Contribution of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms) grown under different nutrient conditions to Fe-removal mechanisms in constructed wetlands

Severe contamination of water resources including groundwater with iron (Fe) due to various anthropogenic activities has been a major environmental problem in industrial areas of Sri Lanka. Hence, the use of the obnoxious weed, water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms) in constructed wetlands (floating aquatic macrophyte-based plant treatment systems) to phytoremediate Fe-rich wastewaters seems to be an appealing option. Although several studies have documented that hyacinths are good metal-accumulating plants none of these studies have documented the ability of this plant grown under different nutrient conditions to remove heavy metals from wastewaters. This paper, therefore, reports the phytoremediation efficiencies of water hyacinth grown under different nutrient conditions for Fe-rich wastewaters in batch-type constructed wetlands. This study was conducted for 15 weeks after 1-week acclimatization by culturing young water hyacinth plants (average height of 20+/-2cm) in 590L capacity fiberglass tanks under different nutrient concentrations of 1-fold [28 and 7.7mg/L of total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorous (TP), respectively], 2-fold, 1/2-fold, 1/4-fold and 1/8-fold with synthetic wastewaters containing 9.27Femg/L. Another set-up of hyacinths containing only Fe as a heavy metal but without any nutrients (i.e., 0-fold) was also studied. A mass balance was carried out to investigate the phytoremediation efficiencies and to determine the different mechanisms governing Fe removal from the wastewaters. Fe removal was largely due to phytoremediation mainly through the process of rhizofiltration and chemical precipitation of Fe2O3 and FeOH3 followed by flocculation and sedimentation. However, chemical precipitation was more significant especially during the first 3 weeks of the study. Plants grown in the 0-fold set-up showed the highest phytoremediation efficiency of 47% during optimum growth at the 6th week with a highest accumulation of 6707Femg/kg dry weight. Active effluxing of Fe back to the wastewater at intermittent periods and with time was a key mechanism of avoiding Fe phytotoxicity in water hyacinth cultured in all set-ups. Our study elucidated that water hyacinth grown under nutrient-poor conditions are ideal to remove Fe from wastewaters with a hydraulic retention time of approximately 6 weeks.     

凤眼莲-固定化氮循环细菌联合作用对富营养化水体原位修复的研究

应用生态工程技术和原理，在夏季利用凤眼莲（Eichhornia crassipes Mart.）结合固定化氮循环菌对富营养化水体进行原位修复研究。试验结果表明，凤眼莲+固定化氮循环细菌联合作用和单独的凤眼莲处理对富营养化水体总氮和铵态氮去除之间存在显著的差异，凤眼莲+固定化氮循环细菌联合作用对富营养化水体中总氮和铵态氮的去除率分别达77.2%和49.2%；而凤眼莲处理则分别达73.7%和32.3%；但两者对富营养化水体中硝态氮的去除没有显著差异。接种固定化氮循环微生物有利于水体中Chla、COD_Mn的降低和水体透明度的提高，但两者没有明显的差异。当凤眼莲处理系统接种固定化氮循环细菌时，除了氨化细菌变化不明显外，亚硝化菌，硝化菌，反硝化菌群数量比单独凤眼莲处理系统增加1～1.5个数量级，且接种固定化氮循环细菌还有利于凤眼莲生物量及其体内氮积累量的增加。     

空心莲子草对水分变化的形态适应研究

在人工栽培空心莲子草并控制其立地水分条件,使之形成相应三种生境类型——旱生型、挺水型、漂浮型的条件下,初步研究了空心莲子草对水因子变化的形态适应机理。对节间长度、不定根数、不定根长度、叶形指数、抽枝率、节间最大周长等六个形态学指标进行的单因素方差分析和因子分析的结果表明：水分条件的变化对全部形态参数都有极显著影响;旱生型空心莲子草以地上部迅速占有空间的生长为主,其次是地下部生长;与旱生型空心莲子草相比,漂浮型的生长趋势中茎的增粗生长和根的数量生长上升到重要位置,然后才是茎与根的伸长生长;挺水型的第一位生长具有旱生型与漂浮型的双重特点,第二位生长在一定程度上具有与漂浮型相同的特征。按旱生型—挺水型—漂浮型逐级过渡,节间长度、不定根数极显著增加;第一公共因子中不定根数的重要性逐步升高,而且抽枝率始终是重要参数,但其均值在漂浮型中最小。所以,对旱生型与挺水型空心莲子草的治理应以抑制其抽枝为主要手段,对于漂浮型则应以抑制其生根为主。后续的相关研究应该以寻找其根和茎的发育机理为主,并以此为突破口采用适当的方法治理该种的蔓延。     

基于EAM的水环境数据平台的设计与实现

通过研究水环境管理中的数据库或数据平台的规范建设模式,提出了基于EAM的水环境数据平台建设方法,采取EAM方法设计了分层数据库,引入了数据集市对业务模板分类管理,构建了多数据库兼容技术和算法生成模块,综合建设出一套适合大数据管理要求的水环境数据平台。实践表明,这种方法构建的数据平台,能有效解决目前多系统、多数据、应用需求动态变化、以及数据安全的问题,有利于提升水环境大数据建设的基础。