Ce-based catalysts used in advanced oxidation processes for organic wastewater treatment: A review

Refractory organic pollutants in water threaten human health and environmental safety, and advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) are effective for the degradation of these pollutants. Catalysts play vital role in AOPs, and Ce-based catalysts have exhibited excellent performance. Recently, the development and application of Ce-based catalysts in various AOPs have been reported. Our study conducts the first review in this rapid growing field. This paper clarifies the variety and properties of Ce-based catalysts. Their applications in different AOP systems (catalytic ozonation, photodegradation, Fenton-like reactions, sulfate radical-based AOPs, and catalytic sonochemistry) are discussed. Different Ce-based catalysts suit different reaction systems and produce different active radicals. Finally, future research directions of Ce-based catalysts in AOP systems are suggested.     

What is ‘normative’ at cooling water intakes? Defining normalcy before judging adverse

Judgments of adverse environmental impact from cooling water intake structures need to be preceded by an appreciation of what is normal. In its report, Return to the River, the Independent Scientific Group (now called the Independent Scientific Advisory Board) — the scientific peer review arm of the Northwest Power Planning Council — advanced the notion of a ‘normative river ecosystem’ as a new conceptual foundation for salmonid recovery in the Columbia River basin. With this perspective, the sum of the best scientific understanding of how organisms and aquatic ecosystems function should be the norm or standard of measure for how we judge the effects of human activities on aquatic systems. For the best likelihood of recovery, key aspects of altered systems should be brought back toward normative (although not necessarily fully back to the historical or pristine state); new alterations should be judged for adversity by how much they move key attributes away from normative or what might be considered normal. In this paper, I ask what ‘normative’ is for the setting of cooling water intake structures and how this concept could help resolve long-standing disputes between groups interested in avoiding damage to all organisms that might be entrained or impinged and those who take a more population or community perspective for judging adverse environmental impact. In essence, I suggest that if a water intake does not move the aquatic ecosystem outside the ‘normative’ range, based on expressions of normalcy such as those discussed, then no adverse impact has occurred. Having an explicit baseline in normal or normative would place 316(b) analyses on the same conceptual foundation as 316(a) analyses, which strive to demonstrate the continuation of a balanced, indigenous community of aquatic organisms at the power station location.     

京杭大运河（杭州段）典型断面水生植物多样性调查及其与水环境相关性研究

水生植物群落特征是水环境质量的重要标志.为了解京杭大运河(杭州段)的水生生态系统中水生植物的分布特点,探析水质与植物群落间的关系,对其5个典型断面水域中的水生植物进行了调查:考察了各断面水域中水生植物物种组成、多样性分布规律、生物量和主要优势种;分析了水环境的温度、pH值、透明度、溶解氧和主要生源要素等理化因子;采用多元统计方法,探讨了浮游植物多样性分布与环境因子的相关性;并对各断面水体的营养水平进行了评价.结果表明,京杭大运河(杭州段)典型断面的水生植物多样性主要取决于浮游植物的多样性,共观察鉴定了35属的藻类,其中优势群落为硅藻门的明盘藻属(Hyalodiscus Ehrenberg)与直链藻属(Melosira Agardh);从对浮游植物多样性及分布的影响来看,在现有的6个环境因子中,溶解氧、透明度、水温理化因子均对浮游植物的分布产生明显影响,而pH值的影响最大;就水质营养化程度而言,塘栖大桥和卖鱼桥相对污染程度较轻,义桥、顾家桥和拱宸桥污染程度较高,而义桥污染最为严重.     

2009年与2014年太子河流域附石藻群落结构变化及其与水环境的关系

为了解近年来太子河流域附石藻群落结构和水环境状况的变化趋势及二者的响应关系,于2009年和2014年对太子河全流域的附石藻群落和水环境因子进行调查分析,并探究了基于附石藻群落保护的主要水环境因子浓度限值.结果表明:①与2009年相比,2014年太子河流域的附石藻密度、物种丰富度、群落多样性均显著升高（P < 0.05）;群落组成中对不良环境干扰呈负响应的藻属相对多度普遍升高,对不良环境干扰呈正响应的藻属相对多度普遍降低.②与2009年相比,2014年水环境因子中ρ（TDS）（TDS为总溶解性固体）、ρ（SS）、ρ（TN）、和ρ（NO₃--N）显著降低（P < 0.05）,ρ（DO）显著升高（P < 0.05）.典范对应分析（canonical correspondence analysis,CCA）显示,2009年ρ（TN）和ρ（NH₄+-N）是影响太子河流域附石藻群落的重要水环境因子;2014年ρ（TN）、ρ（NH₄+-N）和ρ（TDS）对附石藻群落结构有重要影响.③经局部加权回归散点修匀法（locally weighted scatterplot smoothing,LOWESS）和独立样本t检验得出,当ρ（TDS）、ρ（TN）和ρ（NH₄+-N）分别为185.00、1.00和0.22 mg/L时,其与P-IBI构成的拟合曲线存在拐点,且拐点两侧的P-IBI差异性显著（P < 0.05）.研究显示,2009—2014年太子河流域的附石藻群落和水环境状况整体有所改善,合理控制ρ（TN）、ρ（NH₄+-N）和ρ（TDS）对该流域的附石藻群落保护有重要意义.      

