聚丙烯纤维组合填料在CAST水处理工艺中的运用

西南某市小型污水处理厂目前日处理能力为2万t.d-1,进水主要为生活污水(70%)和抗生素制药废水(30%)。由于各种原因,处理效果一直很差,尤其是CODcr、NH4-N两项指标很难达到国家排放标准要求。后经过一系列实验研究分析,发现向反应池中投加聚丙烯纤维(组合填料)对处理水质起到了很好的改善作用。     

磁混凝澄清工艺在污水厂提标中的应用

磁混凝澄清工艺是在常规混凝工艺中投加磁粉,磁粉微小有利于混凝絮体生成。介绍了磁混凝澄清工艺的原理及技术特点,并实际应用于一级A提标工程,结果表明,磁混凝澄清池表面水力负荷可达20~40 m3/m2·h,同时出水SS5 mg/L,浊度1.0 NTU,TP0.02 mg/L,非常适合于城市污水厂提标。     

气田压裂返排液氧化处理实验研究

以四川某气田压裂返排液为研究对象,采用破胶絮凝处理后进行氧化对比实验,氧化剂选用高锰酸钾、过硫酸钾、次氯酸钠、Fenton试剂。研究表明,絮凝实验最佳条件为氧化钙、硫酸铝和硫酸亚铁投加量分别为3,1,1 g/L。4种氧化方法的最佳实验条件为:高锰酸钾投加量0.5 g/L,pH值为4;过硫酸钾投加量0.25g/L,pH值为6;次氯酸钠投加量15 g/L,pH值为4;Fenton氧化方法pH值为3.5,双氧水投加量25 g/L,七水硫酸亚铁投加量10 g/L。出水COD_(Cr)最多可降至800 mg/L左右,最大COD_(Cr)去除率72.96%,处理效果良好,为后续处理创造了条件。     

2012年国家鼓励发展的环境保护技术（二）

超磁分离水体净化技术技术依托单位：四川环能德美科技股份有限公司中图分类号：X703文献标志码：B文章编号：1006-5377（2012）11-0061-01工艺路线该技术在废水中投加磁粉、混凝剂、助凝剂,形成磁粉为核心的絮体,再利用磁性材料将废水中的磁性体分离出来,实现水体的净化。磁粉回收循环利用。主要技术指标SS和总磷去除率大于95%。适用范围适用于含悬浮物浓度高的污水处理。     

高锰酸钾预氧化强化微污染水源水中锰的去除

目前,我国很多地区地表水都存在锰超标问题,这给供水安全带来了极大隐患.本文考察了高锰酸盐预氧化强化水中锰的去除效果.实验结果表明,原水经过高锰酸盐处理后,水中的锰含量明显降低,当高锰酸盐投加量达到0.5mg/L之后,水中的锰离子浓度已经达到了原子吸收检出限以下,但色度有所增加.当高锰酸钾∶硫酸亚铁=1∶4时,水中的锰去除效果较好,色度降低,随着亚铁离子投加比例的增加,水中锰的去除率反而下降.     

混凝剂在再生水深度处理中的实验研究

选用硫酸亚铁、三氯化铁、聚合氯化铝、硫酸铝4种混凝剂进行再生水深度处理实验,考察铁盐类和铝盐类混凝剂对二级出水中浊度和UV254的去除效果,以及对三氯甲烷与四氯化碳的控制效果。在投加量为40 mg/L时,聚合氯化铝对浊度和UV254处理效果最好;对氯化消毒中三氯甲烷生成量控制效果最好的是三氯化铁,其次是硫酸亚铁;聚合氯化铝对四氯化碳的控制效果最好,且投加量在10 mg/L时,四氯化碳生成量达到最低。     

黄浦江上游原水强化处理选炭试验研究

以黄浦江上游水源为原水,通过煤质炭、竹质炭、椰壳炭等炭种筛选小试和中试试验,研究了黄浦江上游原水中有机污染物强化去除的最佳炭种及其最佳投加量。结果表明黄浦江上游原水中投加PAC能够改善处理后水质,提高原水中有机物的去除效果;并且随着PAC投加量的增加,原水中有机物去除效果增强;综合性价比、碳源等因素确定竹质炭较为经济合理;当竹质炭投加量为10～15mg/L时,处理后出水CODMn可达到3mg/L或以下。     

