engagement of EIA determines the degree to which EIA influences project decisions, it is the professional governance that controls the accountability of EIA. The paper has implications on institutionally where efforts should be directed to improve the performance of EIA.     

Precise and Economical Dredging Model of Sediments and Its Field Application: Case Study of a River Heavily Polluted by Organic Matter,Nitrogen, and Phosphorus

Environmental dredging is an efficient means to counteract the eutrophication of water bodies caused by endogenous release of nitrogen and/or phosphorus from polluted sediments. The huge operational cost and subsequent disposal cost of the dredged polluted sediments, as well as the adverse effect on the benthic environment caused by excessive dredging, make the currently adopted dredging methods unfavorable. Precise dredging, i.e., determining the dredging depth based on the pollution level, not only significantly decreases the costs but also leaves a uniform favorable environment for benthos. However, there is still no feasible process to make this promising method executable. Taking a river heavily polluted by organic compounds as an example, we proposed an executable precise dredging process, including sediment survey, model establishment, data interpolation, and calculation of dredging amount. Compared with the traditional dredging method, the precise one would save 16 to 45 % of cost according to different pollutant removal demands. This precise dredging method was adopted by the National Water Project of China to treat the endogenous pollution of Nanfei River in 2010. This research provides a universal scientific and engineering basis for sediment dredging projects.     

Assessment of the Effectiveness of Environmental Dredging in South Lake,China

Environmental dredging is a primary remedial option for removal of the contaminated material from aquatic environment. Of primary concern in environmental dredging is the effectiveness of the intended sediment removal. A 5-year field monitoring study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of the environmental dredging in South Lake, China. The concentrations of total nitrogen (TN), total phosphors, and heavy metals (Zn, Pb, Cd, Cu, Cr, Ni, Hg, and As) before and after dredging in sediment were determined and compared. Multiple ecological risk indices were employed to assess the contamination of heavy metals before and after dredging. Our results showed that the total phosphorus levels reduced 42% after dredging. Similar changes for Hg, Zn, As Pb, Cd, Cu, Cr, and Ni were observed, with reduction percentages of 97.0, 93.1, 82.6, 63.9, 52.7, 50.1, 32.0, and 23.6, respectively, and the quality of sediment improved based on the criterion of Sediment Quality Guidelines by USEPA and contamination degree values (C_d) decreased significantly (paired t-test, p < 0.05). Unexpectedly, the TN increased 49% after dredging compared to before dredging. Findings from the study demonstrated that the environmental dredging was an effective mechanism for removal of total phosphorus and heavy metals from South Lake. Nevertheless, the dredging was ineffective to remove total nitrogen from sediment. We conclude that the reason for the observed increase in TN after dredging was likely ammonia release from the sediment impairing the dredging effectiveness.     

新沟河排水对太湖水环境影响研究

太湖西北部尤其是梅梁湖水质较差,新沟河延伸拓浚工程实施后,可通过外排梅梁湖水改变太湖的水动力水质环境.利用Mike21建立太湖二维水动力水质数学模型,研究该工程实施后对太湖水动力水质的影响.研究得到:新沟河工程实施后,可有效改善梅梁湖的水动力条件,梅梁湖换水周期缩短13.3％;同时,梅梁湖CODMn、 TP、TN等主要...     

New Criteria for Sustainable Water Quality Management1

Abstract: New criteria, pollutant load of unit area (PLUA), are developed for sustainable water quality management, which not only avoids degrading water quality but also considers the equity of development between different generations. A simulation‐optimization model is established to determine PLUA, in which uses the QUAL2E model to simulate pollutant transport and formulates a linear programming model to optimize the objective of maximal loads (carrying capacity). Two watersheds, the Touchen creek and the Keya creek, both in Taiwan, are taken as case studies. The PLUA criterion is applied to several existing projects which have passed environmental impact assessment (EIA). The results show that if the Hsinchu Science‐Based Industrial Park discharges wastewater to the Touchen creek, the total pollutant discharge of 85.6 kg/day exceeds the allocated load. Consequently, a waste reduction of at least 23.4% is required. Although these existing projects have passed EIA, most of them violate the criterion of PLUA and thus contribute to continued degradation of water quality. This study suggests developing PLUA as a part of the process of strategic environmental assessment (SEA) for watershed management plans and then applying it to EIA as a criterion for new project assessment. Furthermore, if carrying capacities of all pollutant discharges and resource uses can be translated into loads per unit of area, an integrated sustainable watershed management plan can be developed.     

