Why biota still accumulate high levels of PCB after removal of PCB contaminated sediments in a Norwegian fjord

Accumulation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) and semipermeable membrane devices (SPMDs) was still high after the removal of PCB contaminated sediments from a Norwegian fjord by dredging. The accumulation of low chlorinated PCB congeners with a low octanol water-partitioning coefficient (K_ow) in blue mussels and SPMDs was higher than for the highly chlorinated congeners with a high K_ow. The accumulation of low chlorinated congeners was also higher in a lightly contaminated area compared to a highly contaminated area. That dredging the contaminated sediments was unsuccessful in lowering PCB levels in the biota may be for the following reasons: (1) Due to the low solubility of PCBs in the water it is possible that a decrease in the sediment concentration of PCB would leave the water concentrations of PCB unchanged. (2) Removal of the fine organic sediments may also play an important role, since a seabed with coarse inorganic material has a lesser ability to bind PCB. (3) The dredging may whirl up fine contaminated particles that eventually settles on the seabed producing a thin contaminated sediment layer that determine the water concentration. (4) Bioaccumulation in blue mussels and in the SPMDs occurs mostly from PCB dissolved in the water column. Since the water concentration of PCB is unchanged by the dredging, the accumulation in SPMDs and mussels is the same as before dredging. Further monitoring need to be carried out to report the long-term effect of the dredging.     

回采工作面涌水事故的处理

掘进18m长的疏水巷道,使透人31404回采面的涌水流人31402回采面的采空区,降低了水压,保证了该回采面的正常生产,并减少了下分层开采时突然涌水的危险,增加了安全性与可靠性.     

Resuspension of contaminated field and formulated reference sediments Part I: Evaluation of metal release under controlled laboratory conditions

In aquatic systems where metal contaminated sediments are present, the potential exists for metals to be released to the water column when sediment resuspension occurs. The release and partitioning behavior of sediment-bound heavy metals is not well understood during resuspension events. In this study, the release of Cd, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb and Zn from sediments during resuspension was evaluated using reference sediments with known physical and chemical properties. Sediment treatments with varying quantities of acid volatile sulfide (AVS), total organic carbon (TOC), and different grain size distributions were resuspended under controlled conditions to evaluate their respective effects on dissolved metal concentrations. AVS had the greatest effect on limiting release of dissolved metals, followed by grain size and TOC. Predictions of dissolved concentrations of Cd, Ni, Pb and Zn were developed based on the formulated sediment Σ_metal/AVS ratios with Σ_metal being the total sediment metal concentration. Predicted values were compared to measured dissolved metal concentrations in contaminated field sediments resuspended under identical operating conditions. Metal concentrations released from the field sediments were low overall, in most cases lower than predicted values, reflecting the importance of other binding phases. Overall, results indicate that for sulfidic sediments, low levels of the study metals are released to the dissolved phase during short-term resuspension.     

疏浚底泥的资源化利用

各种各样的疏浚工程产生的疏浚底泥量日益增加,以往的底泥堆放,吹填和抛海等常规处置方式对环境造成了潜在的不利影响.因而,疏浚底泥资源化越来越为人们所重视.本文总结了疏浚底泥资源化的途径,对土地利用、制造填方材料和建筑材料等资源化利用进行了讨论,并对疏浚底泥的资源化利用提出一些建议.     

矿质污染沉积物疏浚及后续处理问题的探讨

主要介绍了矿质污染沉积物疏浚及后续处理方法。其内容包括疏浚设备的选择及两种后续处理方法 ;建立矿质污染沉积物处理工厂和借助DIS系统直接抛泥。     

污染底泥环保疏浚中挖泥精度的判定

介绍了污染底泥环保疏浚技术的发展、测量原理,通过示范工程,验证了挖泥精度控制在10cm之内。同时根据疏浚工程实际工况,对如何提高环保疏浚精度,更有效地清除污染底泥提出了一些建议。     

滇池宝丰湾疏浚区底泥污染程度评价及环保疏浚深度的确定

根据滇池外海主要入湖河口及重点区域底泥疏浚工程,宝丰湾疏浚区设计阶段勘察结果,采用内梅罗污染指数法及Lars Hakanson的重金属潜在生态风险指数法对疏浚区底泥进行了污染程度评价。针对底泥污染空间分布特征,确定疏浚深度,为环保施工提供依据。     

A Regional Waterway Management System for Balancing Recreational Boating and Resource Protection

Florida’s coasts have been transformed over the past three decades as population growth and unprecedented demand for individual shore access to bays and estuaries led to the creation of residential canal developments. Thousands of miles of channels and basins were dredged as a by-product of this urbanization process. The navigable waterways that resulted are now being stressed by increasing boat traffic and canal-side activities. Recognizing their common goal to preserve the recreational and ecological value of southwest Florida waterways, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the four-county West Coast Inland Navigation District, and the University of Florida Sea Grant College Program signed a Memorandum of Agreement. The signatories agreed to develop a science-based Regional Waterway Management System (RWMS), which is a new approach to waterway planning and permitting based on carefully mapped channel depths, a census of actual boat populations, and the spatial extent of natural resources. The RWMS provides a comprehensive, regional overview of channel conditions and the geographic distribution and severity of existing impediments to safe navigation and resource protection. RWMS information and analyses result in regional-scale permitting to accommodate water-dependent uses while minimizing environmental impacts and reducing public expenditures. Compared with traditional approaches to waterway management, the science-based RWMS is relatively unbiased, objective, transparent, ecologically sound, and fiscally prudent.     

Organizational change and marine environmental protection: The dredge spoil siting record

Dredge spoil siting activities are reviewed over a decade to determine whether organizational changes within the Corps of Engineers produced changes in the environmental performance of the agency. Over the period neither the total amount of marine and estuarine dredging nor the incidence of siting spoil inside the baseline declined. Therefore, internal organizational changes do not appear to have affected the above measures of agency performance concerning protection of the marine environment. Furthermore, at least 3% of the spoil is estimated to be highly contaminated. In recent years this magnitude of contaminated spoils has been equivalent to ocean-dumped sewage sludge.     

疏浚后杭州西湖富营养化评价

以综合营养状态指数(TLIc)法评价疏浚前后杭州西湖(Ⅰ~Ⅳ站)的富营养化水平,并与水体浮游动物生物量指标做相关分析。结果表明,Ⅰ站和Ⅳ站综合营养状态指数年平均值下降幅度较大,Ⅱ站和Ⅲ站TLIc年平均值下降幅度较小。疏浚促进了西湖中有机物的氧化分解,降低水体中高锰酸盐指数,抑制底泥中磷的释放。湖水TLIc值随浮游动物生物量升高而显著增大,并以轮虫生物量与TLIc值之间的正相关性最稳定。