高负荷地下土壤法处理有机污水的模拟实验研究

针对传统地下污水渗滤系统的主要缺陷,提出了采用人工土壤提高系统的污水承载能力,采用多层过渡结构增大颗粒有机物的接触氧化表面积,采用高渗透性夹层增加氧气供应,以提高污水地下处理系统的水力负荷,延长其使用寿命.以我国南方典型的红壤土、砂和砾石为填充材料进行了实验室模拟实验,供试污水来自中国科学院广州地球化学研究所生活小区.结果显示,在25 cm/d的水力负荷下,系统没有被堵塞的迹象,采用每天2次投配污水的方式(每次12.5 cm),渗透系数为0.6 cm/min的土柱可以达到很好的出水效果,其COD、BOD5、SS、TN和TP去除率分别达到81.5%、84.6%、88.8%、82.6%和98%.     

高负荷人工土层地下渗滤系统处理生活污水中试工程的研究

对传统的地下渗滤系统进行改进,采用多层过渡结构的人工土层来增大对颗粒有机物的接触氧化表面积,同时设置曝气装置保证好氧过程的氧气供应,可以大大提高污水地下处理系统的水力负荷.以中国南方典型的红壤土、河沙和砾石为填充材料,处理广州地化所小区的生活污水,水力负荷达40 cm/d,远大于类似系统.试验结果表明,改进后的系统能创造良好的好氧/厌氧环境,对污染物去除效果良好,COD、BOD5、TN、NH 4-N、TP和SS去除率分别达到了76.7%～89.1%、83.3%～92.5%、50.3%～66.1%、65.2%～79.6%、75.4%～90.1%和77.0%～91.3%,出水主要污染物达到了《污水综合排放标准》(GB 8978-1996)一级排放标准或二级排放标准.     

曝气生物滤池与地下渗滤系统工艺脱氮除磷

以生活污水为研究对象,考查了曝气生物滤池和地下渗滤系统组合工艺脱氮除磷的性能。工艺运行过程中,曝气生物滤池只考虑COD和氨氮的去除,把总氮和总磷的去除分离到地下渗滤系统中。实验结果表明,曝气生物滤池和地下渗滤系统组合工艺有良好的脱氮除磷能力。滤速为0.6 m·h-1,气水比为5：1,反冲洗周期为7 d时,曝气生物滤池达到最佳运行状态,对COD、氨氮、TN、TP的去除率分别达到85.3%、83.5%、30%、56%。为了提高TN、TP的去除率,地下渗滤系统采用间歇的方式运行,每个周期连续进水12 h,放空12 h,进水为曝气生物滤池出水,水力负荷为5 cm·h-1,对COD、氨氮、TN、TP的去除率分别达到41.3%、62.8%、81.3%、82%。     

椰糠填料用于人工湿地处理制胶废水

以椰糠作为湿地工作层主要填料,采用复合垂直流人工湿地处理海南天然橡胶加工业低浓度废水。结果表明,在144 mm/d水力负荷条件下,椰糠填料人工湿地对废水中的COD、BOD5、NH3-H及TP的去除率分别达到68.99%、66.49%、59.55%和75.22%,显著高于无椰糠对照组。当水力负荷提高至216 mm/d,系统运行稳定,出水水质仍能达到污水排放标准(GB 8978-1996)和《农业灌溉水质标准》(GB5084-92)。     

地下渗滤系统处理农村生活污水的研究

在天津武清区一村落构建了2个并行的地下渗滤系统,考察了其对农村生活污水的处理效果。该系统水力负荷为10 cm/d,处理能力为50 t/d。填充介质选用土壤、陶粒、炉渣和两种自然有机质,按5∶2∶2∶1的比例配置的人工土层。结果表明地下渗滤系统对污水中各种主要污染因子均有一定的去除效果,在进水COD和C/N较低的不利条件下,COD、总磷、氨氮、总氮、悬浮物均得到有效去除,出水中各项污染指标平均浓度均达到《城镇污水处理厂污染物排放标准》中的一级A标准;具体到不同的污染指标,添加了不同有机质的2个并行系统的处理效果也有所不同。总体上看,地下渗滤系统作为农村生活污水的处理设施有很好的应用前景。     