Evolution of environmental impact assessment as applied to watershed modification projects in Canada

This article reviews the application of environmental impact assessment (EIA) procedures and practices to three watershed modification projects situaled in western Canada. These ventures were justified for accelerating regional economic development, and cover the period during which public concerns for protecting the environment rapidly made their way into the national political agenda. An historical account and analysis of the situation, therefore, seems desirable in order to understand the development of EIA processes, practices, and methodologies since the start of construction of the first project in 1961. This study concludes that there has been good progress in predicting and evaluating environmental and related social impacts of watershed modification proposals. However, a number of obstacles need to be overcome before EIA can firmly establish itself as an effective planning tool. These difficulties include jurisdictional confusions and conflicts, division of authority and responsibility in designing and implementing appropriate mitigative and monitoring measures, lack of tested EIA methodologies, and limited availability of qualified human resources. A number of conclusions and suggestions are offered so that future watershed modification proposals may be planned and implemented in a more environmentally sustainable fashion. These include: (1) EIA processes must be completed before irrevocable decisions are made. (2) Any major intrusion into a watershed is likely to impact on some major components of the ecosystem(s). (3) Mitigation costs must form part of the benefit-cost analysis of any project proposal. (4) Interjurisdictional cooperation is imperative where watersheds cross political boundaries. (5) The EIA process is a public process, hence public concerns must be dealt with fairly. (6) The role of science in the EIA process must be at arms length from project proponents and regulators, and allowed to function in the interest of the protection of the environment and public health and safety. The views expressed here are the authors’ own and do not necessarily reflect those of FEARO and/or other government agencies and officials involved in the review of these projects.     

Magnesium-rich minerals in sediment and suspended particulates of South Florida water bodies: implications for turbidity

Fine sediments in shallow water bodies such as Lake Okeechobee are prone to resuspension. Predominantly inorganic "mud" sediment that covers approximately 670 km2 of the lake has been recognized as a persistent source of turbidity. The objective of this study was to determine if mineral components of sediments in Lake Okeechobee and water conveyances of the northern Everglades also occur as suspended sediment and hence constitute a potential abiotic contributor to turbidity. Sediment samples were collected from nine stations within the lake and eight locations north of Water Conservation Area 2A in the Everglades. Water samples were also collected at selected locations. The silt and clay mineralogy of sediment and suspended particles was determined using X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetry, scanning-electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray elemental microanalysis, and high-resolution transmission-electron microscopy. Clay fractions of the lake sediment contained the Mg silicate minerals sepiolite and palygorskite, along with smectite, dolomite, calcite, and kaolinite. Sediment silt fractions were dominated by carbonates and/or quartz, with smaller amounts of Ca phosphates and sepiolite. Mineralogy of the mud sediment was similar to that reported for geologic phosphate deposits. This suggests that the mud sediment might have accumulated by stream transport of minerals from these deposits. Suspended solids and mud-sediment mineralogy were similar, except that smectite was more abundant in suspended solids. Everglade samples also contained Mg-rich minerals. The small size, low density, and fibrous or platy nature of the prevalent mud sediment minerals make them an abiotic, hydrodynamically sensitive source of persistent turbidity in a shallow lake. Mitigation efforts focused exclusively on P-induced biogeochemical processes do not address the origin or effects of these minerals. Ecological management issues such as turbidity control, P retention, geologic P input, and suitability of dredging are related to mud-sediment properties and provenance.