A review of the significance and formation of chlorinated N-organic compounds in water supplies including preliminary studies on the chlorination of alanine,tryptophan, tyrosine,cytosine, and syringic acid

Nitrogenous organic compounds are of environmental significance because of their potential as both trihalomethane (THM) and nonpurgeable organic halide (NPOX) precursors. They additionally lead to falsely positive tests for free available chlorine (FAC) and are components in the reaction of chlorine to form dihaloacetonitriles (DHANs). A large number of naturally occurring nitrogenous compounds additionally react readily with aqueous chlorine exerting significant chlorine demand. Such reactions generally involve the substitution of chlorine for hydrogen on a nitrogen atom. Additionally, N-chloroorganic materials may be produced even when the precursor concentration is low owing to the rapid specific rate of formation. While previous attention has been largely focused on nonpolar chlorinated organic contaminants such as THMs, the wide distribution of N-organic compounds in water, as well as their general reactivity towards aqueous chlorine, warrant further attention and study to this group of materials. Preliminary studies on the chlorination of several N-organic compounds at a few chlorine-to-compound molar ratios at pH 7 and 4.7 over several reaction intervals are presented. NPOX formation was quite rapid and comprised the greatest proportion of the total organic halide formed for the conditions studied.     

The analysis of free chlorine in the presence of nitrogenous organic compounds

Comparative analyses for aqueous chlorine using Standard Methods indicated that in chlorinated solutions containing nitrogenous organic compounds, none of these methods gave a reliable measurement of free available chlorine. Examination of the cyanuric acid-aqueous chlorine system showed that combined chlorine reacted as if it were free chlorine in all the Standard Methods. The implication of these studies for water and wastewater chlorination is that in waters containing nitrogenous organic compounds, N-Chloro compounds form which may result in an overestimation of the disinfecting potential of the added chlorine, when free chlorine is measured by Standard Methods.     

底泥悬浮对营养盐释放和水华生长影响的模拟

通过室内模拟实验研究了扰动引起的太湖底泥悬浮对水体氮磷营养盐和蓝藻水华的影响,其中底泥和上覆水均来自太湖,扰动强度以悬浮物浓度表示。实验监测了底泥扰动过程中以及扰动停止后48 h之内水体氮磷营养盐和叶绿素a的变化,采样间隔为6 h。实验结果表明,扰动明显增加了水体中总氮、总磷、活性磷等含量,但是可溶性无机氮的增加不明显,叶绿素a含量没有出现明显的增长。水华没有出现明显增长很可能是氮限制的原因。由此推测太湖一次风浪扰动过程引起的底泥营养盐释放不一定就能够加剧蓝藻水华的暴发。底泥中释放的营养盐对蓝藻水华的影响需要进一步研究     

春季香溪河库湾CODMn时空分布及其影响因子初探

于2012年春季在香溪河库湾合理布置断面观测,分析水体高锰酸盐指数(CODMn)的时空分布特征,并对CODMn与水体中叶绿素a、溶解氧(DO)、水体垂向稳定系数、总氮(TN)和溶解性硅酸盐(D Si)进行相关分析,以期为香溪河流域有机污染的治理提供支持和指导。结果表明：春季香溪河库湾CODMn浓度变化范围为1.40～5.36 mg/L,4月CODMn均值明显高于3月和5月,为366 mg/L,整个春季CODMn浓度从下游至上游呈现明显增大的趋势。相关分析发现,春季水华暴发期间,CODMn与叶绿素a显著正相关(分别为072和074),而在未暴发水华的3月二者的相关性不显著。浮游植物和水体稳定系数是影响CODMn变化的主要因素。倒灌异重流使得高含氮、低CODMn浓度的长江干流水体进入库湾下游并稀释CODMn浓度。CODMn与DO在3月和5月的弱相关关系为香溪河CODMn特殊的分布特征提供了其它合理的解释,其分布特征受多种因素的共同影响。春季库湾上游有机污染趋于恶化,限制支流特别是上游污染物的排放是改善有机污染现状的有效途径     

Interrelations of Epibiontic Microalgae and Crustacean Zooplankton under Conditions of a Blooming Eutrophic Water Body

The possibility of symbiotic, mutualistic (++) interrelations between epibiontic microalgae (Characidiopsis ellipsoidea, Colacium vesiculosum) and cyclopoids (Cyclops vicinus, Mesocyclops leukarti) in the Bugach recreational reservoir with a bloom of cyanobacteria is demonstrated. Overgrown cyclopoids, compared to those free from microalgae, have advantages in oxygen supply, which may be insufficient in the period of intensive algal bloom. Calculations have shown that oxygen requirements of cyclopoids may be fully satisfied due to C. vesiculosum photosynthetic activity in the dysphotic zone if the density of overgrowth exceeds 1000 algal cells per individual. There is no significant correlation between the natural mortality of crustaceans and the indices of their overgrowth by microalgae.     

