华北城市地区潜水中主要离子含量变化的反应途径模拟

近三十年来，由于污染，华北城市地区潜水中主要离子如Ｃａ￣（２＋）、Ｍｇ￣（２＋）等含量逐年升高，影响工农业生产，本文采用反应途径模拟的方法对上述情况进行了研究，作者共设计了７种反应途径，分别模拟了含碳酸盐或硅酸盐、铝硅酸盐较丰富地区地下水中盐效应和ＣＯ＿２分压升高对其主要离子含量的影响．模拟过程中考虑了２２种化学反应，３３种存在形式（包括气体、固体）。结果表明，盐效应和ＣＯ＿２分压升高对地下水中Ｃａ￣（２＋）、Ｍｇ￣（２＋）浓度的升高有明显影响，上述两种因素对Ｃａ、Ｍｇ硅酸盐、铝硅酸盐溶解的影响更为明显。     

Nitrate reduction during ground-water recharge, Southern High Plains, Texas

In arid and semi-arid environments, artificial recharge or reuse of wastewater may be desirable for water conservation, but NO₃⁻ contamination of underlying aquifers can result. On the semi-arid Southern High Plains (USA), industrial wastewater, sewage, and feedlot runoff have been retained in dozens of playas, depressions that focus recharge to the regionally important High Plains (Ogallala) aquifer. Analyses of ground water, playa-basin core extracts, and soil gas in an 860-km² area of Texas suggest that reduction during recharge limits NO₃⁻ loading to ground water. Tritium and Cl⁻ concentrations in ground water corroborate prior findings of focused recharge through playas and ditches. Typical δ¹⁵N values in ground water (>12.5‰) and correlations between δ¹⁵N and ln C_NO⁻3–N suggest denitrification, but O₂ concentrations ≥3.24 mg l⁻¹ indicate that NO₃⁻ reduction in ground water is unlikely. The presence of denitrifying and NO₃⁻-respiring bacteria in cores, typical soil–gas δ¹⁵N values <0‰, and decreases in NO₃⁻–N/Cl⁻ and SO₄²⁻/Cl⁻ ratios with depth in cores suggest that reduction occurs in the upper vadose zone beneath playas. Reduction may occur beneath flooded playas or within anaerobic microsites beneath dry playas. However, NO₃⁻–N concentrations in ground water can still exceed drinking-water standards, as observed in the vicinity of one playa that received wastewater. Therefore, continued ground-water monitoring in the vicinity of other such basins is warranted.     

Evaluating mobilization and transport of arsenic in sediments and groundwaters of Aquia aquifer, Maryland, USA

Groundwater and sediment samples were collected along a flow path in the Aquia aquifer (Paleocene), Maryland in order to examine and study the factors influencing "evolution" of arsenic (As) in these groundwaters. The Aquia crops out near Washington, DC, where it is unconfined, and extends approximately 90 km down dip to the south and east towards and beneath the Chesapeake Bay. The studied flow path was chosen owing to (i) the number of accessible wells, (ii) differences in total dissolved As concentrations in groundwaters from some of the sampled wells, which reach values >/=667 nmol kg(-1) or >/=50 ppb, and (iii) the distinct difference in total dissolved As concentrations in Aquia groundwaters between the northern and southern portions of the study area. In groundwater samples, in situ separation of inorganic As species [As(III) and As(V)] were performed by using anion exchange chromatography. Subsequently, As concentrations were determined by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. In situ measurements of Fe concentrations and speciation, dissolved S(-II) concentrations, pH, alkalinity, and oxidation-reduction potential (Eh) were determined to establish the oxidation-reduction conditions and solution chemistry along the flow path. Concentrations of As in 12 analyzed groundwater samples range from approximately 0.75 to 1 072 nmol kg(-1), and As(III) concentrations ranging from 0.24 to 980 nmol kg(-1) appears to be the dominant form of As in solution. 50% of the studied wells yielded groundwaters with concentrations that exceed the US EPA's Maximum Contaminant Level for As in drinking water of 133 nmol kg(-1) or 10 ppb. In order to examine the solid phase speciation of As within the aquifer sediments, we collected a number of Aquia sediment samples from a drill core that was archived at the Maryland Geological Survey. These sediment samples were evaluated using a previously established sequential extractions procedure. Solid phase As concentrations range between 973 and 2,012 nmol kg(-1). Additionally, petrographic, X-Ray diffraction and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy analyses of the Aquia sediments reveal presence of glauconite, and smectite along with goethite and hematite within the samples. Here, we present the possible mechanisms responsible for the elevated As concentrations in the studied groundwaters of the Aquia aquifer.     