中国主要河流中硝基苯生态风险研究

基于文献报道的中国主要河流中硝基苯(NB)的浓度数据,结合USEPA毒性数据库中NB对水生生物的毒性数据,运用商值法和概率风险评价法对中国主要河流中NB的水生生态风险进行评价分析.结果表明,中国主要河流中NB的潜在生态风险相对较小:风险熵(HQ)均<1,极端情况(环境中最大暴露浓度)下,影响1%和5%的水生生物的概率分别为1.49%和0.22%.然而,按照我国污水综合排放标准中硝基苯类的一级、二级、三级最高允许排放标准,将分别有35.57%、48.38%和64.59%的生物受到影响.     

石油类污染物淡水短期水质基准研究及其对我国标准修订的意义

环境管理、应急处置和水质标准修订工作亟需石油类污染物淡水水质基准研究作为支撑. 本文筛选整理了大量本土物种毒性数据,利用SSD (物种敏感度分布法)和TPR (毒性百分数排序法)分析了5种典型石油类污染物(原油、苯、甲苯、乙苯和二甲苯)的淡水水生生物急性毒理数据,获得了保护我国淡水水生生物的短期水质基准值. 通过综合对比分析,认为利用SSD获得的基准值可作为石油类污染物的短期水质基准推荐阈值,原油和BTEX(苯系物,包括苯、甲苯、乙苯、二甲苯)的短期水质基准值分别为0.065、2.000、2.340、1.295和1.595 mg/L. 结果表明:①原油的毒性远大于BTEX,这可能是由于毒性的联合作用使得石油的毒性变强. ② 绿水螅对原油最敏感,原因可能是水螅更容易通过摄食或直接摄取获得原油WAF(水溶性组分)的有毒成分;鱼类相较于其他物种对苯更为敏感,而对其他BTEX而言,最敏感物种为节肢动物,原因可能是鱼类和节肢动物器官分化程度以及试验时的龄期选择存在差异,鱼类更易在短时间内将苯代谢为有毒的代谢产物. ③ 不同BTEX的敏感物种虽存在一定差异,但基准值未有数量级的差异. 研究显示,我国现行地表水环境质量标准中石油类标准未单独针对保护水生生物制定,BTEX标准的保护目标是基于人体健康而非水生生物,研究结果对我国石油类污染物环境管理、突发油类污染物对水生生物的危害及风险评估以及淡水水生生物特别是本土物种保护的水质标准制修订工作具有重要的借鉴作用.      

Mixing regime shapes the community assembly process, microbial interaction and proliferation of cyanobacterial species Planktothrix in a stratified lake

Lake mixing influences aquatic chemical properties and microbial community composition,and thus, we hypothesized that it would alter microbial community assembly and interaction. To clarify this issue, we explored the community assembly processes and cooccurrence networks in four seasons at two depths(epilimnion and hypolimnion) in a mesotrophic and stratified lake(Chenghai Lake), which formed stratification in the summer and turnover in the winter. During the stratification period, the epilimni...     

Identifying factors linked to the occurrence of alien gastropods in isolated woodland water bodies

Biological invasions are a significant component of human-caused global change and is widely regarded as one of the main threats to natural biodiversity. Isolated anthropogenic water bodies created in the areas that are deprived of natural freshwater habitats allow the survival and reproduction of alien species on newly settled sites. They are often small with water level fluctuations causing frequent environmental disturbances. The colonisation success may be the result of the rate of their degradation. The aims of the study were to determine the environmental conditions that affect the existence of alien species of gastropods in this type of aquatic environment and to examine whether the occurrence of non-native species affects the community structure of the native species. This study made it possible to group woodland ponds according to the occurrence of the three invasive species in snail communities and discuss the environmental conditions present in these pond types. Analysis of water properties emphasised the distinctiveness of the selected pond types. In ponds of the Potamopyrgus antipodarum type, we found the highest values of some parameters mainly hardness, conductivity, and content of calcium and chlorides, in contrast with the Physella acuta type, which were characterised by the lowest values except for phosphates and nitrites. In the Ferrissia fragilis type, we found the highest nitrate content. Data on the occurrence of alien species in different water environments play an important role in actions which are taken to prevent new invasions and spread of non-native species as well as to reduce future impacts of invaders.     

