Quantification of Water, Salt and Nutrient Exchange Processes at the Mouth of A mediterranean Coastal Lagoon

Vassova lagoon is a typical Mediterranean (small, shallow, micro-tidal, well-mixed) coastal lagoon, receiving limited seasonal freshwater inflows from direct precipitation and underground seepage. An intensive study was carried out in order to quantify the mechanisms responsible for the intra-tidal and residual transport of water, salt, nutrients and chlorophyll at the mouth of this lagoon and to assess the lagoon's flushing behavior. Results indicated that although the system is micro-tidal, tidal effects appeared to be the dominant factor for the longitudinal distribution of physical and chemical parameters, while the associated residual flow is also important and serves as a baseline measure of overall circulation. However, analysis of the net longitudinal currents and fluxes of water, salt and nutrients revealed the importance of non-tidal effects (wind effect and precipitation incidents) in the mean tidal transport. It is shown that the Eulerian residual currents transported water and its properties inwards under southern winds, while a seaward transport was induced during precipitation incidents and northern winds. The Stokes drift effect was found an order of magnitude lower than the Eulerian current, directed towards the lagoon, proving the partially-progressive nature of the tide. Nutrients and chlorophyll-α loads are exported from the lagoon to the open sea during the ebb phase of the autumn and winter tidal cycles, associated with the inflow of nutrient-rich freshwater, seeped through the surrounding drainage canal. The reverse transport occurs in spring and early summer, when nutrients enter the lagoon during the flood tidal phase, from the nutrient-rich upper layer of the stratified adjacent sea. Application of a tidal prism model shows that Vassova lagoon has a mean flushing time of 7.5 days, ranging between 4 to 18 days, affected inversely by the tidal oscillation.     

Application of a new type of moving bio-film in aerobic sequencing batch reactor (aerobic-SBR)

A moving bio-film (MB), made from the inner tube of used tyres was applied in a conventional-aerobic-SBR for increasing the system efficiency and quality of bio-sludge due to good sedimentation (the density of 1.925+/-0.21 g/cm(3)), non-biodegradability and re-usability of the media without any regeneration. The total bio-sludge mass of the MB-aerobic-SBR was about 30% higher than that of the conventional-aerobic-SBR resulting in a reduction of the F/M value of the system and amount of suspended bio-sludge waste. The amount of suspended bio-sludge waste, SVI and SRT of the MB-aerobic-SBR under a low organic loading of 80+/-9.3g BOD(5)/m(3)-d were 1,485+/-146 mg/d, 51+/-3.7 ml/g and 10.1+/-5.1 days, respectively while they were 1,800+/-152 mg/d, 69+/-4.0 ml/g and 8.3+/-5.3 days, respectively in the conventional-aerobic-SBR. The BOD(5), TKN and TP removal efficiencies of the MB-aerobic-SBR were about 1-2, 2-3 and 10-12% higher, respectively, than that of the conventional-aerobic-SBR. Also, the BOD(5) and COD removal efficiencies of the MB-aerobic-SBR were higher than 95% even when the system was operated with synthetic wastewater containing 800 mg/l BOD(5) under a very low HRT of 1.5 days (organic loading of 528+/-50.8 g BOD(5)/m(3)-d). The effluent BOD(5), COD, total kjeldahl nitrogen, total phosphorus and suspended solids of the MB-aerobic-SBR under a high organic loading of 528+/-50.8 g BOD(5)/m(3)-d were 45+/-5.1, 37+/-3.6, 4.1+/-1.0, 1.5+/-0.80 and 41+/-2mg/l, respectively.     

用呼吸速率控制SBR反应时间的基础研究

以人工配水为对象,研究了SBR工艺反应过程中呼吸速率的变化规律,探讨了用呼吸速率控制SBR反应时间长度的可行性,结果证明,呼吸速率在SBR反应过程中有明显特征变化可以作为SBR反应结束的标志.把呼吸速率与其他物理变量结合起来可以更加有效地控制SBR,提高其运行效率.     

