无声环境不利于健康

噪音对人体健康有害,这是谁也不会怀疑的事实。因此,人们想尽办法采取种种措施,千方百计来减少和消除噪音,以保障身体健康。然而,最近德国科学家们在研究中发现,一个完全没有声响的环境, 对人的身心健康同样也会造成损害。他们的研究表明,无声环境会使人产生恐惧不安、心律失常、食欲减     

基于广域网的环保投诉管理系统的研究与实践

随着环境管理工作和决策要求的不断提高,对环境信访处理提出了更高的要求.利用广域网技术,实现城市级环保投诉联网处理是适应现代环境管理要求的.以南宁市为例,对系统软件的设计与实现进行了较详细的介绍与分析,说明了系统给环境管理工作带来的便利,并对系统的发展前景作了展望.     

广西都安县耕地土壤重金属污染风险评价

为全面了解广西都安瑶族自治县耕地土壤重金属污染特征和生态风险状况,通过实地调查采样及土壤重金属含量分析,利用单因子指数、内梅罗综合指数、Hakanson潜在生态危害指数对都安县耕地土壤中Cd、As、Ni、Zn、Cr、Sb、Cu、Pb这8种重金属进行污染和生态风险评价.结果表明,都安县耕地土壤重金属总体污染严重,74.6%的耕地土壤点位超标,Cd、As、Ni、Zn、Cr、Sb、Cu、Pb的超标率依次为70.6%、42.9%、34.9%、19.8%、19.6%、2.94%、1.59%、0.79%,其中Cd和As超标率远远超过全国和广西水平,是都安县主要的污染元素.都安县耕地土壤总体呈现"中度"生态风险,其中Cd对生态风险贡献率达到88%;九渡乡东南部和保安乡与东庙乡结合部存在高生态风险.都安县耕地土壤重金属污染来自两个主要污染源,其中刁江流域两岸受污灌耕地土壤中As、Sb污染可能主要来源于刁江上游的矿业活动.     

城市污水处理工艺对噬菌体的去除效果

测定了北京市3座城市污水处理厂各处理单元出水中的SC噬菌体和F-RNA噬菌体浓度进水中SC噬菌体和F-RNA噬菌体浓度范围分别为6.25 ×103～1.34×104 PFU·mL-1和2.4×10～2.4×103 PFU·mL-1,经过处理,上述2类噬菌体的总去除率分别为72.45%～99.89%和57.84%～93.06%,低于对粪大肠菌的处理效果生物曝气工艺对噬菌体的去除效率最高,深度处理中的砂滤工艺对噬菌体的去除作用不明显.根据测定的F-RNA噬菌体浓度预测水中肠道病毒的浓度,结果显示生活污水经常规处理和深度处理后仍含有0.65～15.8 PFU·L-1的肠道病毒.     

百乐克(BIOLAK)活性污泥宏基因组的生物多样性及功能分析

百乐克(BIOLAK)是一种在全球范围内得到成功推广的多级活性污泥工艺,然而,迄今对于百乐克工艺的核心元件——活性污泥的生物群落及其功能尚鲜见报道.以连云港市大浦工业区废水处理厂为例,借助于新一代高通量测序技术,获得百乐克活性污泥中大规模的宏基因组数据(428 588条高质量DNA序列).鉴定出47个门类、872个属及1 351个物种.细菌域(289 933条序列)中包含33个门,其中变形菌门Proteobacteria是生物量最丰富的门(62.54%),其次是拟杆菌门Bacteroidetes(11.29%)、硝化螺旋菌门Nitrospirae(5.65%)和浮霉菌门Planctomycetes(4.79%),显示这些生物类群在百乐克废水处理系统中发挥着关键作用.在748个细菌属中,硝化螺菌属Nitrospira(5.60%)最为丰富,为活性污泥氮循环过程中的关键菌群.其次为芽单胞菌属Gemmatimonas(2.45%),是生物除磷过程的重要菌属.在古菌域(1 019条序列)中鉴定出3个门及39个属.在真核域(1 055序列),鉴定出10个门及60个属,其中,纤毛虫门Ciliophora是最大的门(257条序列).同时,检测到448条病毒序列,主要为噬菌体.在百乐克活性污泥中,参与氮、芳香化合物和磷代谢的功能基因比例分别为2.50%、2.28%和1.56%,均高于美国和澳大利亚两个废水处理厂活性污泥中功能基因的比例.在氮代谢的4个过程中,反硝化相关基因所占比重最高,达到80.81%,其次是氨化(12.78%)、硝化(4.38%)和固氮(2.04%).总之,在百乐克活性污泥中蕴藏着惊人的生物多样性,同时,参与氮、芳香化合物和磷代谢的功能基因非常丰富.     