Elements Influencing Cost Allocation in the Pinal Creek Aquifer,Arizona, USA. Part II: Geochemical Controls on Groundwater Quality Recovery

This is the second article in a three-part series (all published in this volume) describing the framework used to quantitatively allocate mass loading of metals to the Pinal Creek alluvial aquifer among multiple sources. This contribution describes the formation of, and zonations within, the 20 km plume, which consists of a Peripheral Margin (pH > 5.5), the Intermediate Zone (pH 4.2–5.5), and an Acidic Core (pH < 4.2), where metal-bearing iron oxyhydroxides and acid-bearing minerals (jarosite, Al[OH]SO₄, and FeSO₄ cements) have precipitated. While source remediation has improved groundwater quality, temporal reductions in solute concentrations at downgradient wells exhibit asymptotic behavior due to ongoing dissolution of acid-bearing precipitates, demonstrating that the total mass of metals released to the system over the last 75 years will dictate the ultimate remedial duration and cost. Column experiments, geochemical modeling, and analysis of empirical data indicate a minimum range of remedial time frames from about 20 years in the Peripheral Margin to more than 140 years in the Acidic Core. This analysis comprises a hitherto neglected element of cost allocation by causatively linking historical releases to the current and future environmental degradation that will incur response costs.     

Cr、Ni、Cu和Cd在珠三角某区域工业污染场地包气带和潜水层中的迁移规律

为了探索污染场地“土壤-潜水含水层岩土-潜水”系统中同种重金属在3种环境介质中的定量关系和迁移规律,在珠三角某区域46个可能受Cr、Ni、Cu和Cd污染场地建设了61眼地下水监测井,同址采集61组表层（0~20 cm）土壤、潜水层岩土和潜水样品,并从3个污染场地采集了直径19 cm,高分别为103、81和79 cm的3个原状土柱,用于土柱淋溶实验,研究了土柱中Cr、Ni、Cu和Cd在垂直剖面上的形态分布特征和淋溶特征。结果表明：潜水中Cr、Ni、Cu和Cd含量与表层土壤和潜水层岩土中弱酸提取态含量间存在定量关系,最佳拟合函数均为三次函数,特别是Cr、Cu的函数有很好的相关性（决定系数R2均大于0.97）。每20 cm一层分析原状土柱中Cr、Ni、Cu和Cd的全量和形态分布,同种重金属在3个原状土柱表层土壤中全量和弱酸提取态含量占整个土柱比例均最高,均超过50%,土柱中Cr、Ni、Cu和Cd的全量和弱酸提取态含量随着土柱深度增加都明显减少。土柱淋溶实验结果表明,淋出液中Cr、Ni、Cu和Cd含量与表层弱酸提取态含量显著相关,黏粒含量高和阳离子交换量大的土壤对Cu的淋溶有抑制作用。建议在重金属污染场地调查和修复时,充分考虑弱酸提取态在“土壤-潜水含水层岩土-潜水”系统中的“桥梁”作用。     

Enhanced remedial amendment delivery through fluid viscosity modifications: experiments and numerical simulations