Development of an Ozone Forecasting Model for Non-Attainment Areas in the State of Ohio

Ground level ozone is responsible for the formation ofsmog, and for a variety of adverse effects on bothhuman and plant life. High concentrations of groundlevel ozone occur during the summer months. This paperdescribes the development of a model to forecast themaximum daily concentration of ozone as a function ofthe maximum surface temperature, for ozonenon-attainment regions in Ohio. The model wasdeveloped by statistical analysis of existing data.Site-specific models were developed initially. Theverification and evaluation of the performancecriteria of the model at each site were explored bycomparing the model with an independent datasetcollected from that site. A generalized statewidemodel was developed from the site-specific models. Theperformance criteria of this model were verified andevaluated by employing the same independent datasetsemployed for the site-specific models. An exceedencemodel to predict the occurrence of ozone exceedencesover 100 ppb has also been presented.     

COD测定仪法测定不同水样COD消解时间的差异性

通过实验证实COD测定仪法具有较好的精密度和准确性,与标准回流法的分析结果比较,相对误差为-3.37%~1.41%,具有替代标准回流法的可行性。由于水样性质不同,所需最佳消解时间不同,通过比较不同消解时间下COD测定的结果,得到COD测定仪法测定水中COD所需的最佳消解时间分别为:工业废水60 min,生活污水和地表水90 min。     

Optimising vegetation monitoring. A case study in A French lowland forest

Biodiversity monitoring surveys are rarely optimised statistically before being initiated. Here, we optimised the monitoring of plants in a temperate forest. The total inventory cost, the number and size of quadrats were optimised to detect a 10% change in species richness over 5 years with α = β = 0.05, using data from ongoing long-term floristic monitoring programs. The procedure showed that the inventory cost would be ca 15% lower using 100-, 200-m² quadrats instead of 300- or 400-m² quadrats. Despite the cost associated with the optimisation (e.g. gathering preliminary data) and the imprecise estimates (due to the typically small sample size of the pilot studies), optimisation would often be a better option than expert opinion when designing a monitoring survey.     

Analysis of tropospheric ozone concentration on a Western Mediterranean site: Castellon (Spain)

Ozone dynamics in our study area (Castellon, Spain) is both strongly bound to the mesoscale circulations that develop under the effect of high insolation (especially in summer) and conditioned by the morphological characteristics of the Western Mediterranean Basin. In this work we present a preliminary analysis of ozone time series on five locations in Castellon for the period 1997–2003. We study their temporal and spatial variations at different scales: daily, weekly, seasonally and interannually. Because both the O₃ concentration and its temporal variation depend on the topographic location of the observing station, they can show large differences within tens of kilometer. We also contrast the variation in the ozone concentration with the variations found for meteorological variables such as radiation, temperature, relative humidity and recirculation of the air mass. The link between elevated ozone concentrations and high values of the recirculation factor (r=0.7–0.9) shown the importance of recirculating flows on the local air pollution episodes.     

长江流域水环境监控体系配置及其关键参数选择原则

在分析长江流域水质污染现状和自动监控系统的配置现状基础上,针对长江流域需要监控的水域,提出了适合长江流域的国家、省、市三级自动监控体系.最后,提出了水质常规监测站的参数配置原则以及应急监测参数配置原则.     

序批式人工湿地冬季低温脱氮的效能研究

针对目前连续流人工湿地脱氮效率低、易堵塞及冬季效能下降的问题,提出了采用新型间歇流序批式人工湿地处理小城镇污水的方案,研究探讨了两级序批式人工湿地在冬季低温条件下,停留时间及排空闲置时间对脱氮效能的影响.试验结果表明,在冬季低温5～10 ℃、每级序批式湿地运行工况为瞬时进水-反应24h-瞬时排水-排空闲置12h、氮负荷为1.92g·m-2·d-1、进水COD、NH 4-N和TN浓度分别为143mg·L-1、27.0mg·L-1和32.0mg·L-1时,出水COD、NH4 -N和TN浓度分别为27mg·L-1、3.9mg·L-1和16.5mg·L-1,COD、NH4 -N和TN的去除率分别为81.12%、85.56%和48.44%.     

氧化沟污泥膨胀和生物泡沫的控制及应用研究

污泥膨胀和生物泡沫现象是众多泥法污水厂常见的运行难题。通过对唐山污水处理厂的氧化沟中膨胀污泥和泡沫中的微生物种类进行了分类鉴定;然后进行小试研究,探索投加次氯酸钠和缩短污泥龄方法控制污泥膨胀和生物泡沫的技术办法;最后将试验研究成果应用到生产实践中。结果表明,投加10mgCl/gMLSS的NaClO和缩短污泥龄到8d均能有效地解决由微丝菌过度增殖造成的污泥膨胀和生物泡沫问题。