北京清河水体及水生生物体内抗生素污染特征

利用高效液相色谱和串联质谱联用的方法,分析了北京市清河水体和水生生物体内4类抗生素含量水平及污染特征. 结果表明:清河水体中QNs(喹诺酮类)和MCs(大环内酯类)抗生素是主要污染物质,ρ(∑QNs)和ρ(∑MCs)的平均值分别为2238.9和814.9ng/L;在检测的5种大型水生植物体内,QNs和TCs(四环素类)抗生素是主要污染物质,w(∑QNs)和w(∑TCs)的平均值分别为945.3和389.2μg/kg;在鱼类和软体动物体内,QNs和SAs(磺胺类)抗生素是主要污染物质,w(∑QNs)和w(∑SAs)的平均值分别为3213.9和653.5μg/kg. 抗生素对清河水生态系统的环境风险评价结果表明,OFL(氧氟沙星)、CIP(环丙沙星)和NOR(诺氟沙星)对藻类和水生植物的HQs(危害系数)均大于1,说明在清河水体中这3种抗生素对藻类和水生植物存在环境风险. 研究表明,清河水环境存在一定程度的抗生素污染,其中QNs抗生素的HQs较高,其环境风险不容忽视.      

河口区新建河道轮虫群落演替及与水环境的关系

于2011年12月~2012年11月对上海一河口性新建河道(临港新城B港河道)的轮虫群落结构进行为期1 a的调查研究,结果表明,调查期间该水体共检出轮虫23种,其中污染指示种19种;轮虫的种类数随河道建成时间的延长呈逐月上升趋势,从2种增加到13种;优势种在时间尺度上的演替明显,由开始的单一优势种螺形龟甲轮虫(Keratella cochlearis)向多种轮虫共同占优势转变,新建成的B港水体中的轮虫群落结构与外河水体(芦潮引河)存在明显的差异.相关性分析表明,B港水体中轮虫总密度与温度、叶绿素a显著正相关(P<0.05),但与盐度无显著相关性;除螺形龟甲轮虫外,其他主要种类的密度均与营养盐浓度、盐度呈负相关关系(P<0.05).临港B港河道轮虫各月间的相似性指数较低,说明临港B港河道水体生态系统尚未稳定,仍处于不断变化中;但是轮虫的丰富度Margalef指数、多样性指数Shannon-Wiener指数逐月增大、E/O值逐渐下降.     

铜锈环棱螺对镉污染沉积物慢性胁迫的生物标志物响应

沉积物毒性测试是评价水生态系统中沉积物污染生态风险的重要手段.建立合适的毒性测试生物是进行沉积物毒性测试的基本前提.铜锈环棱螺(Bellamya aeruginosa)在我国淡水水体中分布广泛,具有重要的生态价值.本研究将实验室培养的铜锈环棱螺暴露于不同含量的镉加标沉积物中28d,以评价该物种在镉污染沉积物慢性胁迫下生物标志物响应的敏感性.结果表明,除了谷胱甘肽(GSH)相对不敏感外,壳长增长率、肝胰脏超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)和过氧化氢酶(CAT)、以及肝胰脏和肾脏中的金属硫蛋白(MT)均表现出相对较高的敏感性,可用作重金属污染沉积物慢性胁迫的有效生物标志物.尤其是肝胰脏SOD和CAT可以用作指示低水平镉污染沉积物长期污染胁迫下的敏感生物标志物.此外,该物种的实验室培养和毒性测试操作容易进行,可以考虑将铜锈环棱螺作为我国淡水沉积物毒性评价的候选物种.     

紫外光和基于紫外光的高级氧化工艺降解农药的研究进展

由于农药的环境持久性及毒性,饮用水源中的农药微污染日益受到水处理行业的关注.在众多水处理工艺中,紫外光及基于紫外光的高级氧化工艺因其灭菌效率高、产生消毒副产物少等特点受到广泛关注.本文综述了紫外光及其相关高级氧化工艺对多类广泛使用的农药(包括有机氯、有机磷、氨基甲酸酯、氯乙酰胺和三嗪等)的降解效果,详细讨论了农药的降解...     

