Multidisciplinary work on barium contamination of the karstic upper Kupa River drainage basin (Croatia and Slovenia); calling for watershed management

The present work was designed as an extension of a previous study of a barium anomaly observed in stream sediments of the Kupa River. In its upper part the Kupa River drains a region underlain by a trans-boundary aquifer. The river is a significant water resource in a region of tourism, sport, and fishing in both Croatia and Slovenia. The contamination source is situated in Homer (Lokve), Croatia, where barite was mined until 10 years ago. The barium processing waste material (<3-mm fraction) was carelessly deposited in gardens, forests, and into a sinkhole, which has an underground link with the Kupica River, a tributary of the Kupa River. Barium waste and stream sediments were analyzed using comparative techniques: X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray fluorescence (XRF), Mössbauer spectroscopy, and grain size analysis. XRD of the waste material identified the major minerals quartz, barite, and dolomite and the Fe-containing minor minerals muscovite and goethite. Barite was identified as a minor or trace mineral in the Kupica River sediments. XRF analysis of the waste material has shown Ba and Fe to be the predominant elements, Ca and K to be minor elements, and Mn, Zn, Sr, Pb, Co, Cu, As, Zr, Rb, Y, and Mo to be trace elements. Mössbauer spectroscopy performed at room temperature (RT) was used to study iron minerals, particularly to obtain information on the valence status of Fe ions. Grain size analysis of the waste material (<63-μm fraction) has shown that it contains 23.5% clay-size material in comparison with 7–8% clay-size material in stream sediments. It is our aim to combine geochemical and medical methods to investigate the possible impact of waste disposal on human health in Lokve. At this stage of the work, concentrations of Ba and other toxic elements in the water compartment of the Kupica River (a source of drinking water) have not been monitored by Croatian Waters (name of the Croatian water authorities). The necessity of such measurements in future studies has been highlighted. A preliminary study of diseases diagnosed in Lokve shows that about 18% of the total inhabitants have serious medical problems. Diseases of the circulatory system, endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases, neoplasms, and respiratory diseases predominate. This paper calls for further multidisciplinary research on the health effects of barium and trace elements, as well as for bioremediation of contaminated gardens and for watershed management of vulnerable karstic aquifers.     

好氧颗粒污泥表征技术研究进展

随着好氧污泥颗粒化技术的兴起,好氧颗粒污泥成为研究的热点之一。各国学者对好氧颗粒污泥应用了不同的表征手段,文章对好氧颗粒污泥的物理性质表征方法、物化性质表征方法、生化性质表征方法、性能参数表征方法以及PCR、FISH、DGGE等现代分子生物学技术在好氧颗粒污泥研究中的应用进行了综述。     

培养基种类和培养条件对白腐真菌生长和产酶特性的影响

以白腐真菌(Phanerochaete chrysosporium)为研究对象,比较了该菌种在人工合成培养基和天然培养基中的生长和产酶特性,考察了竹子浸出液,pH,载体和抗生素等对白腐真菌在天然培养基中生长和产酶特性的影响.结果表明,天然培养基中白腐真菌的生物量、菌丝小球直径和木质素过氧化物酶(LiP)活性均大于人工培养基.以天然培养基为基础培养基,加入竹子浸出液可以促进白腐真菌的生长和提高木质素过氧化物酶活性;较低pH(4.5)条件下菌丝小球直径较小;载体的加入使得菌体以附着形式生长;抗生素两性霉素B对白腐真菌的生长和产酶的影响存在阈值,当ρ(两性霉素B)超过50　mg/L时,白腐真菌的生长和产酶受到明显的抑制.      

国内成功运营的餐厨垃圾处理厂臭气排放特征研究简

选择目前国内成功运营的餐厨垃圾资源化处理厂为采样点,采用气相色谱-质谱联用（GC/MS）技术对该厂的主要工段,如卸料室、破碎室、湿热反应器出气口、好氧发酵仓、厌氧发酵区以及厂界的臭气进行了定性和定量的分析。结果表明,6个采样点共检测出包括芳香烃、硫化物、卤代物、烯烃、烷烃、醇、醛、酮和酯在内的9类66种物质,各采样点臭气总浓度分别为：11.738、18.390、30.917、25.097、4.737和2.635 mg/m³。其中湿热反应器出气口处恶臭气体浓度最高,其芳香烃、硫化物、卤代物、烯烃、烷烃、酮及酯类物质均高于其他检测点,需对该工段进行重点监测和控制。恶臭排放特征分析表明,各点的H₂S浓度均超过嗅觉阈值,除厂界外甲硫醇和二甲二硫检测值均超过嗅觉阈值。     