活性炭在膜生物反应器中的应用研究进展

活性炭是一种非常优良的吸附剂,具有物理吸附和化学吸附的双重特性。本文介绍了近年来向膜生物反应器中投加活性炭的应用研究进展,表明投加活性炭可以提高膜生物反应器的处理效果,同时对改善膜污染有很好的效果。     

冷轧废乳化液混凝破乳试验研究

试验针对某冷轧带钢公司的废乳化液,研究了聚合硫酸铁(PFS)、聚合氯化铝(PAC)、硫酸铁[Fe_2(SO_4)_3·7H_2O]、硫酸亚铁(FeSO_4·7H_2O)对废乳化液的混凝-上浮影响。实验结果表明,4种混凝剂对破乳效果均较好,综合考虑絮体状态、处理效果及成本,确定硫酸亚铁为本试验的最佳药剂。试验温度为实验季节水温,温度为20℃左右。最佳试验条件为:硫酸亚铁投加量为4 g/L,PAM投加量为0.04 g/L,pH=8,此时COD去除率为95.2%,油去除率为96.7%。     

纤维转盘微滤布污水过滤技术

<正>由浦华环保有限公司开发的纤维转盘微滤布污水过滤技术,适用于废水的深度处理与中水回用。主要技术内容一、基本原理采用微滤布过滤结合化学加药方法去除二级处理出水中的总磷。化学除磷通过化学沉析过程和化学絮凝作用完成。向污水中投加溶解性的金属盐药剂后,溶解性的磷转换成为非溶解性的磷酸金属盐,同时也会产生非     

Conversion of temperate forests into heaths: Role of ecosystem disturbance and ericaceous plants

Fire and logging in nutrient-poor temperate forests with certain ericaceous understory plants may convert the forests into heaths. The process of disturbance-induced heath formation is documented by using examples ofCalluna in western Europe,Kalmia in Newfoundland, andGaultheria (salal) in coastal British Columbia. In a cool, temperate climate, rapid vegetative growth ofCalluna, Kalmia, and salal following disturbance results in increasing organic accumulation (paludification), nutrient sequestration, soil acidification, and allelochemicals. These are thought to be the main reasons to conifer regeneration failure in disturbed habitats. If continuation in forest is a land-use objective, then temperate forests with an ericaceous understory should not be logged unless effective silvicultural methods are devised to control the ericaceous plants and restore forest regeneration. Preharvest vegetation control may be considered as an option. Failure to control the understory plants may lead to a long-term vegetation shift, from forest to heathland, particularly in nutrient-poor sites. Successful methods of controllingKalmia andGaultheria, however, have yet to be developed. While theKalmia- andGaultheria- dominated heathlands are undesirable in Canada and the Pacific Northwest, a wide range ofCalluna heathlands of western Europe are being conserved as natural and seminatural vegetation.     

Urban ecological systems: scientific foundations and a decade of progress

Urban ecological studies, including focus on cities, suburbs, and exurbs, while having deep roots in the early to mid 20th century, have burgeoned in the last several decades. We use the state factor approach to highlight the role of important aspects of climate, substrate, organisms, relief, and time in differentiating urban from non-urban areas, and for determining heterogeneity within spatially extensive metropolitan areas. In addition to reviewing key findings relevant to each state factor, we note the emergence of tentative "urban syndromes" concerning soils, streams, wildlife and plants, and homogenization of certain ecosystem functions, such as soil organic carbon dynamics. We note the utility of the ecosystem approach, the human ecosystem framework, and watersheds as integrative tools to tie information about multiple state factors together. The organismal component of urban complexes includes the social organization of the human population, and we review key modes by which human populations within urban areas are differentiated, and how such differentiation affects environmentally relevant actions. Emerging syntheses in land change science and ecological urban design are also summarized. The multifaceted frameworks and the growing urban knowledge base do however identify some pressing research needs.     

