Optimizing Agricultural Best Management Practices in a Lake Erie Watershed

Implementing agricultural best management practices (BMPs) is influenced by a balance of desired environmental outcomes, economic feasibility, and stakeholder familiarity, the latter taken to be related to BMP acceptability. To explore this balance, we developed a multi‐objective decision support system for allocating BMP type and placement by coupling the Soil and Water Assessment Tool with a nondominated sorted genetic algorithm that minimizes total phosphorus (TP) yields from agricultural hydrologic response units (HRUs) and costs, while using stakeholder BMP familiarity as a constraint; conventional tillage, no tillage, nutrient management, riparian buffers, and contour cropping were explored. Using constraints representing current conditions, the optimization resulted in 59.6 to 81.0% reduction in agricultural TP yield from HRUs at costs ranging between US $0.8 and US $5.3 million. The constrained optimization tended to select mostly single BMPs or at most two BMPs for a given HRU due to these BMPs having higher acceptability to stakeholders. In contrast, the unconstrained case, representing full familiarity, selected 2‐ and 3‐BMP applications. There was little difference in costs between the constrained and unconstrained cases below an 80% TP yield reduction; however, significant differences were found at larger reductions, supporting the value of stakeholder education and extension efforts. Editor's note : This paper is part of the featured series on SWAT Applications for Emerging Hydrologic and Water Quality Challenges. See the February 2017 issue for the introduction and background to the series.     

热脱附-气质联用法测定固定污染源中23种挥发性有机物

本文探索了一种适用于DB 50/577-2015附录C、DB 50/660-2016附录B、DB 50/757-2017附录B、DB 50/758-2017附录C等检测技术导则的气质联用检测方法,能够满足简单、快速、灵敏度高、检出限低等要求。     

基于地域性特征的大运河保护利用规划研究——以京杭大运河嘉兴段为例

京杭大运河是属于全人类的重要遗产,如何更好地保护与利用京杭大运河是沿线城市共同面临的问题。本文通过对嘉兴段大运河的历史演变,对杭嘉湖平原人水关系、人地关系地深入研究,归纳出嘉兴段大运河的三大特点,并探讨了对嘉兴段大运河保护利用的思路。     

利用污染源普查大数据指导推进排污许可证核发工作

面对2019年我市排污许可证核发行业多,时间紧,质量要求高但企业基础信息缺乏的突出矛盾,利用污染源普查数据平台强大的数据筛查汇总功能,在初步确定我市核发企业名单、核定企业管理类型及明确核发关注点方面进行了大胆有益的尝试,为我市排污许可证核精准核发提供了技术支持。同时提出了污染源普查数据在排污总量许可方面的指导意义及不足。     

Application of risk analysis in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector: An overview

In recent years, the global demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) as an energy source is increasing at a very fast rate. In order to meet this demand, a large number of facilities such as platforms, FPSO (floating production, storage and offloading), FSRU (floating storage and regasification unit) and LNG ships and terminals are required for the storage, processing and transportation of LNG. Failure of any of these facilities may expose the market, companies, personnel and the environment to hazards, hence making the application of risk analysis to the LNG sector a very topical issue throughout the world. To assess the risk of accidents associated with LNG facilities and carriers, various risk analysis approaches have been employed to identify the potential hazards, calculate the probability of accidents, as well as assessing the severity of consequences. Nonetheless, literature on classification of the risk analysis models applied to LNG facilities is very limited. Therefore, to reveal the holistic issues and future perspectives on risk analysis of LNG facilities, a systematic review of the current state-of-the-art research on LNG risk analysis is necessary. The aim of this paper is to review and categorize the published literature about the problems associated with risk analysis of LNG facilities, so as to improve the understanding of stakeholders (researchers, regulators, and practitioners). To achieve this aim, scholarly articles on LNG risk analysis are identified, reviewed, and then categorized according to risk assessment methods (qualitative, semi-qualitative or quantitative; deterministic or probabilistic; conventional or dynamic), tools (ETA, FTA, FMEA/FMECA, Bayesian network), output/strategy (RBI, RBM, RBIM, facility siting, etc.), data sources (OREDA handbook, published literature, UK HSE databases, regulatory agencies' reports, industry datasets, and experts’ consultations), applications (LNG carriers and LNG fuelled ships, LNG terminals and stations, LNG offshore floating units, LNG plants), etc. Our study will not only be useful to researchers engaged in these areas but will also assist regulators, policy makers, and operators of LNG facilities to find the risk analysis models that fit their specific requirements.     

