治理后的太湖无锡区域底质中重金属污染现状及生态风险评价

以2005年以后太湖无锡区域底质为研究对象，分析了太湖底泥中重金属的含量分布及富集状况，采用地积累指数法和潜在生态危害指数法对重金属的生态危害进行评价。结果表明：太湖无锡区域底质受重金属轻度污染，含量高于全国水系沉积物平均值；地积累指数法显示太湖无锡区域底质中重金属污染排序为Cu=As〉Pb〉Zn〉Cr〉Cd〉Hg；金属对太湖无锡区域底质构成的潜在生态危害由强到弱为Hg〉Cu〉As〉Cd〉Pb〉Cr〉Zn；从区域上看，2种评价方法均表明底质中重金属危害程度为宜兴沿岸区〉梅梁湖〉五里湖〉贡湖无锡水域。     

无锡市太湖新城主干河网水系底质状况的研究

以2014—2015年无锡市太湖新城主干河网水系底质的检测结果为研究对象,分析了底质中的营养盐及重金属状况,并采用地积累指数法对重金属的污染进行评价。结果表明:新城河网内底质的TP含量2015年已经达到较清洁状态,且各样点差异较小。TN含量与有机质含量变化趋势基本一致,成正相关性,底质中TN负荷略高。新城2015年主干河网重金属的污染状态较2014年整体无明显变化,大多为轻度污染,主要污染项目为Hg。     

靖江市十圩港、横港底质重金属污染现状调查及防治对策

对靖江市十圩港、横港两条河流底质中重金属含量进行了监测、分析,运用单因子和综合污染指数法评价其污染程度,根据评价结果提出建议和防治对策。     

河流中污染底质镉解吸规律的研究

通过对云南省马关县矿区河流中重金属铅在不同转速和不同静止时间的测定和分析，结果表明，河流流速越快，底质中的镉向水中释放量越多，而且在河流越平稳地段，重金属镉在底泥中沉积量就越多。     

上海内环高架沿线灰尘重金属污染分析与评价

对上海市内环高架沿线街道灰尘重金属污染进行了调查,结果表明,与道路交通因素相关的重金属Pb、Cd、Cu和Zn均具有较高的含量水平,分别为上海市土壤背景值的9.3倍,7.5倍,9.0倍和8.8倍。除了重金属Hg以外,其他7种重金属平均含量均表现为浦西段高于浦东段,说明内环高架浦西段相对于浦东段具有较高的重金属积累。而污染指数评价的结果也表明了上述4种重金属的污染程度超过了其他重金属,已经达到了中度污染水平。     

佛山水道底泥重金属污染调查

为了解佛山水道底泥的污染状况,对佛山水道底泥重金属的总体水平及其潜在生态危害进行了调查.结果表明,佛山水道底泥重金属的质量比处于较高水平,Hg的平均质量比达到背景值的20倍,As的平均质量比是背景值的2倍多.根据潜在生态危害指数法的评价结果,佛山水道底泥重金属对生态系统的危害已达到很强的程度;各种重金属的生态危害排序为:Hg＞Cd＞Pb＞Cu＞As＞Cr＞Zn,其中Hg的生态危害已达到了极强的程度.     

北京西郊清灌区农业土壤的重金属含量调查

城市中没有使用污水灌溉的农田土壤环境质量如何?有害重金属合景是否就是我们所认为的背景使水平呢?对此,笔者在1987～1989年间对北京市区的主要农副业产基地之一,城区近郊的西郊非污水灌区(下称西郊清灌区)土壤中的重金属含量进行了调查,并将其调查结果与北京平原区土壤背景值和北京污灌     

底质的COD

1.前言 作为各种公共水域水质,底质的有机污染程度的指标之一,COD得到了广泛的采用。在COD试验中,如果测定条件不同,结果也往往不同。因此,在JIS K 0102和日环协标准手册中,对水质COD的测定条件作了详细的规定,而在用于底质COD测定的“底质调查方法”中,对于不同的测定对象,设定条件却并不一定都合适。 2.“底质调查方法”存在的问题 一般而论,作为底质COD测定使用的方法以表1所示的二种方法为代表。 依据“底质调查方法”对污染严重的试样进行试验时,当指定试样量为10g,添加的过锰酸钾全部消耗时,给出的COD值最高。为此,对污染严重的试样,COD值不同,并不能比较其污染程度。同时,可从另一个侧面来认识这个问题,在试样量少的情况下,试样量不同,     