Using Paleo Reconstructions to Improve Streamflow Forecast Lead Time in the Western United States

In water stressed regions, water managers are exploring new horizons that would help in long‐range streamflow forecasts. Oceanic‐atmospheric oscillations have been shown to influence streamflow variability. In this study, long‐lead time streamflow forecasts are made using a multiclass kernel‐based data‐driven support vector machine (SVM) model. The extended streamflow records based on tree ring reconstructions were used to provide a longer time series data. Reconstructed data were used from 1658 to 1952 and the instrumental record was used from 1953 to 2007. Reconstructions for oceanic‐atmospheric oscillations included the El Niño‐Southern Oscillation, Pacific Decadal Oscillation, Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation, and North Atlantic Oscillation. Streamflow forecasts using all four oscillations were made with one‐year to five‐year lead times for 21 gages in the western United States. This is the first study that uses both instrumental and reconstructed data of oscillations in SVM model to improve streamflow forecast lead time. SVM model was able to provide “satisfactory” to “very good” forecasts with one‐ to five‐year lead time for the selected gages. The use of all the oscillation indices helped in achieving better predictability compared to using individual oscillations. The SVM modeling results are better when compared with multiple linear regression model forecasts. The findings are statistical in nature and are expected to be useful for long‐term water resources planning and management.     

Neighbourhood characteristics and urban gardens in the Toledo metropolitan area: staffing and voluntarism,food production,infrastructure, and sustainability practices

Urban gardens are important sources of sustenance for communities with limited access to food. Hence, this study focuses on food production in gardens in the Toledo metropolitan area in Northwest Ohio. We administered surveys to 150 garden managers from November 2014 to February 2015 in our attempt to better understand how neighbourhood racial composition and poverty levels are related to staffing and voluntarism, food production and distribution, the development of infrastructure, and the adoption of sustainability practices in urban gardens. The results from 30 gardens are presented in this paper. We used Geographic Information Systems to map the gardens and overlay the map with 2010 census data so that we could conduct demographic analyses of the neighbourhoods in which the gardens were located. Though the gardens were small – two acres or less – up to 46 varieties of food were grown in a single garden. Gardens also operated on small budgets. Food from the gardens was gifted or shared with friends, family, and neighbourhood residents. Gardens in predominantly minority neighbourhoods tended to have fewer institutional partners, less garden infrastructure, and had adopted fewer sustainable practices than gardens in predominantly White neighbourhoods. Nonetheless, residents of predominantly minority and high-poverty neighbourhoods participated in garden activities and influenced garden operations. Volunteering and staffing were racialised and gendered.     

Predicting deer-vehicle collisions in an urban area

Collisions with deer and other large animals are increasing, and the resulting economic costs and risks to public safety have made mitigation measures a priority for both city and wildlife managers. We created landscape models to describe and predict deer-vehicle collision (DVCs) within the City of Edmonton, Alberta. Models based on roadside characteristics revealed that DVCs occurred frequently where roadside vegetation was both denser and more diverse, and that DVCs were more likely to occur when the groomed width of roadside right-of-ways was smaller. No DVCs occurred where the width of the vegetation-free or manicured roadside buffer was greater than 40 m. Landscape-based models showed that DVCs were more likely in more heterogeneous landscapes where road densities were lower and speed limits were higher, and where non-forested vegetation such as farmland was in closer proximity to larger tracts of forest. These models can help wildlife and transportation managers to identify locations of high collision frequency for mitigation. Modifying certain landscape and roadside habitats can be an effective way to reduce deer-vehicle collisions.     

MANGANESE CYCLE IN IMPOUNDMENT WATER

Manganese entering impounded water will undergo a cyclic transformation. Oxidation precipitates manganese from top waters. At the bottom of the lake, biological activity will render manganese soluble by both intracellular as well as extracellular activity. The study was made to demonstrate that biological reduction and transformation, organometallic complexation, together with the presence of carbon dioxide and the lowering of pH all have some effect on the solubility of manganese. Dissolved manganese may be brought back to top waters during the lake overturn and therefore deteriorates the water quality.     

AN APPLICATION RUNOFF MODEL STRATEGY FOR UNGAGED WATERSHEDS1

ABSTRACT: Mathematical models for predicting watershed surface flow responses are available, most of which are elaborate nonlinear numerical surface and channel flow models linked with infiltration models. Such models may be used to make predictions for ungaged areas, assuming an acceptable fitting of the model to the topography and roughness of the real system. For some application purposes, these models are impractical because of their complexity and expensive computer solutions. A procedure is developed that uses a complex model of an ungaged area to derive a simpler parametric nonlinear system model for repetitious simulation with input sequences. The predicted flow outputs are obtained with the simpler model at significant savings of money and time. The procedures for constructing a complex kinematic model of a 40 acre (161,880 m²) reference watershed and deriving the simpler system model are outlined. The results of predictions from both models are compared with a selected set of measured events, all having essentially the same initial conditions. Peak discharges ranged from 3 to 118 ft³/sec (0.085 to 3.34 m³/sec), which includes the largest event of record. The inherent limitations of lumped systems models are demonstrated, including the bias caused by their inability to model infiltration losses after rainfall ceases. Computer costs and times for the models were compared. The derived simple model has a cost advantage when repeated use of a model is required. Such an applications hydrologic model has an engineering tradeoff of reduced accuracy, and lumping bias, but is more economical for certain design purposes.     

