The effects of groundwater table and flood irrigation strategies on soil water and salt dynamics and reed water use in the Yellow River Delta, China

Vegetation management in shallow groundwater table environments requires an understanding of the interactions between the physical and biological factors that determine root-zone soil salinization and moisture. In this study, the effects of groundwater depth and flood irrigation strategies on water and salt dynamics and reed water use were analyzed in the shallow groundwater region of the Yellow River Delta in China using the HYDRUS-1D model. The results indicated that there is a conflict between water, salt stress, and reed water use with variations in groundwater depth. A water table depth of 3.5 m is the minimum limit to maintain a safe level of soil salinity, but at this depth, the environmental stress on reeds is worsened by the decrease in soil water storage. Maintaining the flood pulses on the wetland, especially during May, may be critical for restoring the reed wetland in the Yellow River Delta.     

页岩-钢渣组合填料湿地强化脱氮除磷研究

以城市污水A/O工艺出水为处理对象,运用页岩和钢渣物化除磷、调控进水碳氮比和氮素氧化性等技术手段,在中试规模上研究了页岩和钢渣组合填料湿地的脱氮除磷效能及影响因素.结果表明,当COD面积负荷率、TN面积负荷率、TP面积负荷率、HRT(水力停留时间)分别为6.5～20.7 g·(m²·d)^-1、2.57～8.22 g·(m²·d)^-1、0.41～1.32 g·(m²·d)^-1、0.5～1.6d时,①氨氮、亚硝态氮和硝态氮的去除率分别为85.8%、56.3%和18.6%,TN去除率为58.0%,TN面积负荷去除率为3.58g·(m²·d)^-1,TN反应动力学常数为0.31 m·d^-1,TN面积负荷去除率随进水TN负荷的增加而线性增加.②TP去除率为90.4%,TP面积负荷去除率为0.89 g·(m²·d)^-1,TP反应动力学常数为0.86 m.d^-1,TP面积负荷去除率随进水TP负荷的增加而线性增加.③水温、HRT、氮素组分、C/N等因素对湿地系统的脱氮除磷效率有显著影响.TN面积负荷去除率随HRT、COD/TN值的增加而幂函数增加.TN面积负荷去除率随水温(、NO₂^--N+NO₃^--N)/TN值的增加而呈指数函数增加.     

潜流湿地处理不同浓度有机污水的差异分析

通过供氧平衡及物质平衡理论分析和实证研究,探讨根系泌氧、水中自带溶解氧、植物吸收营养物在湿地净化中的贡献,并通过落空运行来启动大气复氧.结果表明,当处理Ⅳ类以下地表水时,根系泌氧和水中携氧可使基质内为好氧环境、出水DO>0;植物吸收和介质吸附可使N、P去除稳定.当处理生活污水时,植物供氧不足,基质内为缺氧/厌氧环境、铵氧化细菌和亚硝酸氧化菌数量只有氨化细菌的1/1 000～1/100,出水DO≈0,使基质易堵塞;植物吸收和介质吸附有限,氮去除率≤20%;磷去除率随介质吸附容量的饱和逐渐下降,运行前3个月去除率为54%,运行1a以后降低到5%.潜流湿地处理生活污水时污染负荷远大于植物供氧和吸收营养物的上限,是其存在技术局限的根本原因.启动大气复氧是湿地工艺改进的一个重要方向,预沉-常规湿地对COD、NH₄⁺-N、TN、TP的去除率为79%、34%、36%、34%,预沉-落空湿地则为79%、88%、14%、69%,必须合理利用大气复氧才能实现去除总氮的最终目的.     

溶解氧对人工湿地处理受污染城市河流水体效果的影响

研究了溶解氧在人工湿地中的分布对受污染城市河流水体处理效果的影响规律及其意义,为城市受污染景观水体处理或雨水处理人工湿地的工程设计提供有效的自然复氧估算方法和设置措施.结果表明,由于自然复氧不利引起的溶解氧不足(<2 mg/L)是导致人工湿地出水水质恶化的主要原因.自然跌水是一种有效的人工湿地充氧方式,其充氧效果可用氧亏比r根据水温、水质以及充氧形式等外部条件参数进行估算.推流态的湿地床内,溶解氧分布与生物量分布以及有机物的去除规律呈现明显的相关性,而对TP沿程去除速率影响不大.设置多级多段跌水有利于均衡湿地床填料内的溶解氧分布,促进硝化反应,保证出水水质.     

洞庭湖平原农村湿地生态旅游开发探析

社会主义新农村建设和"中国乡村游"的展开,以及人们对湿地认识的不断提高,为农村中广大湿地进行旅游开发提供了新机遇.在简要阐述农村生态旅游的内涵与国内发展概况的基础上,提出了农村湿地生态旅游的内涵与意义.并以洞庭湖平原为实证研究,通过对庭湖平原农村湿地生态旅游发展条件的分析,从开发思路和活动设计两方面探讨了洞庭湖平原农村湿地生态旅游的开发构想,进而提出了妥善处理农业生产与农村湿地生态旅游的关系、鼓励社区参与、加强湿地旅游软硬件建设、科学规划、实施可持续发展战略等建议.     