搬迁企业原址土壤重金属分布特征及其生态风险评价

江苏省某城市由于规划发展的需要,陆续搬迁了一批高污染的化工企业。现调查发现其中一家化工厂原厂址存在严重的重金属污染问题,现采集多个表层土壤样品,对样品中的多种重金属(Pb,Cu,Cr,Ni,Zn和Cd)的总量进行分析测试,发现搬迁区土壤重金属累积效应显著,除Zn和Ni外,其它重金属平均含量均超过其背景值,其中Cd的含量是其背景值的324倍,Pb是背景值的1.8倍。重金属的富集顺序为PbCrZnCdCuNi.不同功能区各种重金属的平均含量均不同,其中仅以绿地重金属累积最少,生产区、排放区和设备维修区累积较为严重,为高浓度污染区。生产活动和处理排放已成为影响研究区土壤环境质量的主要因素;研究区土壤具有极强的重金属污染潜在生态危害,其中Cd为极强潜在生态危害。所以,该企业搬迁区土壤重金属积累显著,Pb,Cd和Cr将是该企业原址厂土壤的重点污染物,需要重点控制和修复。     

原油泄漏对湄洲湾海域水质污染影响分析

本文就“安福”号油轮在福建省湄洲湾油码头泄漏大量大庆原油事故的发生，我们曾先后三次对相关区域进行跟踪监测，每次均增加监测频数和扩大监测区域范围，以探讨溶解于水中的大庆原油随时空变化对湄洲湾近岸海域水质污染程度和污染范围，并对油类污染湄洲湾水域影响因素进行客观、全面的评价和分析。     

能见度分级约束下的大气气溶胶光学厚度特征

利用ＰＩＳ太阳光谱仪观测了北京地区１９９３年３月—１９９５年３月晴天和少云天气的太阳直接辐射光谱，波长范围为０．４０－１．０４μｍ。光谱分辨率１．２５ｎｍ，共有１０６４组数据。观测期间，将地面能见度分为五级。由太阳直射谱获得了各能见度下大气气溶胶光学厚度谱。研究表明，北京地区大气气溶胶光学厚度虽然其总体季节统计规律为春夏大，秋冬小，然而，当加入能见度分级约束后，各能见度下气溶胶光学厚度的季节变化，近于消失。这表明少数“反常”垂直结构不影响能见度分级的平均结果。而不分级的光学厚度季节起伏主要由各季节的几率能见度决定。文中还把年平均五种能见度下的光谱光学厚度与ＬＯＷＴＲＡＮ模式作了对比。由光学厚度谱反演出了气溶胶粒子谱分布，为建立我国北方局地气溶胶模式构造了基本框架     

An ecosystem report on the Panama Canal: monitoring the status of the forest communities and the watershed

In 1996, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the Republic of Panama's Environmental Authority, with support fromthe United States Agency for International Development, undertook a comprehensive program to monitor the ecosystem of the Panama Canal watershed. The goals were to establish baselineindicators for the integrity of forest communities and rivers. Based on satellite image classification and ground surveys, the2790 km² watershed had 1570 km² of forest in 1997, 1080 km² of which was in national parks and nature monuments. Most of the 490 km² of forest not currently in protected areas lies along the west bank of the Canal, and its managementstatus after the year 2000 turnover of the Canal from the U.S. to Panama remains uncertain. In forest plots designed to monitorforest diversity and change, a total of 963 woody plant specieswere identified and mapped. We estimate there are a total of 850–1000 woody species in forests of the Canal corridor. Forestsof the wetter upper reaches of the watershed are distinct in species composition from the Canal corridor, and have considerably higher diversity and many unknown species. Theseremote areas are extensively forested, poorly explored, and harbor an estimated 1400–2200 woody species. Vertebrate monitoring programs were also initiated, focusing on species threatened by hunting and forest fragmentation. Large mammals are heavily hunted in most forests of Canal corridor, and therewas clear evidence that mammal density is greatly reduced in hunted areas and that this affects seed predation and dispersal. The human population of the watershed was 113 000 in 1990, and grew by nearly 4% per year from 1980 to 1990. Much of this growth was in a small region of the watershed on the outskirts of Panama City, but even rural areas, including villages near and within national parks, grew by 2% per year. There is no sewage treatment in the watershed, and many towns have no trashcollection, thus streams near large towns are heavily polluted. Analyses of sediment loads in rivers throughout the watershed did not indicate that erosion has been increasing as a result ofdeforestation, rather, erosion seems to be driven largely by total rainfall and heavy rainfall events that cause landslides.Still, models suggest that large-scale deforestation would increase landslide frequency, and failure to detect increases inerosion could be due to the gradual deforestation rate and the short time period over which data are available. A study of runoff showed deforestation increased the amount of water fromrainfall that passed directly into streams. As a result, dry season flow was reduced in a deforested catchment relative to aforested one. Currently, the Panama Canal watershed has extensive forest areasand streams relatively unaffected by humans. But impacts of hunting and pollution near towns are clear, and the burgeoningpopulation will exacerbate these impacts in the next few decades.Changes in policies regarding forest protection and pollution control are necessary.     

