A phytoremediation study: Selection of tropical and other vascular plants for decolorization of Poly R‐478 dye

Peroxidases and other lignin‐degrading enzymes and chemicals can potentially degrade persistent pollutants. Fifty vascular plant species were hydroponically tested for the capability of decolorization of Poly R‐478, a lignolytic indicator dye. The top six species that had less than 50 percent of control color at the end of the experiments were Pennisetum purpureum, Rumex crispus, Fimbristylis cymosa, Eleocharis calva, Hibiscus furcellatus, and Cyperus javanicus, in an order from high to low decolorization activity. F. cymosa, E. calva, and C. javanicus are in the Cyperaceae family. Extracellular peroxidase activity was found in vascular plants and correlated to decolorization of polymeric dyes. The plant R. crispus provided the highest guaiacol peroxidase enzyme activity among four of the top six plant species. The Poly R‐478 decolorization could be used as a fast screening technique for vascular plants that may have phytoremediation capability. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Vulnerability of water discharge of large Chinese rivers to environmental changes: an overview

In an era of rapid environmental change, China is facing increasing problems in the management of its large rivers and water resources. The disastrous 1998 Yangtze floods and the emerging water shortages in north China raised further concerns about the potential impact of environmental change on extreme hydrological events such as floods and droughts. Over the past few decades, increasing water consumption by the domestic, industrial and agricultural sectors, as well as a number of human activities such as deforestation, agricultural land expansion, wetland reclamation, construction of reservoirs and roads, water diversion, and sand/stone excavation significantly affect hydro-geomorphic processes such as water discharge and sediment flux throughout China. This paper aims to provide an overview of recent research on the water discharge changes occurring in major Chinese rivers and their vulnerability to environmental change. Most of the rivers, notably in north China, have experienced significant changes in water discharge over the last few decades, indicating that they are vulnerable to climatic variations and human activities. In contrast to north China, the rivers in south China have experienced less change, but some of the detected changes displayed similar trends to those in north China, though at a slower pace. These profound changes, in addition to the on-going projects such as the Three Gorges Dam Project and the South-North Water Transfer Project, will completely alter Chinas waterscape.     

好氧颗粒污泥颗粒化影响因素及应用现状

好氧颗粒具有良好的沉降性能、较高的生物量和高容积负荷条件下降解高浓度有机废水的良好生物活性,是提高生物反应器效能的重要物质。文章综述了好氧颗粒污泥的形成机制、颗粒化过程的主要影响因素以及在污水处理中的应用现状等三方面国内外好氧颗粒污泥的研究成果,并提出了好氧颗粒污泥的研究方向及发展趋势。     

Effect of temperature on the sorption and desorption of perfluorooctane sulfonate on humic acid

Sorption and desorption of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) on humic acid at different temperatures were studied. It was found that the sorption process could be modeled with power kinetic equation very well, suggesting that diflusion predominated the sorption of PFOS on the humic acid. The sorption capacity was doubled when the temperature increased from 5 to 35°C, and thermodynamics parameters △G0 was calculated to be -7.11 to -5.04 kJ/mol, △H0 was 14.2 kJ/mol, and △S 0 was 69.5 J/(mol·K), indicating that the sorption was a spontaneous, endothermic, and entropy driven process. Desorption hysteresis occurred at all studied temperatures which suggested that humic acid may be an important sink of PFOS in the environment.     

推进中国环境税收政策的对策研究

环境税收政策对于解决中国的环境问题具有至关重要的作用,但目前环境政策的实施还面临着一系列的困难,文章从基础支持、组织机构职能等几个方面提出了确保环境税收政策有效实施的对策。     

两种土地处理污水方法比较

文章对我局建设并投入运行管理的人工湿地工程和人工快渗工程进行统计分析,对这两种土地污水处理法从工艺特点、建设的主要经济指标、运行成本和投入产出比、实际运行效果等方面进行对比,总结出各自的优缺点,以期能对今后建设同类型的项目有所启示。     

基于WebGIS的水资源管理信息系统开发研究

对需要管理和发布大量数据、要求功能强大的水环境信息Web发布系统来说,ArcIMS是一个理想的开发平台软件。文章提出了建立基于ArcIMS的某市水利工情信息发布系统的思想,该系统应用ArcIMS创建和管理地图服务,选择使用ASP语言并结合JavaScript技术,根据用户需求定制了水利信息发布网站,实现了地图浏览、空间查询等常见的GIS功能。     

战略环境影响评价中公众参与方法研究与案例分析

公众参与有效性是衡量战略环境影响评价质量的一个重要指标,它对于提高环境管理水平具有重要的意义。本文在对比项目环境影响评价的基础上,系统阐述了战略环境影响评价公众参与的内容、对象、方式、时机、实施主体、数据处理及信息反馈,初步建立了战略环境影响评价公众参与的方法与体系,并结合典型案例进行了战略环境影响评价公众参与的过程分析。