典型电子废物焚烧区水生生物多溴联苯醚累积特征

对广东清远某电子废物焚烧区封闭水体中水生生物体PBDEs(多溴联苯醚)的累积特征进行了研究. 结果表明,草虾、田螺、河蚌、鲫鱼、鲤鱼、黄鳝和乌鳢等水生生物体内w(∑₂₁PBDEs)(以脂肪质量计)为0.2487~24.50μg/g. 该电子废物焚烧区水生生物PBDEs污染较严重,较我国其他地区开放性水体的水生生物体w(PBDEs)高出1~3个数量级. 其中,底栖动物河蚌和田螺体内PBDEs累积最高,w(∑₂₁PBDEs)分别为11.38和4.968μg/g. 不同同系物在水生生物体内累积差异较大,BDE209是水生生物体PBDEs累积的主要组分,占49.83%~91.48%,八溴代和九溴代BDE也发生了高累积. 营养级是电子废物焚烧区水生生物PBDEs累积的最主要控制因素,但捕食和生活习性对生物体尤其是软体动物PBDEs累积也产生了较大影响.      

Histopathological studies and oxidative stress of synthesized silver nanoparticles in Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus)

To evaluate the potential environmental effects of engineered nano metals, it is important to determine the adverse effects of various nanomaterials on aquatic species. Adult tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) were maintained in 10 L glass aquaria, and exposed to a graded series of synthesized silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) at 25, 50 and 75 mg/L for eight days. The LC₅₀ value was 12.6 mg/L. Reduced activities of antioxidant enzymes and the contents of antioxidants were lowered in the gills and liver of fishes treated with Ag-NPs, which resulted in heavy accumulation of free radicals. Histopathological results imply that the balance between the oxidative and antioxidant system in the fish was broken down during Ag-NPs exposure. The principal concern related with the release of nanomaterials and their smaller particle may change the materials transport and potential toxicity to aquatic organisms compared to larger particles.     

镉的淡水水生生物水质基准研究

镉是一种有毒重金属,具有高毒性、难降解和易残留等特点,会对水生生物及水生态系统产生有害影响.为有效控制镉给水生生物带来的不利影响,亟需开展镉的水生生物基准研究,为水质标准的制订提供依据. 以我国淡水生态系统及其生物区系为保护对象,结合大量国内外文献报道的镉对我国淡水生物区系中代表物种的毒理学数据,运用评价因子法、毒性百分数排序法和物种敏感度分布法等当前国际上广泛使用的基准推导方法,研究我国淡水中镉的基准值及其推导过程. 结果表明:评价因子法得出的基准值为单值,其值为0.15 μg/L;毒性百分数排序法得出的基准值包括基准最大浓度和基准连续浓度,二者分别为7.30和0.12 μg/L;物种敏感度分布法得出的基准值分为短期危险浓度和长期危险浓度,二者分别为32.50和0.46 μg/L. 比较了3种方法的优缺点,以及与国内外已有研究基准值之间的差异及形成原因,分析了影响镉的水生生物基准的关键因素.      

生物标志物在水环境研究中的应用

生物标志物是指示污染物危害效应的生物信号．可分为两类,一类指示生物体对有害物质的暴露;另一类指示污染物的毒性效应．与其它手段相比,生物标志物具有专一性、预警性和广泛适用性．本文介绍了指示水环境污染的主要几类生物标志物．生物转化酶和金属硫蛋白能有效地表征水体中的有机物和重金属对生物的影响．DNA加合物将有机污染与遗传物质变异相关联,因此成为生态毒理学研究的新热点．文中还讨论了生物标志物的缺陷和不足,并展望了该领域的应用前景．     

区域环境风险评价及其关键科学问题

随着环境中能够检出的有毒污染物种类不断增多,基于制定环境标准来控制有毒污染物的传统方法正在受到挑战,而环境风险评价研究已成为当前环境领域研究的热点.加强风险评价方法研究,认识区域具有潜在风险的有毒污染物环境暴露与环境效应的关系,探讨风险评价中的关键科学问题,为风险管理提供科学依据已显得尤为紧迫.综述和讨论了环境风险评价技术的发展历史和区域生态风险评价存在的科学问题,并对深入开展区域环境风险评价研究提出了建议.     

