山地城市合流污水特细砂粒径特征及分布

对山地城市合流污水特细砂粒径特征参数及分布研究的结果表明,晴、雨天合流污水细砂平均粒径D(3,4)均小于250μm,且含量高,属于特细砂;新旧城区排水体制、山地地貌、降雨强度、雨前晴天数、用地性质、水土流失等因素均会对山地城市合流污水特细砂粒径特征和分布等造成影响。涪陵污水处理厂进水含砂量高达183.9 mg/L,平均粒径为182.6μm,粒径偏小,超出沉砂池有效去除范围;大量特细砂进入曝气池后,堵塞管道、磨损设备等,给污水处理厂运行带来一系列不利影响。     

镇江市典型合流管网旱天污水排放规律

为给镇江市合流制污水管网(简称合流管网)系统的改造提供参考依据,选择镇江市内一条具有代表性的合流管网,并从2010年7月至2011年3月(2月除外,4次/周)对管网中5个采样点的生活污水水质进行旱天监测。结果表明,生活污水中COD、SS、TP、NH3-N浓度在不同月份之间具有明显的变化差异,并且波动幅度较大,冬、春季生活污水中COD浓度皆高于夏、秋季;居民混合区排出的生活污水中污染物浓度显著高于其他4个采样点。     

污泥果肥利用中重金属迁移特征研究

为了厦门城市污泥的安全利用，将石渭头污水处理厂污泥经过好氧堆肥后施用于柚子树，对重金属元素在土壤、树叶及果肉中的迁移特征进行了研究。结果表明：Cd在土壤中的富集能力强；重金属元素从土壤向树叶迁移累积能力比向果肉的大得多，污泥肥料不能用于叶类食用植物的施用；Cr向树叶、Ni向果肉的迁移累积能力强；泥肥的施用加重了土壤中Cd的污染，提高了Cr向树叶、Ni向果肉的迁移能力；污泥果肥利用需降低Ni的浓度，对污泥中含量较高的Cu、Zn、Ni、Cr和Cd需进行跟踪检测。     

三峡库区垃圾污染现状及治理技术

如何搞好三峡库区的生态环境保护已成为全世界关注的课题，介绍了库区生活垃圾污染现状，并根据库区生活垃圾的特性及当地的经济发展和自然条件，对三峡库区生活垃圾的综合治理进行了系统研究，建议三峡库区垃圾实行分类收集，系统地将城区生活垃圾的管理、收集、运输和处理等各个环节有机结合起来，逐步建立起高效完善的现代化城市生活垃圾管理体系。重点介绍了准好氧垃圾卫生填埋技术和CBS（Cental Bilolgical System）城市生活垃圾高效菌种堆肥技术，秭归、巴东等烧煤区生活垃圾含无机物成分较高，建议选用准好氧填埋技术；涪陵、开县、忠县等燃气区生活垃圾有机物成分较高，已具备一定的资源化价值，高效菌种CBS堆肥技术在燃气区具有广阔的前景。     

根据主要污染因素建立土壤中镉的污染预测模型

以南方某市为例，在野外布点、采样、实验室分析的基础上，根据土壤中重金属镉的主要污染来源，建立了土壤中镉的数学预测方法，利用该方法，比较了土壤的不同利用方式和土壤的不同类型镉的实测值与计算值的相关性。结果表明，林地实测值与预测值的相关性高于耕地；由河流沉积物发育而来的水稻土、红壤和紫色土中，镉的实测值与预测值显著相关（R分别为0．618，0．916，0．595；a=0．01）；而由第四纪土和紫色岩发育而来的水稻土中，镉的实测值与预测值的相关性很差（R〈0．3）。     

中小城市（镇）生活污水厌氧处理工程的实践与思考

从工程投资，工艺结构，处理效果等方面初步介绍了生活污水厌氧处理装置基本特征，并用实例证明该装置在处理低浓度城市生活污水中具有处理效果好，无能耗，投资分散等诸多优点，适用于我国广大中小城市（镇）生活污水处理。     