On the quantitative distribution and community structure of the meio and macrofaunal communities in the coastal area of the Central Adriatic Sea (Italy)

Many coastal areas have served as repositories of different anthropogenic and naturally induced organic material and nutrients. The major sources thereof are riverine inputs which strongly influence the spatial and temporal distribution of benthic communities. In this study, the benthic foraminiferal, meiofaunal, and macrofaunal colonies in front of three rivers in a poorly known, but environmentally valuable, area of the Central Adriatic Sea have been examined concurrently. The physico-chemical parameters of bottom water and sediment characteristics were determined in order to characterize both the sediment-water interface and the benthic environments. Although changes in the biota are neither univocal nor unidirectional, a moderate influence of riverine input on the different communities' components can be inferred. The most affected taxa are foraminifera and copepods and, to a lesser extent, meiofaunal polychaetes and platyhelminthes. These results are also tested by the ABC curves, which reveal that the macrofaunal communities closest to the river mouths are moderately disturbed. This integrated investigation documents, for the first time, how benthic communities can be used as an early warning indicator with which to monitor the health quality of a coastal ecosystem.     

Review of ozone and temperature lidar validations performed within the framework of the Network for the Detection of Stratospheric Change

The use of assimilation tools for satellite validation requires true estimates of the accuracy of the reference data. Since its inception, the Network for Detection of Stratospheric Change (NDSC) has provided systematic lidar measurements of ozone and temperature at several places around the world that are well adapted for satellite validations. Regular exercises have been organised to ensure the data quality at each individual site. These exercises can be separated into three categories: large scale intercomparisons using multiple instruments, including a mobile lidar; using satellite observations as a geographic transfer standards to compare measurements at different sites; and comparative investigations of the analysis software. NDSC is a research network, so each system has its own history, design, and analysis, and has participated differently in validation campaigns. There are still some technological differences that may explain different accuracies. However, the comparison campaigns performed over the last decade have always proved to be very helpful in improving the measurements. To date, more efforts have been devoted to characterising ozone measurements than to temperature observations. The synthesis of the published works shows that the network can potentially be considered as homogeneous within +/-2% between 20-35 km for ozone and +/-1 K between 35-60 km for temperature. Outside this altitude range, larger biases are reported and more efforts are required. In the lower stratosphere, Raman channels seem to improve comparisons but such capabilities were not systematically compared. At the top of the profiles, more investigations on analysis methodologies are still probably needed. SAGE II and GOMOS appear to be excellent tools for future ozone lidar validations but need to be better coordinated and take more advantage of assimilation tools. Also, temperature validations face major difficulties caused by atmospheric tides and therefore require intercomparisons with the mobile systems, at all sites.     

Evaluating the use of Social Impact Assessment in the context of agricultural development projects in Iran

The utilisation of Social Impact Assessment (SIA) in Iran is analysed in terms of its policy context and its application in practice. Five case studies where SIA was employed in conjunction with Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) for agricultural development projects are evaluated. In addition, the performance of the policy context is assessed. This research revealed that there are legal and institutional constraints to the effective functioning of SIA in Iran, and that there are deficiencies in the operating guidelines. There were serious problems associated with the way SIA was undertaken in all five case studies. Recommendations to improve the policy framework for the conduct of SIA are made. The recommendations advocate for a higher profile of SIA within legislation, for social issues to have greater emphasis in official guidelines for the conduct of EIA and SIA, and for a range of measures to increase the professionalism of SIA practice.     

Geochemistry of the suspended sediment in the estuaries of the Mandovi and Zuari rivers, central west coast of India

The geochemistry of the suspended particulate matter (SPM) collected during the monsoon was determined to identify the sources of SPM and to understand the physicochemical processes in the Mandovi and Zuari river estuaries. The concentrations of SPM decrease seaward in both estuaries, but are relatively high at bay stations. Kaolinite is the most dominant clay mineral in the upstream of both rivers. Smectite increases seaward in both estuaries and is abundant in the bay. Upstream stations of Mandovi, where ore deposits are stored on the shore, exhibit high Fe, Mn, total rare earth elements (∑REE), and middle REE- and heavy REE-enriched patterns. Channel stations of both estuaries exhibit middle REE- and light REE-enriched patterns, which gradually changed seaward to middle REE- and heavy REE-enriched patterns. Canal stations exhibit the highest concentrations of major and trace metals. High metal/Al ratios occur at stations in the upstream of Zuari and at the confluence of canals in the Mandovi estuary. Enrichment factors of metals indicate that Mn is significantly polluted while other metals are moderately polluted. The δ ¹³C and δ ¹⁵N of organic matter indicate that the terrigenous organic matter at the upstream is diluted seaward by marine organic matter. Organic matter at bay stations is largely marine and altered-type. The compositions of SPM are controlled by the particulates from ore dust, the geology of the drainage basins, and the physicochemical processes in the estuaries. Particulates resuspended from the bay are dominated by ore dust, which are advected into the channels of both estuaries during the lull periods of the monsoon.     

