盐度对活性污泥硝化功能的影响

利用批量试验研究了盐度对常规活性污泥(非耐盐污泥)硝化功能的影响;通过逐步提高试验水的NaCl浓度驯化活性污泥,考察了驯化污泥的硝化功能;并进一步研究了适应于某NaCl浓度的耐盐硝化菌在受到盐度冲击时,其硝化功能的变化.结果表明,常规活性污泥中的硝化菌对盐度较敏感,当试验水中的NaCl质量浓度达到10.0 g/L时,污泥比硝化速率降低86%;通过逐步提高试验水的NaCl浓度对活性污泥进行长期驯化,可以驯化出耐盐硝化菌,耐盐污泥的比硝化速率接近于常规活性污泥的比硝化速率;适应于某NaCl浓度的耐盐硝化菌在受到盐度冲击时,NaCl浓度突然增加会对其产生更强的抑制作用.     

SFBR工艺顺序进行硝化和反硝化的动力学研究

采用序半连续式反应器(sequencing fed-batch reactor,简称SFBR)对人工合成废水顺序地进行硝化和反硝化动力学进行了研究.硝化和反硝化所用微生物为活性污泥.反应器在不同的操作条件进行操作,获得了用于确定动力学常数的数据;获得动力学参数um=0.05 h-1,KNO=2.0 mg/L,y=0.47 mg X/mg N,a=0.001 h-1.类似地确定了反硝化动力学参数kD=0.01 h-1和KD,NO=0.4 mg/L.在一定范围内硝化和反硝化速率随着氨浓度和硝酸盐浓度的增加而增加.实验数据表明,硝化和反硝化的动力学符合Monod动力学方程.     

SFBR工艺顺序进行硝化和反硝化的动力学研究

采用序半连续式反应器（sequencing fed-batch reactor,简称SFBR）对人工合成废水顺序地进行硝化和反硝化动力学进行了研究.硝化和反硝化所用微生物为活性污泥.反应器在不同的操作条件进行操作,获得了用于确定动力学常数的数据;获得动力学参数um=0.05 h-1,KNO=2.0 mg/L,y=0.47 mg X/mg N,a=0.001 h^-1.类似地确定了反硝化动力学参数kD=0.01 h^-1和KD,NO=0.4 mg/L.在一定范围内硝化和反硝化速率随着氨浓度和硝酸盐浓度的增加而增加.实验数据表明,硝化和反硝化的动力学符合Monod动力学方程.     

盐度对活性污泥驯化前后硝化特性的影响

通过批量试验系统研究了盐度对常规活性污泥硝化作用的影响以及污泥在含盐环境中经过驯化后其硝化功能的变化.试验结果表明,硝化菌比亚硝化菌对盐度更敏感,废水中含盐浓度为5 g/L时,对常规活性污泥中的亚硝化菌影响不大,硝化菌会受到一定程度的抑制;当含盐浓度超过10 g/L时,硝化菌和亚硝化菌均会受到严重抑制;含盐浓度大于30 g/L时,亚硝化菌和硝化菌已经完全受到抑制.在污泥驯化初期,耐盐硝化菌群数量较少,比硝化速率较低,硝化产物中亚硝态氮大量积累;随着驯化时间的延长,耐盐硝化菌群数量增加,比硝化速率增加,亚硝态氮累积量减少.污泥经过驯化后,硝化菌群可以逐渐适应高盐环境,在含盐浓度为30 g/L时硝化反应仍能进行.     

硫脲对硝化反应的抑制

利用富集培养的硝化污泥,在间歇式反应器中通过测定氨氮降解速率和溶解氧消耗速率,研究了硫脲对硝化过程的抑制特性及动力学方程。结果表明,硫脲对硝化反应抑制现象明显,0.05 mg·L~(-1)硫脲即可使相同时间内的氨氮降解率降低12%,氨氮最大降解速率降低21%。硫脲对硝化菌的抑制类型为非竞争性抑制,抑制常数KI和EC50值相等,均为0.14 mg·L~(-1),并且硫脲主要对硝化过程中的亚硝化过程造成抑制。     

pH对高浓度氨氮短程硝化抑制动力学的影响

在移动床生物膜反应器(MBBR)实现稳定短程硝化的前提下,采用模拟废水进行批式实验,研究生物膜短程硝化过程的基质抑制动力学特性及pH的影响.基于Haldane模型建立短程硝化基质抑制动力学方程,确定不同pH条件下的动力学常数.结果表明,不同pH条件下,高浓度氨氮对短程硝化的抑制特性均符合Haldane模型.pH为7.0、8.0和9.0时的氨氮最大比降解速率(qmax)分别为9.906、16.234、14.742mg/(g·h),pH=8.0是获得高效的短程硝化效果的适宜运行条件.但半亚硝化的实现则需要在氨氮降解速率适当降低的条件下(pH=7.0)才能实现.     