农村分散型的生活污水处理工程实例

介绍了农村小城镇分散型的生活污水处理经验，即采用隔油沉淀、水解酸化、接触氧化法的处理工艺；污水处理设施采用埋地式土壤覆盖型；最终废水出水的各项水质指标均达到《城镇污水处理厂污染物排放标准》（GB18918—2002）中的一级B类标准。     

季节性城市生活垃圾成分分析及厌氧消化特性研究

城市生活垃圾的成分及特性随着季节和人类在不同季节的生活习惯而变化，针对我国北方城市研究了一年中不同季节的城市生活垃圾成分特点，对影响厌氧发酵过程的相关成分如总有机碳（TOC）、总氮（TN）、蛋白质、脂肪和还原糖等进行了测定分析。通过厌氧消化实验，测得不同季节城市生活垃圾pH值、日产气量、沼气甲烷含量、甲烷累积量、挥发性脂肪酸（VFAs）和氧化还原电位（ORP）等参数的变化规律，分析相应变化的影响因素。结果表明，二、三季度的含水率分别为64．81％和67．50％，高于一、四季度，一季度发酵原料中蛋白质和脂肪含量分别为12．56％和8．86％，明显高于其他3个季度。一季度甲烷累积量最高，达到17616mL，单位发酵原料的产气量为204．8mL／g，也是4个季度中最高的，说明蛋白质、脂肪等有机成分含量对厌氧发酵过程及结果影响比较明显。为进一步的城市生活垃圾厌氧消化制取生物燃气的工艺条件提供依据。     

微生物絮凝法处理养鱼污水

以枯草杆菌为絮凝产生菌，优化养鱼污水对其培养条件，探讨其降解污水有机物效果及增殖变化，并讨论分析絮凝活性分布、成分组成。结果表明：pH 6.7～7.8、碳氮比20～40、COD≥85 mg/L养鱼污水（灭菌）培养该菌36 h，其培养液（2 mL投量）对高岭土悬液的絮凝率达39.5%，养鱼污水COD去除率达47.2%，絮凝菌生长良好；该絮凝菌其絮凝活性物质是菌体分泌物，成分主要为多糖。     

菖蒲人工湿地对城市生活污水的净化研究

分别研究了土壤、粉煤灰和土壤及粉煤灰3种基质构建的菖蒲模拟人工湿地系统对城市生活污水的净化效果,并探讨了进水流量对城市生活污水净化效果的影响。结果表明,用粉煤灰基质构建的菖蒲模拟人工湿地系统的TP、TN、NH4+-N、浊度净化效果最佳,去除率最高,分别可达99.7%、85.8%、99.5%、99.3%;用粉煤灰和土壤基质构建的菖蒲模拟人工湿地系统的COD净化效果最佳,去除率最高,可达83.2%。因此,菖蒲人工湿地系统对城市生活污水的净化能力强,尤其适合广大中小城市生活污水的处理,具有极其广阔的应用与推广前景。     

不同措施在防治山地果园水土流失及面源污染中的应用研究

通过施用生物毯、生物带和秸秆覆盖3种措施,模拟人工降雨,测定山地果园的水土流失量,比较不同措施在防治山地果园水土流失中的效果.结果表明,在降雨强度为1.33 mm/min时,与对照相比生物毯和秸秆覆盖能减少50%以上的氮磷流失量,生物带减少氮磷流失量也达到30%以上;在降雨强度为2.33 mm/min时,秸秆覆盖防治水土流失的效果最好;在高降雨强度(2.33mm/min)时,各种措施防治效果降低,但效果仍然明显,对磷的防治效果好于对氮的防治效果,与对照相比生物毯能减少44.5%的磷流失量.山地果园水土流失相当严重,施用生物毯和秸秆覆盖能有效防治山地果园的面源污染.     