折光率法和电导率法测定稀土废水中氯化铵

阐述了折光率法与电导率法测定稀土废水中高浓度氯化铵的原理和方法.在恒温和低悬浮物浓度条件下,折光率与氯化铵质量浓度线性关系良好;当保持外界条件不变时,氯化铵质量浓度在5 000 mg/L～60 000 mg/L与电导率显著相关.经t检验,两种方法与银量法差异均不显著,且操作简单,准确快速,适用于水处理过程中的现场实时监测.     

TiO2/pg-C3N4复合催化剂的制备及光催化性能

通过简单的超声剥离分散和水热法,成功制得了具有多孔结构的TiO₂/pg-C₃N₄复合催化剂.利用XRD、SEM、TEM、UV-Vis DRS和PL对样品的形貌、结构及光学性能进行了表征.在模拟太阳光照射下,以RhB和MO为模拟污染物考察了TiO₂/pg-C₃N₄的光催化性能.结果表明：当TiO₂占pg-C₃N₄的质量分数为5%时,制得的TiO₂/pg-C₃N₄（5：100）复合催化剂具有最优的光催化性能.TiO₂/pg-C₃N₄（5：100）对RhB的光催化降解途径为O^2·-和h⁺使整个共轭发色团结构发生裂解.TiO₂/pg-C₃N₄（5：100）光催化性能的提高一方面是由于多孔结构增加了光催化反应的活性位点;另一方面是由于TiO₂与pg-C₃N₄之间形成了Z型异质结,与传统的Ⅱ型异质结相比,该复合催化剂不仅使光生载流子分离效率提高,同时保留了pg-C₃N₄导带电子的强还原性和TiO₂价带空穴的强氧化性.     

Water incubation-induced fluctuating release of heavy metals in two smelter-contaminated soils

The soil moisture regime can affect the release of heavy metals in soil. In the previous studies, slightly polluted soils or artificially contaminated soil samples were considered to investigate the effect of soil moisture. We used highly smelter-contaminated and aged soils to study the release of typical heavy metals(Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb) induced by water incubation in batch experiments with characterization via speciation and X-ray diffraction analyses(XRD). The results show that the leachable concentrations of the heavy metals increased slightly in the first 30 days, decreased drastically between 30 and 90 days, and immobilized relatively constant thereafter. The fluctuation was ascribed to the changes of soil Eh and pH, the reductive dissolution of crystalline iron oxides, the formation of new amorphous iron oxides, the absorption of dissolved organic matter and the precipitation of metal sulfide. Speciation analysis indicated that a proportion of the soil heavy metals was transformed from an exchangeable fraction to a less labile fraction after water incubation. And the presence of a lead iron oxide phase and the peak increasing of zinc sulfide were observed via XRD analyses. Finally, water incubation restrained the release of heavy metals after 180 days of incubation, and reduced the leachability of Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb by as much as 1.61%–7.21% for soil A and 0.43%–3.36% for soil B, respectively. The study findings have implications for the formulation of risk control and management strategies for heavy metals in smelter-contaminated soils.     

Development of a model to simulate soil heavy metals lateral migration quantity based on SWAT in Huanjiang watershed, China

Lateral transportation of soil heavy metals in rainfall events could significantly increase the scope of pollution. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a model with high accuracy to simulate the migration quantity of heavy metals. A model for heavy metal migration simulation was developed based on the SWAT(Soil and Water Assessment Tool) model. This model took into consideration the influence of soil p H value, soil particle size, runoff volume, sediment amount,concentration of water-soluble heavy metals dissolved in runoff and insoluble absorbed to the soil particles. This model was reasonable in Huanjiang watershed, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, south China, covering an area of 273 km~2. The optimal drainage area threshold was determined by analyzing the effects of watershed subdivision on the simulation results to ensure the simulation accuracy. The main conclusions of this paper were:(1) watershed subdivision could affect simulation migration quantity of heavy metals;(2) the quantity of heavy metals transported by sediment accounted for 97%–99% of the total migration quantity in the study watershed. Therefore, sediment played the most important role in heavy metal migration;(3) the optimal drainage area threshold percentage to ensure high simulation accuracy was determined to be 2.01% of the total watershed;(4) with the optimal threshold percentage, this model could simulate the migration quantity of As, Pb and Cd accurately at the total watershed and subwatershed level. The results of this paper were useful for identifying the key regions with heavy metal migration.