Sources and Transport of Phosphorus to Rivers in California and Adjacent States,U.S., as Determined by SPARROW Modeling

The SPARROW (SPAtially Referenced Regression on Watershed attributes) model was used to simulate annual phosphorus loads and concentrations in unmonitored stream reaches in California, U.S., and portions of Nevada and Oregon. The model was calibrated using de‐trended streamflow and phosphorus concentration data at 80 locations. The model explained 91% of the variability in loads and 51% of the variability in yields for a base year of 2002. Point sources, geological background, and cultivated land were significant sources. Variables used to explain delivery of phosphorus from land to water were precipitation and soil clay content. Aquatic loss of phosphorus was significant in streams of all sizes, with the greatest decay predicted in small‐ and intermediate‐sized streams. Geological sources, including volcanic rocks and shales, were the principal control on concentrations and loads in many regions. Some localized formations such as the Monterey shale of southern California are important sources of phosphorus and may contribute to elevated stream concentrations. Many of the larger point source facilities were located in downstream areas, near the ocean, and do not affect inland streams except for a few locations. Large areas of cultivated land result in phosphorus load increases, but do not necessarily increase the loads above those of geological background in some cases because of local hydrology, which limits the potential of phosphorus transport from land to streams.     

Surface applied water treatment residuals affect bioavailable phosphorus losses in Florida sands

Water treatment residuals (WTR) can reduce runoff P loss and surface co-application of P-sources and WTR is a practical way of land applying the residuals. In a rainfall simulation study, we evaluated the effects of surface co-applied P-sources and an Al-WTR on runoff and leacheate bioavailable P (BAP) losses from a Florida sand. Four P-sources, namely poultry manure, Boca Raton biosolids (high water-soluble P), Pompano biosolids (moderate water-soluble P), and triple super phosphate (TSP) were surface applied at 56 and 224kgPha(-1) (by weight) to represent low and high soil P loads typical of P- and N-based amendments rates. The treatments further received surface applied WTR at 0 or 10gWTRkg(-1) soil. BAP loss masses were greater in leachate (16.4-536mg) than in runoff (0.91-46mg), but were reduced in runoff and leachate by surface applied WTR. Masses of total BAP lost in the presence of surface applied WTR were less than approximately 75% of BAP losses in the absence of WTR. Total BAP losses from each of the organic sources applied at N-based rates were not greater than P loss from TSP applied at a P-based rate. The BAP loss at the N-based rate of moderate water-soluble P-source (Pompano biosolids) was not greater than BAP losses at the P-based rates of other organic sources tested. The hazards of excess P from applying organic P-sources at N-based rates are not greater than observed at P-based rates of mineral fertilizer. Results suggest that management of the environmental P hazards associated with N-based rates of organic materials in Florida sands is possible by either applying P-sources with WTR or using a moderate water-soluble P-source.     

Animal Consciousness and Ethics in Asia and the Pacific

The interactions between humans, animals and the environment have shaped human values and ethics, not only the genes that we are made of. The animal rights movement challenges human beings to reconsider interactions between humans and other animals, and maybe connected to the environmental movement that begs us to recognize the fact that there are symbiotic relationships between humans and all other organisms. The first part of this paper looks at types of bioethics, the implications of autonomy and the value of being alive. Then the level of consciousness of these relationships are explored in survey results from Asia and the Pacific, especially in the 1993 International Bioethics Survey conducted in Australia, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, The Philippines, Russia, Singapore and Thailand. Very few mentioned animal consciousness in the survey, but there were more biocentric comments in Australia and Japan; and more comments with the idea of harmony including humans in Thailand. Comparisons between questions and surveys will also be made, in an attempt to describe what people imagine animal consciousness to be, and whether this relates to human ethics of the relationships. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.