土霉素在4种人工湿地基质上的吸附-解吸特性

为了研究土霉素在人工湿地基质床中的行为机制,本实验采用批量平衡方法研究了壤土、煤灰渣、粗砂和细砂等4种人工湿地基质材料对土霉素的吸附、解吸特性。结果表明,土霉素在人工湿地基质材料上的吸附可分为前4小时的快速吸附阶段和之后的慢速吸附阶段,14 h后达到吸附平衡,这一吸附平衡时间明显低于一般人工湿地系统的水力停留时间。可以认为,土霉素在人工湿地中有足够的时间吸附于基质层上,其吸附量的大小主要取决于基质材料的性质。土霉素在4种基质材料上的等温吸附实验表明,吸附等温线均呈非线性,用Freundlich方程能较好地对吸附数据进行非线性拟合。在4种人工湿地基质材料中,煤灰渣对土霉素的吸附作用最强,通过Freundlich方程拟合的吸附容量参数(KF)为280.2;其次为壤土,KF值为129.3;粗砂和细砂的吸附作用较弱,KF值分别为53.2和64.5。人工湿地基质材料对土霉素的吸附能力主要与基质有机质含量、粘粒含量、Fe2O3含量、阳离子交换量和Al2O3含量呈正相关。土霉素在4种人工湿地基质材料上的解吸均存在滞后现象,相对于壤土和煤灰渣,吸附于粗砂和细砂上的土霉素更容易被解吸下来。     

Hydrocarbon pollution fixed to combined sewer sediment: a case study in Paris

Over a period of two years (2000-2001), sediment samples were extracted from 40 silt traps (STs) spread through the combined sewer system of Paris. All sediment samples were analysed for physico-chemical parameters (pH, organic matter content, grain size distribution), with total hydrocarbons (THs) and 16 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) selected from the priority list of the US-EPA. The two main objectives of the study were (1) to determine the hydrocarbon contamination levels in the sediments of the Paris combined sewer system and (2) to investigate the PAH fingerprints in order to assess their spatial variability and to elucidate the PAH origins. The results show that there is some important inter-site and intra-site variations in hydrocarbon contents. Despite this variability, TH and PAH contamination levels (50th percentile) in the Parisian sewer sediment are estimated at 530 and 18 microg g(-1), respectively. The investigation of the aromatic compound distributions in all of the 40 STs has underlined that there is, at the Paris sewer system scale, a homogeneous PAH background pollution. Moreover, the study of the PAH fingerprints, using specific ratios, suggests the predominance of a pyrolytic origin for those PAHs fixed to the sewer sediment.     

Cost optimization of integrated wastewater drainage and treatment systems

This paper presents the cost optimization of an urban drainage and wastewater treatment system. The mixed sewer urban drainage (including combined sewer overflows and retention basins), the activated sludge wastewater treatment plant (WWTP), and the permissible loading of the receiving water were optimized simultaneously by the nonlinear programming approach. For this purpose, the integrated optimization model OPTIMALWWT was developed. The economic objective function of the defined investment and operational costs is subjected to rigorous design and ecological constraints. A practical example of the cost optimization of an existing urban drainage and WWTP, located in Slovenia, is presented to demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed method. For each of the two different design approaches, three different optimization cases were carried out for three different technological alternatives. As a result, the optimal technological process was finally selected for the reconstruction of the system, as a result of its suitable costs and operational safety.     

Deposition velocities to Sorbus aria, Acer campestre, Populus deltoides X trichocarpa 'Beaupré', Pinus nigra and X Cupressocyparis leylandii for coarse, fine and ultra-fine particles in the urban environment

Trees are effective in the capture of particles from urban air to the extent that they can significantly improve urban air quality. As a result of their aerodynamic properties conifers, with their smaller leaves and more complex shoot structures, have been shown to capture larger amounts of particle matter than broadleaved trees. This study focuses on the effects of particle size on the deposition velocity of particles (Vg) to five urban tree species (coniferous and broadleaved) measured at two field sites, one urban and polluted and a second more rural. The larger uptake to conifers is confirmed, and for broadleaves and conifers Vg values are shown to be greater for ultra-fine particles (Dp < 1.0 microm) than for fine and coarse particles. This is important since finer particles are more likely to be deposited deep in the alveoli of the human lung causing adverse health effects. The finer particle fraction is also shown to be transported further from the emission source; in this study a busy urban road. In further sets of data the aqueous soluble and insoluble fractions of the ultra-fines were separated, indicating that aqueous insoluble particles made up only a small proportion of the ultra-fines. Much of the ultra-fine fraction is present as aerosol. Chemical analysis of the aqueous soluble fractions of coarse, fine and ultra-fine particles showed the importance of nitrates, chloride and phosphates in all three size categories at the polluted and more rural location.     

