Transformation of dissolved organic matter in a novel groundwater recharge system with reclaimed water

A novel process, enhanced direct injection-well recharge system (EnDir), can overcome the technical difficulties during the application of conventional surface spreading and has been developed to recharge groundwater with reclaimed water. In this study, removal and transformation of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in the system were investigated in laboratory-scale experiments. Results demonstrated that dissolved organic carbon and trihalomethane formation potential values could be reduced from 6.54 +/- 1.30 mg/L and 267.9 +/- 24.3 microg/L to 1.59 +/- 0.64 mg/L and 104.5 +/- 10.2 microg/L, respectively, as a result of DOM biodegradation in the aerobic short-term vadose soil treatment. Fluorescence spectra showed that aromatic protein-like substances and soluble microbial byproducts could be removed, to a great extent, in the soil system. Despite different removal efficiencies of DOM in different molecular weight fractions, the residual DOM was composed mainly of fulvic acid-like and humic acid-like substances, with molecular weights of 500 Da to 1 kDa.     

秦皇岛市土地利用结构与土壤侵蚀空间格局分析

利用3S技术和景观生态学原理,以小流域为单元对秦皇岛市土地利用结构和土壤侵蚀等级类型进行空间分析,得出了不同土地利用结构所占面积和不同土壤侵蚀类型所占面积及分布小流域,并详细分析了秦皇岛市土壤侵蚀的主要影响因子和不同土地利用结构侵蚀现状。     

Removal of silver nanoparticles in simulated wastewater treatment processes and its impact on COD and NH(4) reduction

The increasing utilization of silver nanoparticles in industrial and consumer products has raised concern to wastewater treatment utilities due to its antimicrobial activity. In this work, the removal of citrate stabilized silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) during the wastewater treatment processes and its impact on treatment performance were examined. During simulated primary clarification, over 90% of the Ag-NPs remained in the wastewater, indicating that the majority of silver nanoparticles in sewage would enter the subsequent treatment units. During sequencing batch reactor processes, silver nanoparticles were effectively removed in each cycle throughout the 15-d experimental duration. Continuous input of silver nanoparticles into the wastewater did not significantly alter chemical oxygen demand (COD) removal. NH(4) removal was reduced at the beginning of the SBR experiment but quickly recovered at the later stage of the experiment. This study demonstrated that in the near future it is unlikely that citrate-stabilized Ag-NPs released into sewage will cause significant adversary effects on the COD and NH(4) removal of activated sludge processes in municipal wastewater treatment plants.     

Influence of algal bloom degradation on nutrient release at the sediment–water interface in Lake Taihu, China

Algal bloom could drastically influence the nutrient cycling in lakes. To understand how the internal nutrient release responds to algal bloom decay, water and sediment columns were sampled at 22 sites from four distinct regions of China’s eutrophic Lake Taihu and incubated in the laboratory to examine the influence of massive algal bloom decay on nutrient release from sediment. The column experiment involved three treatments: (1) water and sediment (WS); (2) water and algal bloom (WA); and (3) water, sediment, and algal bloom (WSA). Concentrations of dissolved oxygen (DO), total nitrogen (TN), total phosphorus (TP), ammonium (NH ₄ ⁺ -N), and orthophosphate (PO ₄ ^3? -P) were recorded during incubation. The decay of algal material caused a more rapid decrease in DO than in the algae-free controls and led to significant increases in NH ₄ ⁺ -N and PO ₄ ^3? -P in the water. The presence of algae during the incubation had a regionally variable effect on sediment nutrient profiles. In the absence of decaying algae (treatment WS), sediment nutrient concentrations decreased during the incubation. In the presence of blooms (WSA), sediments from the river mouth released P to the overlying water, while sediments from other regions absorbed surplus P from the water. This experiment showed that large-scale algal decay will dramatically affect nutrient cycling at the sediment–water interface and would potentially transfer the function of sediment as “container” or “supplier” in Taihu, although oxygen exchange with atmosphere in lake water was stronger than in columns. The magnitude of the effect depends on the physical–chemical character of the sediments.     

Biosorption and degradation of decabromodiphenyl ether by <Emphasis Type="Italic">Brevibacillus brevis</Emphasis> and the influence of decabromodiphenyl ether on cellular metabolic responses

There is global concern about the effects of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE209) on environmental and public health. The molecular properties, biosorption, degradation, accumulation, and cellular metabolic effects of BDE209 were investigated in this study to identify the mechanisms involved in the aerobic biodegradation of BDE209. BDE209 is initially absorbed by wall teichoic acid and N-acetylglucosamine side chains in peptidoglycan, and then, BDE209 is transported and debrominated through three pathways, giving tri-, hepta-, octa-, and nona-bromodiphenyl ethers. The C–C bond energies decrease as the number of bromine atoms on the diphenyl decreases. Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) inhibit protein expression or accelerate protein degradation and increase membrane permeability and the release of Cl^?, Na⁺, NH₄ ⁺, arabinose, proteins, acetic acid, and oxalic acid. However, PBDEs increase the amounts of K⁺, Mg²⁺, PO₄ ^3?, SO₄ ^2?, and NO₃ ^? assimilated. The biosorption, degradation, accumulation, and removal efficiencies when Brevibacillus brevis (1 g L^?1) was exposed to BDE209 (0.5 mg L^?1) for 7 days were 7.4, 69.5, 16.3, and 94.6 %, respectively.     