无砾石微孔管地下渗滤系统对生活污水处理效果的研究

以壤土、河砂为填充基质,构建了5个无砾石微孔管地下渗滤系统,在3.3cm/d的水力负荷下,比较了5个系统对生活污水的处理效果。结果表明,无砾石微孔管地下渗滤系统对生活污水具有较好的处理效果,其中以上层填充河砂、下层填充壤土的系统C对生活污水的综合处理效果最好,其对COD、TP、浊度、NH3-N、TN的平均去除率分别为82.4%、74.1%、94.2%、98.4%、59.3%,相比传统的全部填充壤土的系统A分别提高了1.4、21.9、5.1、61.8、18.6百分点,且出水COD、TP、浊度、NH3-N、TN均达到了国家《城镇污水处理厂污染物排放标准》(GB 18918—2002)的一级标准。对系统NH3-N和TN的去除机制分析表明,碳氮比过低可能是导致TN去除效果不理想的主要原因。     

自然通风条件下无砾石微孔管地下渗滤系统除污效果

为进一步探讨无砾石微孔管地下渗滤系统的污水处理效果,在3.3 cm/d的水力负荷下,进行了有无通风条件下实验系统处理生活污水的中试研究,对比分析了稳定运行期内2个系统对污染物的处理效果和净化效率;同时采用统计学中的T检验方法考察了2个系统的除污效果差异是否显著;最后探讨了降低进水污染负荷对GPPLF系统除污效果的影响。结果表明,在相同工况下,通风系统对COD、TP、TN和浊度的平均去除率分别为86.1%、58.0%、61.1%和93.6%,较正常系统分别提高了2.0%、5.4%、10.2%和3.2%;2个系统的T检验结果显示,自然通风条件能明显改善系统对TN和浊度的处理效果,但对COD和TP的去除作用不显著;通过降低进水污染负荷,GPPLF系统出水中的COD、氨氮和TN基本能达到《城镇污水处理厂污染物排放标准(GB18918-2002)》中一级B排放标准,TP能达到上述标准中的二级排放标准。     

水力负荷对污水地下渗滤系统处理效果的影响

采用人工模拟的方法,研究了0.04、0.06、0.10、0.14和0.18 m3/(m2·d)5个水力负荷下污水地下渗滤系统对生活污水处理效果的影响。实验期间,SS、BOD5、COD、TN、NH4+-N和TP的进水浓度分别处于69.74~79.62、40.75~64.81、211.56~250.72、48.94~87.36、31.25~59.04和2.88~4.05 mg/L之间,出水平均浓度分别为13.63、9.66、31.53、21.08、1.90和0.10 mg/L。结果表明,地下渗滤系统对生活污水具有良好的处理效果,除TN外,其余各项指标均满足《城镇污水处理厂污染物排放标准》(GB/18918-2002)一级处理要求;当水力负荷为0.14和0.18 m3/(m2·d)时,BOD5 与TN去除率降低,出水浓度升高,受水力负荷影响明显;水力负荷对SS与COD影响作用微弱,去除率降幅较小;NH4+-N与TP则基本不受水力负荷变化影响。综合考虑渗滤系统的出水水质与日处理能力,推荐适宜水力负荷为0.10~0.14 m3/(m2·d)。     

Study on the performance of gravel less perforated pipe leach fields on domestic sewage treatment

以壤土、河砂为填充基质,构建了5个无砾石微孔管地下渗滤系统,在3.3 cm/d的水力负荷下,比较了5个系统对生活污水的处理效果.结果表明,无砾石微孔管地下渗滤系统对生活污水具有较好的处理效果,其中以上层填充河砂、下层填充壤土的系统C对生活污水的综合处理效果最好,其对COD、TP、浊度、NH3-N、TN的平均去除率分别为82.4％、74.1％、94.2％、98.4％、59.3％,相比传统的全部填充壤土的系统A分别提高了1.4、21.9、5.1、61.8、18.6百分点,且出水COD、TP、浊度、NH3-N、TN均达到了国家《城镇污水处理厂污染物排放标准》(GB18918-2002)的一级标准.对系统NH3-N和TN的去除机制分析表明,碳氮比过低可能是导致TN去除效果不理想的主要原因.     

