Sustainability research and practices in enforced residential institutions: collaborations of ecologists and prisoners

Enforced institutional settings such as penitentiaries provide environments to raise awareness, carry out research, and implement and assess practices for sustainable living. Institutions where residence is enforced due to health, recreational, military, or legal reasons (e.g., assisted living centers, summer camps, army bases, prisons) house people who may lack scientific training but have time and need for intellectual stimulation that can be filled by supervised research. These institutions have stable populations, structured social organization, and measurable inputs and outputs of materials and energy to carry out sustainable practices in tasks that affect regional resources such as groundwater quality and landfill use. We report on three examples at a corrections center resulting from partnerships among visiting academic ecology researchers, sustainability practitioners, corrections administrators, and prisoners: (1) research on how to sustainably “farm” moss for the horticulture trade to reduce harvesting pressure on wild moss populations; (2) a vermiculture and thermophilic composting system to reduce the kitchen waste; and (3) a monthly seminar series at the prison. Over 26 months: (1) participants developed methods to optimize moss growth; (2) landfill-bound waste and particulate flow rate destined for wastewater treatment decreased by 50%, to less than 50% of permit limits; (3) resulting compost (ca. 5000 kg) fertilized institutional vegetable gardens; (4) water quality improved so that the prison could return funds allocated to upgrade the prison’s water quality. The lectures encouraged intellectual exchange among researchers, convicts, and guards. Researchers derived new perspectives and broader impacts for their work. This can be a model for other correctional facilities and other enforced residential institutions (ERIs). Readers should send their comments on this paper to: BhaskarNath@aol.com within 3 months of publication of this issue.     

SEJF多功能水处理器及其在印染废水处理中的应用

SEJF多功能水处理器是将物化处理与生化处理有机结合在一起的水处理设备,可在一器内完成均质、曝气、混合、反应和固液分离数种功能.采用SEJF多功能水处理器工艺对印染废水进行处理,工程实践表明,该水处理器工艺具有高效、节能、节地、节资等优点,而且处理效果稳定,运行费用低,操作管理方便,灵活性和适应性强.     

Decision-making for sustainable location of a cement plant in the state of Florida

Site selection is a typical strategic decision for many industries that deals with specifying the most appropriate location for a facility. In the context of sustainable development, site selection decisions need to be improved by adopting environmental, economic and social requirements. This study aims to frame sustainable location decisions by conducting a case study of siting a new cement plant in the state of Florida. As a part of the study, a wide range of technical and sustainability criteria has developed. These criteria can help decision-makers in the cement industry evaluate the selection of a location with the requirements of sustainable development. The sustainability characteristics of alternative sites in the state of Florida are evaluated based on the criteria to identify the most appropriate ones. The analytical hierarchy processand geographic information system techniques are utilized to weight the criteria and evaluate the characteristics of site candidates.     

废水处理设施竣工验收监测需注意的几个问题

就废水处理设施竣工验收监测中存在的问题,提出几点看法和建议,这将有助于设计单位的设计,企业的运行管理和环保部门的监测.     

旅游景区解说设施研究

为了更好地促进旅游信息的传播与交流、旅游地形象的宣传、旅游学术思想的交流与共享、旅游产品的促销、旅游服务的完善与提高等,对旅游景区解说设施的功能、类型、解说效果、相关因素、流程进行了深入研究,提出了旅游景区解说设施的4个功能、2大类型,比较分析了各类型旅游解说设施的解说效果、解说设施及其相关要素的循环关系,以及旅游景区解说设施的规划流程。     