基于B/S结构的分布式高职学生信息数据库管理系统

针对高职学生信息管理的现状,考虑到其系统数据收集的实时性要求不高,结合分布式数据库具有的物理分布性、逻辑整体性、站点自治性,适合在多种行业中应用等特点,本文提出了一种基于B／S结构的分布式高职学生信息数据库管理系统。该系统可以向高职学校学生工作者提供丰富、详尽的学生信息,实现学校内部包括各专业、班级的信息资源共享及不同用户权限的控制,具有较好的应用性和可扩展性。     

雾灵山低山区油松林物种多样性初探

文章以河北省兴隆县雾灵山低山地区人工油松林为研究对象,采用植物群落样地调查法,对不同郁闭度的人工油松林样地灌木层和草本层群落的种类组成状况进行了观察和调查,并通过总优势度、Simpson指数、种间相遇概率等指标来探讨不同郁闭度下的油松林植物群落的物种多样性特点,以分析油松林郁闭度对其林下群落结构和物种丰富度的影响。结果表明在油松的郁闭作用下,林下灌木层植物密集,种类丰富,物种多样性高,而草本层植物稀疏,种类贫乏,物种多样性低;随着油松郁闭度的增加,灌木层物种多样性升高,草本层物种多样性有降低的趋势。     

关于种植苜蓿草改良沙化土壤的探讨

2004年至2007年在台安县西北部沙化区的洪家农牧场分别选取了沙地、荒地、林地、农田地等7个不同地点作为试验与对照区进行种植苜蓿草改良沙化土壤的实验。通过实验及对土壤速效氮、速效磷、速效钾、有机质、PH值、含水量的分析,得出苜蓿草可以在台安西北部沙化区良好生长,同时具有提高沙质土壤综合肥力及生态功能的作用,种植苜蓿草还可以为牧业生产提供优良饲草,解决了养殖业原料及草场资源缺乏问题,有利于畜牧业的发展;是沙化地区走种地养地道路的一种生态恢复方式。     

利用硅灰石原位改善厌氧消化微生物电解池的产气特性

厌氧消化-微生物电解池(Anaerobic digestion-Microbial electrolysis cell,AD-MEC)具有有机物降解速度快、降解率高的优点,但其所产沼气中依然存在CO_2含量较高的问题.为降低AD-MEC所产沼气中CO_2的含量,本研究将矿物碳酸化耦合入AD-MEC中,研究添加硅灰石对AD-MEC中CO_2的固定效果.实验结果表明,添加硅灰石可使AD-MEC中CO_2产生量减少40.0%,沼气中CO_2含量从10.0%±1.3%减少到4.5%±1.1%;X射线衍射(XRD)及扫描电镜-能谱(SEM-EDS)分析表明了CaCO_3沉淀的生成,证明硅灰石介导矿物碳酸化固定了AD-MEC中的CO_2.此外,添加硅灰石使Ca~(2+)溶出,缓冲了pH,减轻了厌氧消化产酸阶段对产甲烷菌的抑制,促进了有机物的降解,可溶性化学需氧量(SCOD)去除率提高了11.2%,并使CH_4产量提高18.0%,CH_4产率达到305 mL·g~(-1),沼气中CH_4含量达到95.5%±1.2%.硅灰石的添加实现了AD-MEC中CO_2的原位捕获,同时增益了厌氧消化效果,提高了甲烷产量.     

厕所污水回用脱色方法及机理研究

采用投加粉末活性炭对经膜生物反应器处理的厕所回用水(膜出水)进行脱色.对厕所回用水中色度物质的成分及分子量分布,对选定高效适用的活性炭及活性炭对厕所回用水中色度物质的去除机理进行了探讨.试验结果表明,使膜出水显色的物质是一类在紫外区有明显吸收或有特征吸收峰的有机物,且大部分物质分子量分布在6～60 KD的范围内.在选定有高效脱色效果的活性炭时,要综合考虑活性炭的亚甲基蓝吸附值和焦糖脱色率2个指标,其中焦糖脱色率有着更重要的意义.厕所回用水脱色是对其各个分子量区间颜色物质去除效果的总和.