Atmospheric pollution in an urban environment by tree bark biomonitoring - part II: Sr, Nd and Pb isotopic tracing

The harmful effect of manmade particles on natural processes and human health is documented by a large number of studies showing a positive correlation between particulate matter (PM) concentration and health effects. Diminution of this health risk necessitates among others the precise knowledge of the particle sources, their physical and chemical properties and their dissemination in the environment. Pb isotope ratios have been successfully used during the past decades as tracers of anthropogenic Pb disseminated in the biosphere. Here we show that tree bark biomonitoring with lead (Pb), strontium (Sr) and neodymium (Nd) isotope ratios as tracers allow a thorough analysis of the impacts of industrial and other anthropogenic emissions on the urban environment. This is the first comprehensive multi-isotope tracer study of atmospheric pollution in an urban environment allowing to identify and to integrate the different plume paths of emissions in a digital map system. This innovative approach might become an important tool for environmental management and policy-making processes dealing especially with risks and surveillance of air quality in the urban environment.     

Noise annoyance from industrial and road traffic combined noises: A survey and a total annoyance model comparison

The literature on noise annoyance emphasizes that acoustical factors cannot totally explain the annoyance felt by a population exposed to community noises, and that some non-acoustical factors have an effect on annoyance. This research paper deals with the annoyance caused by combined noises coming from road traffic and an industrial site. This type of combination has been very little studied to date. An in situ study was conducted in an area of a French town exposed to these two noise sources. To investigate the annoyance caused by these combined noises, the work involved both a mapping of the industrial and road traffic noises present in the survey area and a questionnaire designed to evaluate the noise annoyance experienced by residents and to identify the factors that probably influence noise annoyance. The results highlight the link between the noise levels measured and the annoyance felt by the respondents. They also show that certain non-acoustical factors have an impact on annoyance felt. Indeed, the results highlight a positive correlation between fear of industrial sites and the annoyance expressed. They also show correlations between some items to evaluate noise sensitivity and the annoyance expressed. No significant correlation has been found between annoyance and the other non-acoustical factors such as age, sex and length of residence. Finally, several total annoyance models were tested for this noise combination. Two of them, namely the strongest component model and a proposed perceptual version of the mixed model, were able to better predict total annoyance than the other tested models.     

不同氮源对常中温条件下麦秆厌氧发酵的影响

通过自行设计的厌氧发酵装置,研究不同氮源对常温（20℃）和中温（35℃）条件下麦秆厌氧发酵的影响。结果表明,在常温和中温条件下进行麦秆沼气厌氧发酵时,适量添加外部氮源可加快产气速率,增加产气量,缩短产气停滞时间,其中添加牛粪效果最好,分别在182 d和84 d时发酵完全,总累积产气3 486.80 mL和4 210.70 mL,干物质累积产气量为217.93 mL/g和263.17 mL/g,且在实验期间未出现产气停滞。添加尿素处理次之,分别在累积产气215.70 mL和238.00 mL时进入61 d和20 d的产气停滞期,在196 d和143 d时发酵完全,在实验结束时,累积产气2 784.20 mL和3 454.00 mL,干物质累积产气量为174.01 mL/g和215.88 mL/g。可见,在以秸秆为原料的沼气发酵过程中,可通过添加适量的外部氮源和提高发酵温度来提高沼气产量,而且在条件允许的情况下,应尽量添加畜禽粪便等有机氮源。     

北京城市地表河流硝酸盐氮来源的氮氧同位素示踪研究

为了有效防治城市地表河流硝酸盐氮的污染并进行针对性水体治理,利用δ15N和δ18O双同位素示踪技术,对北京城区地表河流硝酸盐污染进行了溯源。选取北京9条河流的10个监测点,分析了硝酸盐氮污染的浓度分布特征,并运用MAT253氮氧双同位素技术解析了硝酸盐的各种来源。研究结果表明,北京城区地表河流硝酸盐氮污染自上游至下游逐渐加重,上游8个监测点的硝酸盐氮平均浓度在0.7～3.4 mg/L之间,下游东护城河和通惠河2处硝酸盐氮的浓度均值分别达7.6 mg/L和7.0 mg/L。利用同位素质谱MAT253分析,得知北京城区地表河流δ15N值总体分布范围为-1.2‰～+28.88‰,δ18O值分布范围为+0.09‰～+6.62‰,依据δ15N和δ18O的特征范围,得出北京城区地表河流硝酸盐来源主要是粪肥和污水。     

区域水资源安全评价——以四川省内江市为例

运用AHP法建立了区域水资源安全评价指标体系,以四川省内江市为例,提出了符合当地资源现状的评价标准,并对其水资源安全状况进行评估。结果表明,内江市水资源安全存在潜在威胁,供水安全问题不容忽视。其中心城区水资源安全问题尤为突出,其他区域处于顸警状态,据此,对内江市水资源管理和保护提出了建议。