Deficit analysis: service capacity assessment and planning in developing countries – case study in the Philippines

Current demand analysis methods do not formally cover the case of chronic deficits in quantity or quality of water and sanitation services. These services include drinking water supply (DWS), wastewater and sewage treatment (WST), and municipal solid waste management (MSW). Formal analysis of this case would, at minimum, define the deficit state and evaluate appropriate options for reducing it. This paper proposes for a formal analytical model for municipal sanitation systems (MSS) that operate with deficits in at least one of the constituent services of DWS, WST, or MSW. The model introduces definitions and notation for describing the deficit state for conducting demand analysis on municipal sanitation systems. This model of demand analysis for systems with chronic deficits will hereinafter be referred to as deficit analysis. A case study for Bacoor, Philippines is presented as an example.     

BOD测定中微生物传感器法与稀释接种法的比较

用微生物传感器快速法和稀释接种法对地表水和污水处理厂出水中的生化需氧量(BOD)进行了测定,用数理统计的方法对两种方法测定的结果进行了比较。     

水中化学耗氧量的快速测定法

利用烘箱法测定水中的化学耗氧量是国内外在微量分析测定方法上较为先进的分析，优点是仪器、设备简便、操作简单、分析快速、节省大量化学试剂，可以大批量地进行试验．实验中不加入硫酸汞试剂，避免或减少了汞污染．方法的空白值较好，提高了实验的精密度和准确度，是一种易推广的方法     

对安全人性化需求规律的研究

以人为本是现代安全管理的重要原则 ,在生产经营活动中 ,保障人的生命更安全、更健康 ,生活更幸福 ,既是安全管理的重要目的 ,也是人类生活的必然需求。但是 ,人民提高生命质量的安全需求是多方面的、复杂的。通过对人类生存、繁衍和发展的历史进行深入分析发现 ,人的安全需求与马斯洛的层次需求理论有相似之处 ,虽然内涵不同 ,但需求总是由低层次向高层次发展 ,当一种低层需求得到满足后 ,更高层次的需求就占据支配地位 ,成为人的行为激励因素。笔者从人性化的角度对安全需求层次类型、每一层次的特征、发展规律进行了探讨 ,其结果有助于安全管理有针对性、科学性、时效性地进行宏观决策和微观调控 ,也有助于更好地增加安全投入 ,从而提高安全生产水平。把握人性化需求规律 ,对保护人们在生产过程中的安全和健康 ,处理好人的生命价值与安全生产、经济效益、社会效益之间的关系 ,有重要的现实意义。     

文思湖底泥COD释放规律模拟研究

采用室内模拟实验方法，研究环境因子（温度、pH、扰动强度、供气量）对底泥释放COD的影响。结果表明，水温升高能加速底泥中有机质的释放；上覆水在弱酸至中性条件下底泥释放有机质最低；扰动上覆水体会加快有机质的释放。     

Willingness to pay and demand elasticities for two national parks: empirical evidence from two surveys in Pakistan

Using survey-based data approach for modeling the demand for environmental goods/resources, this study estimates income and price elasticities of demand for improved environmental quality of two National Parks in Northern Pakistan. The study uses data from two studies. The estimates indicate that improved environmental quality effects can be described as a luxury and an ordinary and price elastic service. Confidence intervals show however that the classification as a luxury is not statistically significant. Income elasticities of willingness to pay are estimated for a broad range of environmental services. The study finds that income and willingness to pay vary directly and significantly. The elasticity estimates, in general, are greater than zero, but less than unity. The study concludes that environmental improvements are more beneficial to low-income groups than for high-income groups.

Municipal solid waste management: Identification and analysis of engineering indexes representing demand and costs generated in virtuous Italian communities

The definition and utilisation of engineering indexes in the field of Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) is an issue of interest for technicians and scientists, which is widely discussed in literature. Specifically, the availability of consolidated engineering indexes is useful when new waste collection services are designed, along with when their performance is evaluated after a warm-up period. However, most published works in the field of MSWM complete their study with an analysis of isolated case studies. Conversely, decision makers require tools for information collection and exchange in order to trace the trends of these engineering indexes in large experiments. In this paper, common engineering indexes are presented and their values analysed in virtuous Italian communities, with the aim of contributing to the creation of a useful database whose data could be used during experiments, by indicating examples of MSWM demand profiles and the costs required to manage them.     

World demand for cobalt: An econometric study

This article analyses the world demand for cobalt. It estimates short- and long-run elasticities with respect to price, activity and in some cases with respect to substitute-complement variables. For the USA these estimates have been obtained for all the important end-use categories. Aggregate elasticities are estimated for Japan, West Germany, France and for the non-communist world (excluding the USA). The appendix to the paper models price setting in the cobalt market and presents two simple simulations conducted on the world cobalt market.     

降低企业库存风险问题研究

大多数企业都面临着库存风险问题 ,库存过多 ,造成积压 ,不仅占用大量资金和场地 ,加重企业的利息负担 ,而且长期存放会使物品陈旧过时 ,失去原有的价值和使用价值。如何降低库存风险 ,使库存经常处于合理水平 ,是每个企业都十分关心的问题。笔者分析了库存管理中存在的问题 ,提出需求预测和安全库存的确定 ,是降低库存风险的两个重要前提 ,同时讨论了安全库存的计算方法 ,以及降低库存风险的主要措施     

城市工业COD总量优化分配研究

总量控制是控制污染源发展趋势、改善环境质量、实现经济社会可持续发展的重要途径,如何在适度公平的基础上寻求环境、经济、技术、资源等整体最优是环境科学领域的研究课题。本文以工业城市苏州市为例,研究其工业化学需氧量的排放特征,以基尼系数法分行业对其工业化学需氧量排放量的公平性进行评价,并将总量控制与资源、社会和经济相联系,以行业经济效益最大化和增加治理投资费用最小化为目标,利用多目标行业总量优化分配模型对苏州市的工业化学需氧量排放总量进行优化分配。研究结果表明,纺织业、化学原料及化学制品制造业、能源和水的生产与供应业、造纸及木材加工、医药制造业等行业是苏州市的化学需氧量重点排放行业,经优化分配后,COD排放总量削减了10%,新鲜用水量减少了41.81%,行业年总产值增幅达到214.69%,资源和水环境容量在满足一定的经济增长速度的条件下实现优化配置,总量控制制度在市场经济体制下发挥出尽可能大的环境效益和经济效益。