Recovery of a power plant cooling reservoir ecosystem from selenium bioaccumulation

Hyco Reservoir, a North Carolina power plant cooling impoundment, was impacted by selenium toxicity during the late 1970s. Selenium inputs via coal ash discharge resulted in bioaccumulation through the aquatic food chain which caused reproductive failure and population declines of bluegill, other Lepomis spp., largemouth bass, crappie, yellow perch, and sucker species. Following these declines, green sunfish, satinfin shiner, gizzard shad, eastern mosquitofish, and redbelly tilapia dominated the fish community. During 1990, the power plant converted to a dry fly ash handling system that reduced selenium loading into the reservoir. Construction costs for this system were approximately $48 million and annual operating costs have been approximately $1 million/year. Mean selenium concentrations in reservoir waters at the power plant discharge declined from 8.8 μg/l to 3.2 μg/l within one year of the system operation, and this decline was consistent with a priori mass balance modeling predictions. Depuration of selenium from sediments and tissues of plankton, benthos, and fish has been variable since the system operation. Significant selenium declines have occurred in tissues of aquatic organisms in the eight-year recovery period while little change has been observed in sediments. Recovery of the fish community has been rapid, particularly in areas upstream of the ash pond discharge, and confirmed population-level modeling predictions using a Leslie-matrix demographic model. Diversity of the fish community increased throughout the reservoir and species dominance shifted from a green sunfish and satinfin shiner-dominated system to a bluegill-dominated system within five years after the system operation. Increased bluegill and green sunfish hybridism also occurred during early recovery and coincided with a low abundance of spawning bluegill adults. Sport fisheries have re-developed for largemouth bass and crappie and strategies for managing the recovering fishery have included periodic stock assessments, creel surveys and harvest restrictions, prey fish stocking, and continued contaminant monitoring. This pollution abatement system has been successful in reducing selenium loading into the reservoir and prompting recovery of the aquatic ecosystem.     

应用物种敏感度分布法研究中国无机汞的水生生物水质基准

基于中国的水生生物区系特征,筛选了包括植物、无脊椎动物和脊椎动物等90个水生生物的急性毒性数据,使用物种敏感度分布法探讨了各类物种的敏感度分布特征,推导了中国无机汞的水生生物水质基准.结果表明,甲壳类生物对无机汞最为敏感,Log-Slogistic3对各组数据拟合效果最佳.基于对全部数据的拟合结果,得出无机汞的急性水质基准和慢性水质基准分别是1.743和0.467μg.L-1.该基准值与其他国家使用类似统计外推法得到的基准值在同一数量级,但也存在着差异,反映了各国水生态系统物种组成的差异.中国无机汞水生生物水质基准的建立,旨在保护中国地表水生态系统中的水生生物免受无机汞的高浓度急性暴露以及低浓度慢性暴露产生的毒害效应.比较不同水体无机汞的浓度水平发现,除嘉陵江水体溶解态汞可能会对水生生物具有潜在风险外,西南地区地表水活性汞均不会对水生生物产生危害.     

水生植物对淡水生态系统温室气体排放的影响研究进展

淡水生态系统温室气体(CO_2、CH_4、N_2O)排放是全球气候变化背景下的研究热点。水生植物作为淡水生态系统重要的组成部分,对水体生源要素的生物地球化学循环过程具有重要影响,进而影响水体温室气体产生与排放。本研究基于目前水生植物与水体温室气体排放关系的研究,探讨了水生植物对淡水生态系统温室气体排放动力学过程的影响,提出水生植物分布区可能是温室气体排放热点;水生植物种类、生活型的多样性增加了水体温室气体排放的变异性和不确定性,对监测和估算方法的准确性产生一定影响;进一步总结了水生植物对淡水生态系统温室气体排放的影响机制:1)机械作用,包括气体传输通道作用和浮叶植物的滞留作用; 2)水生植物光合/呼吸作用参与水体碳循环,同时水生植物凋落物分解为水体代谢提供新鲜碳、氮源,提高温室气体产生速率; 3)改变根际厌氧环境,影响根际CH_4和N_2O产生与排放; 4)水生植物群落改变水体生态因子分配格局,影响水体异养代谢等。基于当前研究现状,本文提出要进一步开展不同尺度或不同生境条件下水生植物种类、生活型和生长代谢等对水体温室气体排放动力学的影响研究,并从水生植物群落尺度构建温室气体排放动力学模型,优化监测方法与估算模型,为推进我国淡水生态系统温室气体排放研究提供理论基础。