Assessing the social cost of housing projects on the built environment: Analysis and monetization of the adverse impacts incurred on the neighbouring communities

Construction projects generate serious environmental adverse impacts on the adjacent residents. All those harmful consequences and damages that third parties or the community sustain due to the implementation of construction processes are called social costs. Although, the presence of social costs is widely mentioned in the literature, in the projects' initial cost estimation practices, the social costs are not estimated and included. Whereas since these costs are not compensated, problems can be emerged by the community. It is a truism that the majority of the models proposed to quantify the social costs have been concentrated on construction, repair, and maintenance of the infrastructure projects namely; utilities, roads, and highways. On the other hand, up to the present, a limited number of attempts has been made to quantify residential housing construction associated social costs. Thus, this research aims to expand and/or contribute to the existing body of knowledge via estimating how much social cost society surrounding residential housing construction sites are subjected to. For this purpose, a social cost estimation model is developed to assist industry professionals on how to estimate social costs in residential construction projects. The social cost estimation model is developed to provide guidance for phase by phase monetization of the residential construction associated social costs. In this paper, the model proposed for social cost estimation is validated via a case study in Turkey.     

Patterns of subsidence in the lower Yangtze Delta of China: the case of the Suzhou-Wuxi-Changzhou Region

Investigation indicates that the subsidence pattern in the lower Yangtze Delta area is related to groundwater extraction. Suzhou-Wuxi-Changzhou region ("Su-Xi-Chang") belongs to the hinterland of the lower Yangtze Delta that has a total area of 12,000 km2. From 1979 to 2000, long-term pumping of groundwater at Su-Xi-Chang has caused a rapid decline in groundwater table, resulting in large-scale land subsidence. In this paper, establishment of a GPS-based monitoring system for land subsidence using 30 years of data, is presented. The data were obtained through monitoring of 184 wells. Also analyzed herein is the relationship between the observed lowering of the groundwater table and subsidence. Monitoring data indicate that the depression cone of groundwater table and the occurrence of subsidence are basically identical in time and space. The generation of both features is attributed to excessive extraction of ground water in the region. Finally, countermeasures against subsidence are proposed.     

Evaluation of the effect of different sampling time periods and ambient air pollutant concentrations on the performance of the Radiello diffusive sampler for the analysis of VOCs by TD-GC/MS

The effect of different sampling exposure times and ambient air pollutant concentrations on the performance of Radiello? samplers for analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is evaluated. Quadruplicate samples of Radiello? passive tubes were taken for 3, 4, 7 and 14 days. Samples were taken indoors during February and March 2010 and outdoors during July 2010 in La Canonja (Tarragona, Spain). The analysis was performed by automatic thermal desorption (ATD) coupled with capillary gas chromatography (GC)/mass spectrometry detection (MS). The results show significant differences (t-test, p < 0.05) between the amounts of VOCs obtained from the sum of two short sampling periods and a single equivalent longer sampling period for 65% of all the data. 17% of the results show significantly larger amounts of pollutant in the sum of two short sampling periods. Back diffusion due to changes in concentrations together with saturation and competitive effects between the compounds during longer sampling periods could be responsible for these differences. The other 48% of the results that are different show significantly larger amounts in the single equivalent longer sampling period. The remaining 35% of the results do not show significant differences. Although significant differences are observed in the amount of several VOCs collected over two shorter sampling intervals compared to the amount collected during a single equivalent longer sampling period, the ratios obtained are very close to unity (between 0.7 and 1.2 in 75% of cases). We conclude that Radiello? passive samplers are useful tools if their limitations are taken into account and the manufacturer's recommendations are followed.     

The devil is in the details (or the surface): impact of surface structure and surface energetics on understanding the behavior of nanomaterials in the environment

Metal and metal oxide nanomaterials are found in many consumer products for use in a wide range of applications including catalysis, sensors and contaminant remediation. Because of the extensive use of metal-based nanomaterials, there are concerns that these materials have the potential to get into the environment sometime during production, distribution, use and/or disposal. In particular, there exists the potential that they will make their way into water systems, e.g. drinking water systems, ground water systems, estuaries and lakes. In this review, some of the uncertainties in understanding nanoparticle behavior, which is often due to a lack of fundamental knowledge of the surface structure and surface energetics for very small particles, are discussed. Although classical models may provide guidance for understanding dissolution and aggregation of nanoparticles in water, it is the detailed surface structure and surface chemistry that are needed to accurately describe the surface free energy, a large component of the total free energy, in order to fully understand these processes. Without this information, it is difficult to develop a conceptual framework for understanding the fate, transport and potential toxicity of nanomaterials. Needed research areas to fill this void are discussed.