The purine degradation pathway: possible role in paralytic shellfish toxin metabolism in the cyanobacterium Planktothrix sp. FP1.

The paralytic shellfish toxins (PSTs) are potent neurotoxic alkaloids and their major biological effect is due to the blockage of voltage-gated sodium channels in excitable cells. They have been recognised as an important health risk for humans, animals, and ecosystems worldwide. The metabolic pathways that lead to the production and the degradation of these toxic metabolites are still unknown. In this study, we investigated the possible link between PST accumulation and the activation of the metabolism that leads to purine degradation in the filamentous freshwater cyanobacterium Planktothrix sp. FP1. The purine catabolic pathway is related to the nitrogen microcycle in water environments, in which cyanobacteria use traces of purines and ureides as a nitrogen source for growth. Thus, the activity of allantoicase, a key inducible enzyme of this metabolism, was used as tool for assaying the activation of the purine degradation pathway. The enzyme and the pathway were induced by allantoic acid, the direct substrate of allantoicase, as well as by adenine and, to a lower degree, by urea, one of the main products of purine catabolism. Crude cell extract of Escherichia coli was also employed and showed the best induction of allantoicase activity. In culture, Planktothrix sp. FP1 showed a differential accumulation of PST in consequence of the induction with different substrates. The cyanobacterial culture induced with allantoic acid accumulated 61.7% more toxins in comparison with the control. On the other hand, the cultures induced with adenine, urea, and the E. coli extract showed low PST accumulation, respectively, 1%, 38%, and 5% of the total toxins content detected in the noninduced culture. A degradation pathway for the PSTs can be hypothesised: as suggested for purine alkaloids in higher plants, saxitoxin (STX) and derivatives may also be converted into xanthine, urea, and further to CO2 and NH4+ or recycled in the primary metabolism through the purine degradation pathway.     

Determination of potentially bioaccumulating complex mixtures of organochlorine compounds in wastewater: a review

Organic chlorine compounds can be persistent environmental contaminants and may be accumulated through the food chain to the aquatic organisms, to fish and humans, depending basically on their hydrophobic properties. Consequently, there is an interest to measure these organic compounds from both the scientific and regulatory communities. The analytical essays have been improved for measuring specific organic chlorine compounds that present the most toxicological potential (polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs], certain pesticides and dioxins), although they are tedious and time-consuming procedures. The existing tests to measure adsorbable organic halogens (AOX) or extractable organic halogens (EOX) do not distinguish the more hydrophobic organic chlorine matter. The intention of this paper is to make a review of the existing methods to measure the potentially bioaccumulating organochlorine compounds (OCs) from wastewater and propose a methodology to a standardisation procedure for complex mixtures of OCs in wastewater, such as pulp mill effluents. A new method has been proposed for determining the most hydrophobic part of the extractable organic halogens (EOX(fob)), the lowest reported value is 0.6 microg/l, expressed as chloride, and the relative standard deviation at 20 microg/l is 7% on laboratory samples and 30% on real effluents. This new procedure could be a valuable tool to complement environmental risk assessment studies of wastewater discharges.     

基于Landsat影像巢湖蓝藻水华暴发时空变化特征及其驱动因素分析

为研究巢湖蓝藻水华暴发的规律,该文以Landsat影像作为数据源,采用AFAI指数对藻华进行提取,分析1983～2017年巢湖蓝藻暴发的时空动态变化特征,并探讨巢湖藻华暴发的驱动因素。结果表明：1983～2017年巢湖藻华暴发频次、持续时间都在增加,历年最早暴发时间逐渐提前,藻华覆盖面积总体呈增加趋势。巢湖藻华主要分布在西北入湖口,西北部是巢湖藻华暴发的核心区。从其驱动力分析发现,风速、气温和大气压力是导致巢湖暴发重要影响因子,人口增长、GDP快速发展、施肥增加以及生活污水排放量增加是导致巢湖藻华现象日益严重的重要人为因素。     