颗粒污泥反硝化动力学特性及微量NO2的影响

采用批试验方法,研究了颗粒污泥反硝化动力学特性及微量NO2的影响.采用Monod模型描述反硝化反应动力学,得到有机物半饱和常数为4.72 mg/L,亚硝态氮半饱和常数为2.26 mg/L,最大亚硝态氮降解速率为0.0069 mgNO2--N/(mg MLSS·h).微量NO2对反硝化具有抑制作用,采用反竞争性可逆抑制模型描述了微量NO2对反硝化速率的影响,得到微量NO2下的最大反硝化速率为0.006865 mg NO,2--N/(mg MLSS·h),亚硝态氮半饱和常数为0.1 mg/L,NO2抑制系数为1.53 mg/L.在通入51.3、102.7、205.4和308.1 mg NO2/m3时Nox的损失量分别是78.7%～99.4%、81%～99.4%、65.1%～97.9%和38.9%～89.7%,相当部分的Nox损失.     

序批式活性污泥法工艺处理含盐废水动力学模型研究

为了实现含盐废水序批式活性污泥法(SBR)工艺的启动,采用逐步提高废水中NaCl浓度负荷的方法对活性污泥进行驯化,并建立有机物(COD)与NH4+-N的降解动力学模型。结果表明,经过280d的驯化和稳定运行,SBR系统可以有效降解含盐废水,COD去除率高于74%,NH4+-N平均去除率高于90%,实现了SBR工艺处理含盐废水的启动和稳定运行。含盐废水有机物(COD)降解动力学参数r0(无盐条件下的COD去除速率)为129.87mg/(L.h),KY(盐抑制常数)为7700.01mg/L;含盐废水硝化反应动力学参数Ks(饱和常数)为186.52mg/L,vmax(NH4+-N的最大比降解速率)为0.0034h-1。     

微量NO2对厌氧氨氧化甲烷化反硝化耦合影响的动力学分析

采用批试验方法,研究微量 NO2对颗粒污泥厌氧氨氧化、甲烷化和反硝化耦合的影响.基于 Haldane 模型建立了厌氧氨氧化的 NO2 强化函数,估计了强化函数中的最大强化系数(30.55)、NO2 半饱和常数(1.96 mg/L)、NO2 抑制常数(0.0082 mg/L)和基础速率系数(0.0314).微量 NO2 对甲烷化和反硝化动力学可用反竞争性抑制动力学方程进行描述.甲烷化的最大比乙酸盐去除速率为0.15 mg COD/(mg VSS·h),乙酸盐半饱和常数为395 mg COD/L,NOz抑制系数为0.623 mg/L.反硝化的亚硝酸盐氮最大去除速率 0.00685 h-1,亚硝酸盐氮半饱和常数0.214 mg/L,NO2 抑制系数为22.4 mg/L.试验中大部分的 NOx 气体物质出现损失.     

2种温度下污泥水富集硝化菌的对比

污泥水富集硝化菌添加强化硝化工艺可以在处理高温、高浓度氨氮污泥水的同时富集硝化菌并添加至城市污水处理系统强化硝化,但硝化菌对温度敏感,温度将对硝化菌的富集效果产生影响。研究在高氨氮负荷(1.20 kg·(m~3·d)~(-1))下运行SBR以富集硝化菌,对比2种温度(25℃、30℃)下富集硝化菌的群落结构和动力学特性。荧光原位杂交结果表明,硝化菌r-决策者(Nitrosomonas europaea,Nitrobacter)的份额随温度升高而逐渐增加。硝化动力学参数测定发现,随温度升高,AOB活性增加,基质半饱和常数增加;而NOB则相反,这主要是因为温度升高,反应器中最大游离氨(FA)、游离亚硝酸(FNA)浓度增加,而NOB比AOB更容易受FA、FNA的抑制。此外,温度对AOB与NOB的溶解氧半饱和常数无明显影响。     

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.     

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.     

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.     

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 and trace elements in fish collected upstream and downstream of Los Alamos national laboratory and the doses to humans from the consumption of muscle and bone