基于大数据的“邻避”设施环境社会风险评估方法研究

着力防范化解环境社会风险是社会和谐稳定的重要前提。本文基于国内全网2019—2020年关于“垃圾焚烧”的网络舆情数据,通过情感词典、TF-IDF关键词提取和人工识别方法进行“邻避”冲突的原因分析,在此基础上构建本土化的“邻避”设施环境社会风险指标体系和评估方法,结合环境、人口和社会等多源大数据,基于自然断点法对风险等级进行分类,以全国生活垃圾焚烧发电设施的重点区域为案例开展环境社会风险的分析评估。结果表明,担忧破坏生态环境、反对选址位置、担忧排放物有毒是贯穿2019—2020年两年的主要反对原因,占据反对原因的50%以上。之后,本文对各项反对因素进行归纳汇总,构建了12项指标的风险评价指标体系,其中环境因素、人口因素和社会因素为一级指标,其权重分别达到0.33、0.49和0.18,人口因素是影响程度最大的因素;对案例风险评估结果表明全国范围和六大重点区域的大多数设施拟建设于重大风险或特大风险地区,需着重关注这些地区的生活垃圾焚烧发电项目规划布局和风险防控问题。     

长期施用有机肥对土壤微塑料赋存及迁移特征的影响

为探明设施土壤中微塑料的赋存特征与施肥模式、种植年限及土壤深度之间的响应关系,通过现场采样、显微镜观察、傅里叶变换红外光谱（FTIR）和扫描电子显微镜（SEM）等方法,对长期施用有机肥土壤中微塑料丰度、形状、粒径、颜色、种类和表面形貌特征及有机肥中微塑料的丰度、粒径和种类进行分析.结果表明,设施土壤中不同种植年限下（2016～2021年）表层土壤中微塑料的平均丰度随着种植年限的升高而升高,化肥（CF）、有机肥（OF）和生物炭+有机肥（BOF）处理中微塑料丰度不同,其中每年OF处理微塑料的丰度最高,2021年长期施用OF的表层土壤微塑料丰度最高,为543.33 n·kg-1.3种施肥处理土壤中微塑料平均年增长速率分别为11.16%、12.61%和9.17%.微塑料丰度在不同深度土层中表现为随土层深度的增加而显著降低,且BOF处理中微塑料向深层土壤迁移效率最高.微塑料形状主要为纤维状、碎片状、颗粒状和薄膜状,在0～40 cm深度土壤中,纤维状微塑料在3种施肥类型土壤中均占主导地位.在40～60 cm土壤中CF处理无纤维状和薄膜状微塑料,颗粒状微塑料占比最高（57.14%）;OF处理无薄膜状...     

大冶铁矿电力机车高压安全保护装置的改进

武钢大冶铁矿运输车间使用的是ZG150-1500型工矿电力机车,该电力机车原有1套高压保护装置,但是设计上局限于受电弓升落的控制,忽视了受电弓不能正常复位情况下的防触电保护功能,运输车间技术人员进行攻关,改进电力机车高压安全保护装置,增设高压接地保护设施,杜绝了电力机车高压触电事故发生,取得较好效果.     

环境保护设施运营存在的问题及对策分析

结合大连市环保设施运营检查工作,分析了当前环保设施运营中存在的主要问题,并对环保设施运营工作的改善提出了对策和建议。     

Spatiotemporal Variability in Water Sources Controls Chemical and Physical Properties of a Semi‐arid Urban River System

We conducted synoptic surveys over three seasons in one year to evaluate the variability in water sources and geochemistry of an urban river with complex water infrastructure in the state of Utah. Using stable isotopes of river water (δ¹⁸O and δ²H) within a Bayesian mixing model framework and a separate hydrologic mass balance approach, we quantified both the proportional inputs and magnitude of discharge associated with “natural” (lake, groundwater, and tributary inputs) and “engineered” (effluent and canal inflows) sources. The relative importance of these major contributors to streamflow varied both spatially and seasonally. Spatiotemporal patterns of dissolved oxygen, temperature, pH, calcium, chloride, nitrate, and orthophosphate indicated seasonal shifts in dominant sources of river water played an important role in determining water quality. We show although urban rivers are clearly influenced by novel water sources created by water infrastructure, they continue to reflect the imprint of “natural” water sources, including diffuse groundwater. Resource managers thus may need to account for the quantity of both surface waters and also historically overlooked groundwater inputs to address water quality concerns in urban rivers.