冬季组合工艺处理灌溉尾水的运行效果

采用水耕蔬菜人工湿地与垂直流人工湿地组合工艺处理农村生活污水灌溉尾水,针对冬季灌溉尾水量大,而系统处理效果下降问题,对组合工艺进行了运行效果及水力负荷等工艺参数的优化研究。大棚对系统能起到一定的保温效果,系统进出水水温均高出未采取保温强化措施系统2℃左右。在冬季水耕蔬菜人工湿地与垂直流人工湿地受温度影响,污染物去除效能显著下降,随着水力负荷的增大,水耕蔬菜人工湿地对COD、TN及TP的平均去除率和去除负荷呈先增加后减小趋势,其对COD、TP的平均去除率均在0.3 m3/(m2·d)附近达到最大,分别为33.4%和11.5%,TN的平均去除率在0.4 m3/(m2·d)附近达到最大,为8.5%;垂直流人工湿地随着水力负荷的增大,对COD、TN、NH4+-N和TP的平均去除率的变化趋势与水耕蔬菜人工湿地相似,在0.2 m3/(m2·d)处达到最大,分别为56.3%、29.3%、23.8%和31.3%。上述结果与人工湿地在其他温度较高季节去除率一般随水力负荷降低而呈上升趋势的结果显著不同,表明在冬季依靠一味降低水力负荷无法达到提高系统去除效能的目的。     

Chloroaromatic pollutants in mussels incubated in two finnish watercourses polluted by industry

Concentrations of different chlorinated compounds were measured in mussels incubated in two polluted watercourses, a river (the River Kymijoki) and a lake (Lake Vanaja) for four weeks in summer 1995. The sum concentrations of polychlorinated phenols (PCP) and biphenyls (PCB) were both about 1 μg/g lipid weight (lw) in Lake Vanaja mussels, while in the River Kymijoki mussels PCPs were non-detectable and PCBs were measured 120 ng/g lIw. The concentrations of toxic polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin (PCDD) and dibenzofuran (PCDF) congeners ranged between <17 and 370 pg/g Iw in Lake Vanaja mussels and between <38 and 11,000 pg/g lw in the River Kymijoki mussels. Polychlorinated diphenyl ethers (PCDE) were detected in the mussels incubated in the River Kymijoki (0.4–1.1 ng/g Iw), but not in those incubated in Lake Vanaja. Polychlorinated phenoxyanisoles (PCPA) were measured 33 ng/g lw and polychlorinated phenoxyphenols (PCPP) 300 ng/g lw in the mussels incubated in the River Kymijoki. PCPAs were also detected in reference samples, which were sediment and pike from the River Kymijoki and Baltic salmon, seal and white-tailed sea eagle.     

Evaluation of trichloroethene recovery processes in heterogeneous aquifer cells flushed with biodegradable surfactants

The ability of two biodegradable surfactants, polyoxyethylene (20) sorbitan monooleate (Tween 80) and sodium dihexyl sulfosuccinate (Aerosol MA), to recover a representative dense non-aqueous-phase liquid (DNAPL), trichloroethene (TCE), from heterogeneous porous media was evaluated through a combination of batch and aquifer cell experiments. An aqueous solution containing 3.3% Aerosol MA, 8% 2-propanol and 6 g/l CaCl(2) yielded a weight solubilization ratio (WSR) of 1.21 g TCE/g surfactant, with a corresponding liquid-liquid interfacial tension (IFT) of 0.19 dyn/cm. Flushing of aquifer cells containing a TCE-DNAPL source zone with approximately two pore volumes of the AMA formulation resulted in substantial (>30%) mobilization of TCE-DNAPL. However, a TCE mass recovery of 81% was achieved when the aqueous-phase flow rate was sufficient to displace the mobile TCE-DNAPL toward the effluent well. Aqueous solutions of Tween 80 exhibited a greater capacity to solubilize TCE (WSR=1.74 g TCE/g surfactant) and exerted markedly less reduction in IFT (10.4 dyn/cm). These data contradict an accepted empirical correlation used to estimate IFT values from solubilization capacity, and indicate a unique capacity of T80 to form concentrated TCE emulsions. Flushing of aquifer cells with less than 2.5 pore volumes of a 4% T80 solution achieved TCE mass recoveries ranging from 66 to 85%, with only slight TCE-DNAPL mobilization (<5%) occurring when the total trapping number exceeded 2 x 10(-5). These findings demonstrate the ability of Tween 80 and Aerosol MA solutions to efficiently recover TCE from a heterogeneous DNAPL source zone, and the utility of the total trapping number as a design parameter for a priori prediction of DNAPL mobilization and bank angle formation when flushing with low-IFT solutions. Given their potential to stimulate microbial reductive dechlorination at low concentrations, these surfactants are well-suited for remedial action plans that couple aggressive mass removal followed by enhanced bioremediation to treat chlorinated solvent source zones.     