纳米聚硅酸铝锌絮凝剂的制备及表征简

在SiO₂含量为3%,pH为3,活化时间为85 min,（Al+Zn ）/Si摩尔比为1.5,Al/Zn摩尔比为2,表面活性剂硬脂酸钠加入量为0.1%,超声频率为40 Hz,超声时间为60 min的最佳制备条件下制备出液体PSAZS絮凝剂,用超声法制成纳米级Nano-PSAZS,用环境扫描电子显微镜（ESEM）和智能型傅里叶变换红外光谱（FT-IR）等仪器进行分析。结果表明,硅有助于絮凝剂分子链的延伸,有助于生成更大分子的聚合物;铝盐和锌盐的加入到聚硅酸中,并不是简单的混合,而是发生了缩聚和配位反应,有助于生成链网状结构,能更好地发挥吸附架桥和网捕卷扫作用。同时Nano-PSAZS陈化时间为24 h时的结构有利于絮凝效果的发挥。     

DNAPL distribution in the source zone: effect of soil structure and uncertainty reduction with increased sampling density

This paper focuses on parameters describing the distribution of dense nonaqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) contaminants and investigates the variability of these parameters that results from soil heterogeneity. In addition, it quantifies the uncertainty reduction that can be achieved with increased density of soil sampling. Numerical simulations of DNAPL releases were performed using stochastic realizations of hydraulic conductivity fields generated with the same geostatistical parameters and conditioning data at two sampling densities, thus generating two simulation ensembles of low and high density (three-fold increase) of soil sampling. The results showed that DNAPL plumes in aquifers identical in a statistical sense exhibit qualitatively different patterns, ranging from compact to finger-like. The corresponding quantitative differences were expressed by defining several alternative measures that describe the DNAPL plume and computing these measures for each simulation of the two ensembles. The uncertainty in the plume features under study was affected to different degrees by the variability of the soil, with coefficients of variation ranging from about 20% to 90%, for the low-density sampling. Meanwhile, the increased soil sampling frequency resulted in reductions of uncertainty varying from 7% to 69%, for low- and high-uncertainty variables, respectively. In view of the varying uncertainty in the characteristics of a DNAPL plume, remedial designs that require estimates of the less uncertain features of the plume may be preferred over others that need a more detailed characterization of the source zone architecture.     

Isolation and preliminary characterization of a 3-chlorobenzoate degrading bacteria

A study was conducted to compare the diversity of 2-, 3-, and 4-chlorobenzoate degraders in two pristine soils and one contaminated sewage sludge. These samples contained strikingly different populations of mono-chlorobenzoate degraders. Although fewer cultures were isolated in the uncontaminated soils than contaminated one, the ability of microbial populations to mineralize chlorobenzoate was widespread. The 3- and 4-chlorobenzoate degraders were more diverse than the 2-chlorobenzoate degraders. One of the strains isolated from the sewage sludge was obtained. Based on its phenotype, chemotaxonomic properties and 16S rRNA gene, the organism S-7 was classified as Rhodococcus erythropolis. The strain can grow at temperature from 4 to 37℃. It can utilize several （halo）aromatic compounds. Moreover, strain S-7 can grow and use 3-chlorobenzoate as sole carbon source in a temperatures range of 10-30℃ with stoichiometric release of chloride ions. The psychrotolerant ability was significant for bioremediation in low temperature regions. Catechol and chlorocatechol 1,2-dioxygenase activities were present in cell free extracts of the strain, but no （chloro）catechol 2,3- dioxygenase activities was detected. Spectral conversion assays with extracts from R. erythropolis S-7 showed accumulation of a compound with a similar UV spectrum as chloro-cis,cis-muconate from 3-chlorobenzoate. On the basis of these results, we proposed that S-7 degraded 3-chlorobenzoate through the modified ortho-cleave pathway.     

固体碱催化剂制备生物柴油的研究

以CH3COONa为活性组分,Al2O3载体,采用浸渍法制备Na2O/Al2O3负载型固体碱催化剂.用扫面电镜,表面积与孔径分析,红外三种表征方法对此催化剂表面结构及性能进行了分析,结果显示催化剂表面结构和性能良好;用Na2O/Al2O3作为催化剂进行生物柴油合成实验,催化剂表现出很好的催化活性.通过正交试验考察了醇油...     

以TEOS为硅源的聚硅氯化铝絮凝剂的制备及其物化特征

采用TEOS为硅源合成制备了新型的聚硅氯化铝PASC(A),并与传统方法合成的聚硅氯化铝PASC(B) 做了比较,探讨了产品的pH值和Zeta电位随B值和Si/Al摩尔比的变化关系,并利用酸解反应和²⁷Al NMR研究了硅引入对PASC分子结构和铝形态的影响.结果表明,由于采用了特殊的合成方法,与PASC(B)相比,PASC(A)具有更高的聚合度,分子量分布并且分子中铝硅分布均匀,不易被酸解聚,而且有利于Al₁₃形态稳定性.     

面向生命周期评价的土地利用生态影响评价方法

初步建立了面向生命周期评价(LCA)的适合我国土地利用生态影响评价的指标、特征化因子和影响大小计量模型.评价指标包括土地利用时间、面积、净初级生产力、土壤有机质含量和地形坡度.分别研究确定了基于NPP、土壤有机质含量和地形坡度的特征化因子及其当量系数.提出了基于顶级群落理论的土地利用生态影响评价计量模型.案例应用表明,提出的方法可为我国开展土地利用的LCA提供初步的技术框架和相关参数.