Use of artificial neural network black-box modeling for the prediction of wastewater treatment plants performance

A reliable model for any wastewater treatment plant is essential in order to provide a tool for predicting its performance and to form a basis for controlling the operation of the process. This would minimize the operation costs and assess the stability of environmental balance. This process is complex and attains a high degree of nonlinearity due to the presence of bio-organic constituents that are difficult to model using mechanistic approaches. Predicting the plant operational parameters using conventional experimental techniques is also a time consuming step and is an obstacle in the way of efficient control of such processes. In this work, an artificial neural network (ANN) black-box modeling approach was used to acquire the knowledge base of a real wastewater plant and then used as a process model. The study signifies that the ANNs are capable of capturing the plant operation characteristics with a good degree of accuracy. A computer model is developed that incorporates the trained ANN plant model. The developed program is implemented and validated using plant-scale data obtained from a local wastewater treatment plant, namely the Doha West wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). It is used as a valuable performance assessment tool for plant operators and decision makers. The ANN model provided accurate predictions of the effluent stream, in terms of biological oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD) and total suspended solids (TSS) when using COD as an input in the crude supply stream. It can be said that the ANN predictions based on three crude supply inputs together, namely BOD, COD and TSS, resulted in better ANN predictions when using only one crude supply input. Graphical user interface representation of the ANN for the Doha West WWTP data is performed and presented.     

复合垂直流人工湿地中基质生物膜的特性

从基质生物膜量、生物膜厚度和脱氢酶活性等方面研究了以复合垂直流人工湿地中基质颗粒作为附着生长载体的生物膜的特性。结果表明，复合垂直流人工湿地中，基质生物膜的形成时间为40~60 d。进水水质不同,基质生物膜的形成时间有差异，进水中相对高的营养水平有利于基质生物膜的积累，60 d内形成的稳定生物膜量相差1.59倍；生物膜活性也较大，平均相差1.5倍。不同发育程度的生物膜表现出的活性不同，最佳活性厚度为150 um。人工湿地中不同层次基质生物膜厚度差异显著，最表层0~5 cm层次基质生物膜厚度2~3倍于10 cm以下层次，为最佳活性厚度的3~4倍，其生物膜的过量积累不仅不利于处理效率的提高，且易造成人工湿地的堵塞。     

长江中下游湿地保护与流域生态管理

湿地是地球上具有多功能的、独特的生态系统，是人类最重要的生存环境之一。长江中下游湿地保护必须从流域管理角度进行规划和保护，应由过去主要是单块湿地保护向按流域系统保护的转变。具体可采取以下措施：在流域内建立统一协调机制，对流域湿地进行保护与合理利用，合理布局，统一规划；按湖泊流域和物种分布整合现有保护区，建立新的湿地保护区，解决目前管理上的制约问题；大力开展湿地修复重建；推进退耕还林、长江防护林等工程建设，发挥森林治理水土流失、涵养水源的作用；在保护的前提下科学合理地利用长江中下游湿地资源，开拓新的生产力；同时加强湿地科学研究。     

Vegetarian Meat: Could Technology Save Animals and Satisfy Meat Eaters?

Between people who unabashedly support eating meat and those who adopt moral vegetarianism, lie a number of people who are uncomfortably carnivorous and vaguely wish they could be vegetarians. Opposing animal suffering in principle, they can ignore it in practice, relying on the visual disconnect between supermarket meat and slaughterhouse practices not to trigger their moral emotions. But what if we could have the best of both worlds in reality—eat meat and not harm animals? The nascent biotechnology of tissue culture, originally researched for medical applications, holds out just such a promise. Meat could be grown in vitro without killing animals. In fact, this technology may not just be an intriguing option, but might be our moral obligation to develop.     

Influence of modified biochar supported sulfidation of nano-zero-valent-iron (S-nZVI/BC) on nitrate removal and greenhouse gas emission in constructed wetland

In this study, the biochar (BC) produced from sawdust, sludge, reed and walnut were used to support sulfidation of nano-zero-valent-iron (S-nZVI) to enhance nitrate (${\text{NO}}_3^{-}$-N) removal and investigate the impact on greenhouse gas emissions. Batch experiment results showed the S-nZVI/BC_{sawdust (2:1, 500)}, S-nZVI/BC_{sludge (2:1, 900)}, S-nZVI/BC_{reed (2:1, 700)}, and S-nZVI/BC _{walnut (2:1, 700)} respectively improved ${\text{NO}}_3^{-}$-N removal efficiencies by 22%, 20%, 3% and 0.1%, and the selectivity toward N₂ by 22%, 25%, 22% and 18%. S-nZVI uniformly loaded on BC provided electrons for the conversion of ${\text{NO}}_3^{-}$-N to N₂ through Fe⁰. At the same time, FeS_x layer was formed on the outer layer of ZVI in the sulfidation process to prevent iron oxidation, so as to improve the electrons utilization efficiency After adding four kinds of S-nZVI/BC into constructed wetlands (CWs), the ${\text{NO}}_3^{-}$-N removal efficiencies could reach 100% and the N₂O emission fluxes were reduced by 24.17%-36.63%. And the average removal efficiencies of TN, COD, TP were increased by 21.9%, -16.5%, 44.3%, repectively. The increasing relative abundances of denitrifying bacteria, such as Comamonas and Simplicispira, suggested that S-nZVI/BC could also improve the process of microbial denitrification. In addition, different S-nZVI/BC had different effects on denitrification functional genes (narG, nirk, nirS and nosZ genes), methanotrophs (pmoA) and methanogenesis (mcrA). This research provided an effective method to improve ${\text{NO}}_3^{-}$-N removal and reduce N₂O emission in CWs.