汉江水华水文因素作用机理--基于藻类生长动力学的研究

在相关文献的基础上总结影响汉江水华的水文因素包括流量、流速和水面比降,根据河流动力学理论,讨论了它们之间的内在联系。在此基础上,从生物生长动力学的角度,将连续流反应器原理应用于汉江水华现象,提出了汉江连续流生物反应器模型,并根据Monod方程分析,认为汉江中的藻类浓度与水流速度应成指数关系。由此,建立了汉江藻类浓度与水流速度关系数学模型a = m exp(k/ν)。利用汉江1992年至2000年实测资料,通过回归分析进一步确定了汉江的藻类浓度与水流速度函数关系中的常数m=8.9759、k=0.9054,相关系数r=0.924 4。最后,对流速、流量和长江水位对汉江水华的作用机理进行了分析,揭示了水文因素影响汉江水华的作用机理。     

太湖水质的时空分异特征及其与水华的关系

在大量调查数据的基础上,分析了太湖水质的时空分异特征,探讨了太湖不同湖区、不同季节水质差异的原因。研究结果显示：北部的入湖河口区、几个湖湾、湖心区、西南湖区、东部湖区水体的透明度、高锰酸盐指数、氮、磷、叶绿素等富营养化指标差异显著。入湖河口区的高锰酸盐指数和营养盐含量高于南部湖区数倍,也明显高于北部湖湾区,这反映出太湖西北部入湖河道污染对太湖影响显著。不同季节太湖水质指标也差异显著,冬春期(12～次年5月份)水体的氮含量高于夏秋季(6～11月份)近1倍。水质季节性的显著差异进一步说明了外源输入对太湖水质的影响。研究表明太湖水质的时空异质性既受太湖湖泊形态特征本身的影响,也更多受到外源污染的影响,解决太湖的蓝藻水华问题,首先要在太湖的外源污染控制方面取得突破.     

Revegetating fly ash landfills with Prosopis juliflora L.: impact of different amendments and Rhizobium inoculation

A revegetation trial was conducted to evaluate the feasibility of growing a legume species, Prosopis juliflora L., on fly ash ameliorated with combination of various organic amendments, blue-green algal biofertilizer and Rhizobium inoculation. Significant enhancements in plant biomass, photosynthetic pigments, protein content and in vivo nitrate reductase activity were found in the plants grown on ameliorated fly ash in comparison to the plants growing in unamended fly ash or garden soil. Higher growth was obtained in fly ash amended with blue-green algae (BGA) than farmyard manure or press mud (PM), a waste from sugar-processing industry, due to the greater contribution of plant nutrients, supply of fixed nitrogen and increased availability of phosphorus. Nodulation was suppressed in different amendments of fly ash with soil in a concentration-duration-dependent manner, but not with other amendments. Plants accumulated higher amounts of Fe, Mn, Cu, Zn and Cr in various fly ash amendments than in garden soil. Further, inoculation of the plant with a fly ash tolerant Rhizobium strain conferred tolerance for the plant to grow under fly ash stress conditions with more translocation of metals to the above ground parts. The results showed the potential of P. juliflora to grow in plantations on fly ash landfills and to reduce the metal contents of fly ash by bioaccumulation in its tissues.     

三峡水库藻类“水华”预测

根据三峡库区江段16条一级支流以及重庆市35座大中型〖JP2〗水库的调查资料，分析天然河流与水库两种不同水流条件下，水体叶绿素a浓度与总磷和透明度的关系。结果发现,在水库环境中，水体叶绿素a的浓度与总磷以及与透明度都具有较好的相关性，但在河流条件下则没有明显的关系。由于三峡库区江段大多数支流的营养水平已达到富营养化状况，当三峡水库建成、水流条件发生变化后，在支流河口等水域存在爆发“水华”的风险。为此，我们根据1998年枯水期，在三峡库区长江江段流域面积大于100 km2的40条支流河口实测的总磷浓度，利用所建立的水库环境中总磷与叶绿素a 浓度的关系，对三峡成库后在局部水域爆发“水华”的可能性和程度进行了分析，并提出了相应的对策。     

Comparative Analysis of Ecophysiological Characteristics of Stephanodiscus hantzschii Grun. in the Periods of Its Bloom in Recreational Water Bodies

In the periods of summer and autumn bloom of the Stephanodiscus hantzschii Crun. in recreational water bodies, studies on the vertical distribution of chlorophyll a, its contents per unit biomass, efficiency in using photosynthetically active radiation (E_PhAR), and assimilative activity of microalgae were performed. The results confirmed the existence of two ecophysiological forms of St. hantzschii and provided evidence that both forms are typically autotrophic and can efficiently use low-intensity PhAR for photosynthesis.     