Book review

The Pesticide Manual ‐ A World Compendium, 8th Edition, C.R. Worthing, Editor and S.B. Walker, Assistant Editor, British Crop Protection Council, BCPC Publications Sales, Bear Farm, Binfield, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 5QE, England. 1987, 1100 pp., UK £50; Overseas £56. ISBN 0–948404–01–9.     

Organochlorine compounds in a three-step terrestrial food chain

The concentrations of 15 organochlorine chemicals (PCBs and pesticides) were studied in a Central European oak wood food chain system: Great tit (Parus major), caterpillars (Tortrix viridana, Operophtera brumata, Erannis defoliaria), and oak-leaves (Quercus robur). Juvenile tits receive organochlorines from the mother via egg transfer and, eventually to a greater extent, from the caterpillar food source during nestling period. The concentrations of PCB 153 (2,2′,4,4′,5,5′-hexachlorobiphenyl, the most abundant in this study) was found in leaf material at ca. 1 ng/g, in caterpillars 10 ng/g, and in bird eggs 170 ng/g on an average and on a dry mass basis.     

The chemical stability of formulations of some hydrolyzable insecticides in aqueous mixtures with hydrolysis catalysts

Abstract

The active ingredients in commercial formulations of malathion, oxamyl, carbaryl, diazinon, and chlorpyrifos diluted to “spray tank”; concentrations with buffered distilled or natural water of pH 4–9 were stable for at least 24 hr. Formulations of trichlorfon were not stable at pH 7 or above but disappearance rates were slower than for the pure chemical in homogeneous solution. Cupric ion was observed to be an effective catalyst for the hydrolysis of a variety of pure organophosphorus insecticides but did not catalyze hydrolysis of the active ingredients of the formulations examined. Increasing the dilution of the formulation increased the susceptibility of malathion, oxamyl, and carbaryl to hydrolysis.     

Observations on the influence of water and soil pH on the persistence of insecticides

Abstract

The pH‐disappearance rate profiles were determined at ca. 25°C for 24 insecticides at 4 or 5 pH values over the range 4.5 to 8.0 in sterile phosphate buffers prepared in water‐ethanol (99: 1 v/v). Half‐lives measured at pH 8 were generally smaller than at lower pH values. Changes in half lives between pH 8.0 and 4.5 were largest (>1000x) for the aryl carbamates, carbofuran and carbaryl, the oxime carbamate, oxamyl, and the organophosphorus insecticide, trichlorfon. In contrast, half lives of phorate, terbufos, heptachlor, fensulfothion and aldicarb were affected only slightly by pH changes. Under the experimental conditions described half lives at pH8 varied from 1–2 days for trichlorfon and oxamyl to >1 year for fensulfothion and cyper‐methrin. Insecticide persistence on alumina (acid, neutral and basic), mineral soils amended with aluminum sulfate or calcium hydroxide to different pH values and four natural soils of different pH was examined. No correlation was observed between the measured pH of these solids and the rate of disappearance of selected insecticides applied to them. These observations demonstrate the difficulty of extrapolating the pH dependent disappearance behaviour observed in homogeneous solution to partially solid heterogeneous systems such as soil.     