Size-resolved trace metal characterization of aerosols emitted by four important source types in Switzerland

In central Switzerland five types of emission sources are mainly responsible for airborne trace metals: traffic, industrial plants burning heavy oil, resuspension of soil particles, residential heatings and refuse incineration plants. The particulate emissions of each of these source types except refuse incineration were sampled using Berner impactors and the mass and elemental size distributions of Cd, Cu, Mn, Pb, Zn, As and Na determined.Cd, Na and Zn are not characteristic for any of these source types. As and Cu, occurring in the fine particle fractions are characteristic for heavy oil combustion, Mn for soil dust and sometimes for heavy and fuel oil combustion and Pb for traffic aerosols. The mass size distributions of aerosols originating from erosion and abrasion processes show a maximum mass fraction in the coarse particle range larger than about 1 μm aerodynamic equivalent diameters (A.E.D.). Aerosols originating from combustion processes show a second maximum mass fraction in the fine particle range below about 0.5μm A.E.D.Scanning electron microscopy combined with an EDS analyzer was used for the morphological characterization of emission and ambient aerosols.     

U-series disequilibria in a groundwater flow route as an indicator of uranium migration processes

U-series data relating to groundwater, fracture coatings and the adjoining rock matrix in a groundwater flow system at the Palmottu natural analogue site was examined. The aim was to obtain an experimental reference for migration modelling in a transport section defined within the flow system. The U-series reference obtained turned out to be a very useful tool for fine tuning the flow route and for migration mechanism considerations. The U-series data are well in line with other interpretations of the migration system.     

Cesium-137 and mercury contamination in lake sediments.

The contribution of fluvial discharge and global fallout of 137Cs and mercury to sedimentation fluxes in Lake Shinji and Lake Nakaumi, Japan, was studied. The fluvial flux through soil erosion accounted for 11 to 27% of accumulated 137Cs in the sediments in the 1950's and 1960's, which were the periods of the most extensive atmospheric input, and for 90 to 100% in the 1990's. The vertical profiles of mercury concentrations in the lake sediments studied showed a maximum between 1959 and 1963, which was originated mostly from the extensive use of mercury-agrochemicals in paddyfields of the watershed in the past. These findings are representative examples of long-term contamination of lake sediments caused by the contaminated ground soil erosion.     

Assessment of aided phytostabilization of copper-contaminated soil by X-ray absorption spectroscopy and chemical extractions

Field plots were established at a timber treatment site to evaluate remediation of Cu contaminated topsoils with aided phytostabilization. Soil containing 2600 mg kg⁻¹ Cu was amended with a combination of 5 wt% compost and 2 wt% iron grit, and vegetated. Sequential extraction was combined with extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectroscopy to correlate changes in Cu distribution across five fractions with changes in the predominant Cu compounds two years after treatment in parallel treated and untreated field plots. Exchangeable Cu dominated untreated soil, most likely as Cu(II) species non-specifically bound to natural organic matter. The EXAFS spectroscopic results are consistent with the sequential extraction results, which show a major shift in Cu distribution as a result of soil treatment to the fraction bound to poorly crystalline Fe oxyhydroxides forming binuclear inner-sphere complexes.     

Spatial distribution patterns of rock fragments and their underlying mechanism of migration on steep hillslopes in a karst region of Yunnan Province,China

Environmental Science and Pollution Research - In mountainous areas, rock fragments (RFs) are a common feature on the soil surface and in topsoil. Few studies, however, have investigated the...