Sorption of trihalomethanes in foods

Trihalomethanes (THMs, namely, CHCl₃, CHCl₂Br, CHClBr₂ and CHBr₃) are disinfection by-products that are present in drinking water. These toxic chemicals are also present in meat, dairy products, vegetables, baked goods, beverages and other foods, although information regarding their concentrations and origin is very limited. This study investigates sorption of THMs occurring during rinsing and cooking of foods and the significance of food as an exposure source.Initial estimates of THM uptake were measured in experiments representing rinsing with tap water at 25 C using nine types of food, and for cooking in tap water at 90 C for fourteen other foods. A subset of foods was then selected for further study over a range of THM concentrations (23.7–118.7 μg/l), temperatures (25 C and 90 C), food concentrations (0.2–1.4, food weight: water weight), and contact times (5–240 min). Data were analyzed using regression and exponential models, and diffusion models were used to help explain the trends of THM uptake.Among vegetables, sorbed THM concentrations at 25 C were 213 to 774 ng/g for CHCl₃, 53 to 609 ng/g for CHCl₂Br, and 150–845 ng/g for CHClBr₂. Meats at 90 C tended to have higher concentrations, e.g., 870–2634 ng/g for CHCl₃. Sorbed concentrations increased with contact time and THM concentration, and decreased with food concentration in rinsing tests (using spinach, iceberg-head lettuce and cauliflower) and cooking tests (using tomato, potato, beef and miso–tofu soup). For most foods, THM uptake was diffusion limited and several hours were needed to approach steady-state levels. Swelling, hydrolysis and other physical and chemical changes in the food can significantly affect sorption. Screening level estimates for CHCl₃ exposures, based on experimental results and typical food consumption patterns, show that uptake via foods can dominate that due to direct tap water consumption, suggesting the importance of sorption and the need for further evaluation of THM intake due to foods.     

Antilysozyme Activity as a Factor of Algae Survival in Aquatic Biocenoses

Field and laboratory investigations were performed to study the distribution and functional significance of antilysozyme activity (ALA) in algal cultures. According to the results obtained, ALA as a trait is widespread among green and blue-green algae but is expressed to different extents. Experiments on the algae–zooplankters model showed that ALA is a factor facilitating the survival of algae in freshwater communities by promoting the establishment of their trophic and symbiotic relationships with other aquatic organisms. Analyzing the intrapopulation structure of algal cultures associated with zooplankters, it was shown that changes in the ALA of algal clones have adaptive significance, providing for a greater stability of algal populations in biocenoses.     

防控三峡水库支流水华的生态约束型优化调度

三峡水库蓄水后支流水华频发，严重影响了库区支流的水环境，开展水库生态调度，改变干支流水体之间的水动力条件，能有效的防控水库支流水华的发生。提出了嵌套水华预测模型的水库生态约束型调度模型，以水位（H）、水位变频(HF)、水位变幅(HR)为水华预测模型的输入量，水体中的叶绿素浓度为预测输出量，采用BP神经网络（BNN）构建了水华预测模型；将水华预测模型嵌入到水库调度模型中，以水体中的叶绿素值为约束构建了防控支流水华的生态调度模型，并以离散型动态规划法（DDDP）对调度模型进行了求解。结果表明：构建模型的预测验证相关性为R=0.8536，能较好的预测水体叶绿素含量；在极端水华100%控制保证率的生态约束条件下，生态调度发电量较实际调度发电量损失了0.89%，三峡水库开展生态调度在保证整体经济效益不亏损的情况下能有效的控制支流极端水华的暴发。     

Environmental impact of polluted city canals — a case study from Colombo,Sri Lanka

The city canal of Colombo, an effluent canal running through the city, was monitored for its nitrogeneous species and toxic trace metal contents. The canal is the dumping ground for municipal garbage, human and animal excreta, organic waste matter, etc. However, nitrate content of the canal water remains low, indicating an incomplete nitrification process. Due to the existing pH and redox conditions, the nitrogen species are present in a chemically reduced form. Since the Pb, Cd, and Zn contents of the canal water are high, industrial contamination is obvious. The environmental impact of such a polluted canal is enhanced by the presence of a large number of drinking water wells in the vicinity of the canal.     