The variation of street air levels of PAH and other mutagenic PAC in relation to regulations of traffic emissions and the impact of atmospheric processes

The occurrence of particle associated PAH and other mutagenic PAC was determined in 1996 in the street air of Copenhagen. In addition, particle extracts were tested for mutagenicity. The measurements were compared with previous measurements in 1992/1993. The levels had decreased in this period. The decrease was caused by an implementation of light diesel fuels for buses and the exchange of older petrol-driven passenger cars with catalystequipped new ones. About 65% of the reduction was caused by the application of the light diesel fuels. Under special conditions, chemical processes in the atmosphere produced many more mutagens than the direct emissions. The concentrations of S-PAC and N-PAC were 10 times lower than those of PAH, while the levels of oxy-PAH were in the same order of magnitude as those of PAH. Benzanthrone, an oxy-PAH, is proposed to be formed in the atmosphere in addition to direct emissions. Benzo(a)pyrene, often applied as an air quality criteria indicator, was photochemically degraded in the atmosphere. A strong increase in the mutagenic activities was observed to coincide with a depletion of benzo(a)pyrene.     

Teratological effects of pesticides in vertebrates: a review

Abstract

In the last decades, the use and misuse of pesticides in the agriculture have increased, having a severe impact on ecosystems and their fauna. Although the various effects of pesticides on biodiversity have been already documented in several studies, to our knowledge no consistent overview of the impact of pesticides in vertebrates, both terrestrial and aquatic, is available. In this review, we try to present a concise compilation of the teratogenic effects of pesticides on the different classes of vertebrates – mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish.     

Radionuclides in pinon pine (Pinus edulis) nuts from los alamos national laboratory lands and the dose from consumption

Abstract

One of the dominant tree species growing within and around the eastern portion of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM, lands is the pinon pine (Pinus edulis). Pinon pine is used for firewood, fence posts, and building materials and is a source of nuts for food—the seeds are consumed by a wide variety of animals and are also gathered by people in the area and eaten raw or roasted. This study investigated the (1) concentration of ³H, ¹³⁷Cs, ⁹⁰Sr, ^totU, ²³⁸Pu, ^{239, 240}Pu, and²⁴¹ Am in soils (0‐ to 12‐in. [31 cm] depth underneath the tree), pinon pine shoots (PPS), and pinon pine nuts (PPN) collected from LANL lands and regional background (BG) locations, (2) committed effective dose equivalent (CEDE) from the ingestion of nuts, and (3) soil to PPS to PPN concentration ratios (CRs). Most radionuclides, with the exception of ³H in soils, were not significantly higher (p < 0.10) in soils, PPS, and PPN collected from LANL as compared to BG locations, and concentrations of most radionuclides in PPN from LANL have decreased over time. The maximum net CEDE (the CEDE plus two sigma minus BG) at the most conservative ingestion rate (10 lb [4.5 kg]) was 0.0018 mrem (0.018 μSv); this is far below the International Commission on Radiological Protection (all pathway) permissible dose limit of 100 mrem (1000 μSv). Soil‐to‐nut CRs for most radionuclides were within the range of default values in the literature for common fruits and vegetables.     

Degradation and sorption of imidacloprid in dissimilar surface and subsurface soils

Degradation and sorption/desorption are important processes affecting the leaching of pesticides through soil. This research characterized the degradation and sorption of imidacloprid (1-[(6-chloro-3-pyridinyl)-methyl]-N-nitro-2-imidazolidinimine) in Drummer (silty clay loam) and Exeter (sandy loam) surface soils and their corresponding subsurface soils using sequential extraction methods over 400 days. By the end of the incubation, approximately 55% of imidacloprid applied at a rate of 1.0 mg kg^?1 degraded in the Exeter sandy loam surface and subsurface soils, compared to 40% of applied imidacloprid within 300 days in Drummer surface and subsurface soils. At the 0.1 mg kg^?1 application rate, dissipation was slower for all four soils. Water-extractable imidacloprid in Exeter surface soil decreased from 98% of applied at day 1 to > 70% of the imidacloprid remaining after 400 d, as compared to 55% in the Drummer surface soil at day 1 and 12% at day 400. These data suggest that imidacloprid was bioavailable to degrading soil microorganisms and sorption/desorption was not the limiting factor for biodegradation. In subsurface soils > 40% of ¹⁴C-benzoic acid was mineralized over 21 days, demonstrating an active microbial community. In contrast, cumulative ¹⁴CO₂ was less than 1.5% of applied ¹⁴C-imidacloprid in all soils over 400 d. Qualitative differences in the microbial communities appear to limit the degradation of imidacloprid in the subsurface soils.