Low-permeability zones are typically bypassed when remedial fluids are injected into subsurface heterogeneous aquifer systems. Therefore, contaminants in the bypassed areas may not be contacted by the amendments in the remedial fluid, which may significantly prolong remediation operations. Laboratory experiments and numerical studies have been conducted to investigate the use of a shear-thinning polymer (Xanthan gum) to improve access to low-permeability zones in heterogeneous systems. The chemicals sodium mono-phosphate and the surfactant MA-80 were used as the remedial amendments. The impact of polymer concentration, fluid injection rate, and permeability contrast in the heterogeneous systems has been studied in a series of eleven two-dimensional flow cell experiments. The Subsurface Transport over Multiple Phases (STOMP) simulator was modified to include polymer-induced shear-thinning effects. The experimental and simulation results clearly show that using the polymer leads to an enhanced delivery of remedial amendments to lower-permeability zones and an increased sweeping efficiency. An added benefit of using the polymer is the stabilization of the displacing front when density differences exist between displaced and displacing fluids. The modified STOMP simulator was able to predict the experimental observed fluid displacing behavior well and might be used to predict subsurface remediation performance when a shear-thinning fluid is used to remediate a heterogeneous system at larger scales.     

糖脂类生物表面活性剂去除污染含水层中石油烃的研究

研究了糖脂类生物表面活性剂对石油烃的增溶,并将其用于污染含水层中石油烃的去除。结果表明:石油烃溶解度随着糖脂类生物表面活性剂浓度的增大而增大,糖脂类生物表面活性剂质量浓度为1 200mg/L时,石油烃溶解度达10 077.7mg/L;界面张力随着糖脂类生物表面活性剂浓度的增加而减小,糖脂类生物表面活性剂质量浓度为1mg/L时,界面张力为34.3mN/m,糖脂类生物表面活性剂质量浓度为800mg/L时,界面张力为5.2 mN/m。采用糖脂类生物表面活性剂对污染含水层进行清洗处理,在固液比(质量体积比)为1g∶2mL的体系中,糖脂类生物表面活性剂质量浓度为3 000mg/L,120r/min、10℃下振荡12h,石油烃去除率达70.82%。污染含水层柱冲洗结果表明,糖脂类生物表面活性剂质量浓度分别为1 200、3 000mg/L时,10倍孔隙体积的表面活性剂冲洗后,分别从污染砂样中去除41.81%和63.30%的石油烃。     

Hydrochemical and multivariate statistical interpretations of spatial controls of nitrate concentrations in a shallow alluvial aquifer around oxbow lakes (Osong area, central Korea)

Hydrochemical and multivariate statistical interpretations of 16 physicochemical parameters of 45 groundwater samples from a riverside alluvial aquifer underneath an agricultural area in Osong, central Korea, were performed in this study to understand the spatial controls of nitrate concentrations in terms of biogeochemical processes occurring near oxbow lakes within a fluvial plain. Nitrate concentrations in groundwater showed a large variability from 0.1 to 190.6 mg/L (mean = 35.0 mg/L) with significantly lower values near oxbow lakes. The evaluation of hydrochemical data indicated that the groundwater chemistry (especially, degree of nitrate contamination) is mainly controlled by two competing processes: 1) agricultural contamination and 2) redox processes. In addition, results of factorial kriging, consisting of two steps (i.e., co-regionalization and factor analysis), reliably showed a spatial control of the concentrations of nitrate and other redox-sensitive species; in particular, significant denitrification was observed restrictedly near oxbow lakes. The results of this study indicate that sub-oxic conditions in an alluvial groundwater system are developed geologically and geochemically in and near oxbow lakes, which can effectively enhance the natural attenuation of nitrate before the groundwater discharges to nearby streams. This study also demonstrates the usefulness of multivariate statistical analysis in groundwater study as a supplementary tool for interpretation of complex hydrochemical data sets.     

MISSISSIPPI EMBAYMENT AQUIFER SYSTEM IN MISSISSIPPI: GEOHYDROLOGIC DATA COMPILATION FOR FLOW MODEL SIMULATION1

ABSTRACT: As part of the Gulf Coast Regional Aquifer System Analysis (GC RASA) study, data from 184 geophysical well logs were used to define the geohydrologic framework of the Mississippi embayment aquifer system in Mississippi for flow model simulation. Five major aquifers of Eocene and Paleocene age were defined within this aquifer system in Mississippi. A computer data storage system was established to assimilate the information obtained from the geophysical logs. Computer programs were developed to manipulate the data to construct geologic sections and structure maps. Data from the storage system will be input to a five-layer, three-dimensional, finite-difference digital computer model that is used to simulate the flow dynamics in the five major aquifers of the Mississippi embayment aquifer system.