The chemistry of smog formation: A review of current knowledge

This paper describes smog chemistry and the methods used to develop our knowledge of its complex chemistry. These methods employ computer modeling, fundamental chemistry, smog chamber experiments, sophisticated analytical instrumentation, and process analysis techniques. The photochemistry leading to smog formation involves a kinetically controlled and coupled competitive process. The essential pathway for formation of nitrogen oxides starts with emissions composed primarily of NO, which are converted to NO₂, mostly via reactions with peroxy radicals; NO₂ is converted to photochemically inert nitric acid primarily by reaction with OH. Organics in smog chemistry are eventually oxidized to CO₂ and water; before this, they typically react with OH to form peroxy radicals. The peroxy (RO₂·) radicals couple the organic and nitrogen chemistry by converting NO to NO₂; the RO₂· radicals are converted to RO radicals, which typically lead to oxygenated intermediate organics that continue through OH·---RO₂·---RO· cycles. These OH·---RO₂·---RO· cycles produce CO, CO₂, and radical products. The radical products, which usually derive from photolysis of oxygenated intermediate organic products, are central to the overall process of smog formation. This is because the balance of these radicals affects the rapidity and severity of smog development. The radical balance is, in turn, controlled by the sources and sinks that depend on the HC/NO_x ratio, the types of organics, and the light flux. With only a rudimentary understanding of smog chemistry as a process, many of the effects observed from precursor controls can be explained and the basic shape of Empirical Kinetics Modeling Approach (EKMA) isopleth curves can be accounted for. The next step beyond this basic level of understanding involves a host of subprocesses composed of a complex series of chemical reactions. Current research in smog chemistry centers on the assessment and elucidation of these complex subprocesses. Atmospheric models currently in use rely on condensed chemical mechanisms. All such modern mechanisms treat the same basic processes, but differ both in their method of condensation and in their manner of addressing the complex subprocesses of smog chemistry.     

三峡水库小江夏初水华暴发特征及原因分析

2013年5月对三峡水库小江回水区的水华发生过程进行了连续的动态监测与分析,以期了解水华过程中浮游植物群落结构的变化情况、小江夏初水华暴发特征及其主要的影响因素。期间共鉴定出浮游植物8门80属136种(含变种),以绿藻类为主(35属48种),蓝藻类(10属31种)和硅藻类(18属30种)次之,水华发生后期浮游植物及其蓝藻类的种类数少于初期和中期。浮游植物群落组成表现为蓝藻-绿藻型,且蓝藻门微囊藻占绝对优势,细胞丰度最高可达90%以上。浮游植物数量最高达10⁷cells/L以上,表层水体大于中层和底层水体。水华过程中,总氮处于重富营养水平,总磷处于轻-中富营养水平,不同水层的流速变化规律不同,其中中层与底层水体理化因子的变化特征基本一致,与表层水体有显著差异。冗余分析结果表明,浮游植物细胞总数与蓝藻数量及其微囊藻数量密切相关,与溶解氧、氮磷比等呈正相关,与总磷、流速等呈负相关,氮磷比及流速是水华发生的主要环境影响因素。     

Towards green membranes: preparation of cellulose acetate ultrafiltration membranes using methyl lactate as a biosolvent

Ultrafiltration membranes were prepared using cellulose acetate (CA) as a polymer, LiCl and CaCl₂ as porogens and methyl-(S)-lactate as a solvent. CA, methyl lactate and the porogens used in this work are obtained from renewable resources; they are biodegradable, non-toxic and non-volatile organic compounds. Flat sheet ultrafiltration membranes were prepared by the phase inversion technique. A molecular weight cut-off between 15 and 35 kDa (polyethylene glycol) and pure water permeability between 13 and 177 litres h^? 1m^? 2 bar^? 1 were obtained. These parameters are in the ideal range for water treatment industry. Improvement of pollutant degree and ecotoxicity of the process was evaluated by ‘green’ metrics by the P (pollutants, persistent and bioaccumulative) and E (ecotoxicity) parameters. Both of these variables were recorded as zero using our method. This study represents a step ahead towards the production of ultrafiltration polymeric membranes by a ‘greener’ process than current methods.