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine radionuclide and trace element concentrations in bottom‐feeding fish (catfish, carp, and suckers) collected from the confluences of some of the major canyons that cross Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) lands with the Rio Grande (RG) and the potential radiological doses from the ingestion of these fish. Samples of muscle and bone (and viscera in some cases) were analyzed for ³H, ⁹⁰Sr, ¹³⁷Cs, ^totU, ²³⁸Pu, ^239,240Pu, and ²⁴¹Am and Ag, As, Ba, Be, Cr, Cd, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, Sb, Se, and Tl. Most radionuclides, with the exception of ⁹⁰Sr, in the muscle plus bone portions of fish collected from LANL canyons/RG were not significantly (p<0.05) higher from fish collected upstream (San Ildefonso/background) of LANL. Strontium‐90 in fish muscle plus bone tissue significantly (p<0.05) increases in concentration starting from Los Alamos Canyon, the most upstream confluence (fish contained 3.4E‐02 pCi g^‐1 [126E‐02 Bq kg^‐1]), to Frijoles Canyon, the most downstream confluence (fish contained 14E‐02 pCi g^‐1 [518E‐02 Bq kg^‐1]). The differences in ⁹⁰Sr concentrations in fish collected downstream and upstream (background) of LANL, however, were very small. Based on the average concentrations (±2SD) of radionuclides in fish tissue from the four LANL confluences, the committed effective dose equivalent from the ingestion of 46 lb (21 kg) (maximum ingestion rate per person per year) of fish muscle plus bone, after the subtraction of background, was 0.1 ± 0.1 mrem y^‐1 (1.0 ± 1.0 μSv y^‐1), and was far below the International Commission on Radiological Protection (all pathway) permissible dose limit of 100 mrem y^‐1 (1000 μSv y^‐1). Of the trace elements that were found above the limits of detection (Ba, Cu, and Hg) in fish muscle collected from the confluences of canyons that cross LANL and the RG, none were in significantly higher (p<0.05) concentrations than in muscle of fish collected from background locations.     

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.     

Patterns of volatile metabolites and nonvolatile trichothecenes produced by isolates of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Stachybotrys,Fusarium, Trichoderma,Trichothecium</Emphasis> and <Emphasis Type="Italic">Memnoniella</Emphasis>

We reported previously that trichodiene, a volatile trichothecene derivative, was produced by a Stachybotrys isolate, also known to produce highly cytotoxic, non-volatile, macrocyclic trichothecenes (satrotoxins). We investigated the relationship between the production of trichodiene and various non-volatile trichothecenes for several molds. Volatile metabolites were concentrated by adsorption on Tenax TA and analyzed by GC/MS, while non-volatile metabolites were separated by HPLC, derivatized and analyzed by GC/MS. Stachybotrys chartarum isolates producing macrocyclic trichothecenes secreted significantly larger amounts of trichodiene and other sesquiterpenes than isolates which only produced simple trichothecenes. The amounts of secreted trichodiene were relatively small in all cases. With the exception of Memnoniella, which excreted small amounts of sesquiterpenes, the other isolates produced varying amounts of sesquiterpenes, including trichodiene, as well as simple tricothecenes, no detectable trichodiene, but large amounts of griseofulvin derivatives. In Stachybotrys there is apparently a correlation between trichodiene and macrocyclic trichothecene production. In the remaining isolates, there was no simple relationship between trichodiene and non-volatile trichothecene synthesis. Trichodiene is produced in larger amounts by Stachybotrys isolates, which also produce satratoxins, but it will be difficult to utilize this metabolite to detect toxic isolates in buildings due to the relatively small amounts excreted.     

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.     

Knowledge transfer initiative between molecular biologists and environmental researchers and regulators

A Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funded Knowledge Transfer (KT) workshop was held in the United Kingdom (UK) to identify the needs and opportunities in the application of molecular biology and ‘omics’ techniques to environmental monitoring and risk assessment. Attendees highlighted a lack of effective communication between end-users and researchers as well as difficulties with data interpretation as reasons behind the slow uptake of molecular biology and omics techniques. A number of promising areas in which new techniques could be implemented at a practical level in the very near future were identified, thereby raising the profile of these recent technologies and providing vital proof of concept work. Molecular taxonomy, bacterial source tracking and pre-screening of chemicals for potential toxicities were all viewed as areas in which omics and molecular techniques could have immediate value, with the aim of reducing cost, increasing efficiency and providing more comprehensive data of improved quality.     

Sorption and predicted mobility of herbicides in Baltic soils

This study was undertaken to determine sorption coefficients of eight herbicides (alachlor, amitrole, atrazine, simazine, dicamba, imazamox, imazethapyr, and pendimethalin) to seven agricultural soils from sites throughout Lithuania. The measured sorption coefficients were used to predict the susceptibility of these herbicides to leach to groundwater. Soil-water partitioning coefficients were measured in batch equilibrium studies using radiolabeled herbicides. In most soils, sorption followed the general trend pendimethalin > alachlor > atrazine～ amitrole～ simazine > imazethapyr > imazamox > dicamba, consistent with the trends in hydrophobicity (log K_ow) except in the case of amitrole. For several herbicides, sorption coefficients and calculated retardation factors were lowest (predicted to be most susceptible to leaching) in a soil of intermediate organic carbon content and sand content. Calculated herbicide retardation factors were high for soils with high organic carbon contents. Estimated leaching times under saturated conditions, assuming no herbicide degradation and no preferential water flow, were more strongly affected by soil textural effects on predicted water flow than by herbicide sorption effects. All herbicides were predicted to be slowest to leach in soils with high clay and low sand contents, and fastest to leach in soils with high sand content and low organic matter content. Herbicide management is important to the continued increase in agricultural production and profitability in the Baltic region, and these results will be useful in identifying critical areas requiring improved management practices to reduce water contamination by pesticides.