Water quality of the King Abdullah Canal/Jordan–impact on eutrophication and water disinfection

The King Abdullah Canal (KAC) is an artificial water conveyor serving as raw water source for drinking water supply of Amman and for irrigation purposes in the Jordan Valley. The main water sources for KAC originate from the Yarmouk River, the Mukheiba Wells, and the Peace Conveyor. Water samples were collected from December 2002 to May 2004 to investigate changes in physicochemical parameters and parameters related to eutrophication along KAC. The catchment area of KAC is highly heterogeneous in terms of topography, climate, geologic conditions, and land use, resulting in great variations in the physicochemical composition of the canal water. The Yarmouk River and the Mukheiba Wells reflect the water quality of precipitation without much dissolution of halides, whereas the Peace Conveyor shows a groundwater characteristic. Main dischargers of N and P compounds are the Yarmouk River, and dams and wadis along KAC. The concentrations in the canal are mostly above eutrophication level for N and P. Along KAC there is an increase in chlorophyll a concentration and plankton counts. The formation potentials for trihalomethanes (THMs) and for integrated organically bound halogens are determined by chlorination to evaluate the consequences of water disinfection. Due to relatively high bromide concentration mainly brominated THMs are formed.     

Impact of biofumigation with solarization on degradation of pesticides and heavy metal accumulation

A greenhouse study was conducted to evaluate the effect of biofumigation (with sheep and chicken manure) combined with solarization on the dissipation of pesticides (pyrifenox, DDT and dieldrin), and on soil metals accumulation. The treatments consisted of a control, and soil disinfestations by biofumigation combined with solarization (B+S) for two, four, five, six consecutive years. B+S enhanced the dissipation of pyrifenox with regard to control treatment. Significant differences were not detected among plots disinfected with B+S for consecutive years. On the other hand, B+S had no effect on the dissipation of DDT and dieldrin, probably due to the resistance of these pesticides to microbial degradation and/or high temperatures. Biofumigation is considered to be an environmentally safe practice, since no accumulation of heavy metals such as Cd, Co, Cu, Cr, Pb, Ni, or Zn was observed after the subsequent application of organic matter through the treatments.     

羟基氧化铁催化臭氧氧化对滤后水卤乙酸生成势的影响

考察了滤后水经过单独臭氧氧化和羟基氧化铁(FeOOH)催化臭氧氧化后5种卤乙酸生成势(HAA5FP)的生成情况.研究了氧化时间、溴离子浓度、滤后水pH值、碱度和O3投量对2种氧化方式下HAA5FP的影响规律.发现该滤后水氯化后的HAA种类为二氯乙酸(DCAA)、三氯乙酸(TCAA)及溴离子存在时有二溴乙酸(DBAA).无溴离子存在时,催化臭氧氧化在5～20min内使得HAA5FP比臭氧氧化后的降低9.5%～18.3%.溴离子浓度增加使HAA5FP减少,催化臭氧氧化后HAA5FP也比臭氧氧化后低更多.中性pH时,催化臭氧氧化比臭氧氧化有更明显的控制HAA5FP的优势.重碳酸盐碱度升高使HAA5FP降低,且2种氧化后HAA5FP的差别减小.O₃/TOC比值为0.45～1.43的臭氧投量范围内,催化臭氧氧化后HAA5FP比臭氧氧化后减少11.2%～28.0%.催化臭氧氧化对滤后水HAA5FP的影响与FeOOH催化臭氧生成羟基自由基的特点密切相关.     

氨基黑10B褪色光度法测定痕量季铵盐型阳离子表面活性剂的研究

研究了在硫酸介质中,季铵盐型表面活性剂溴化十六烷基三甲基铵(CTMAB)、溴化十六烷基吡啶(CPB)对氨基黑10B的褪色作用,建立了褪色光度法测定痕量CTMAB和CPB的新方法,并探讨了褪色反应的机理和条件,测定CTMAB和CPB的线性范围皆为0～3×10-5mol L,摩尔吸光系数分别为1 77×104L mol·cm和1 17×104L mol·cm,用于水样中微量季铵盐型表面活性剂的测定,结果满意。     

Influence of the organic complex concentration on adsorption of herbicide in organic modified montmorillonite

This study was undertaken to determine the impact of the organic complex concentration on the adsorption of herbicide (acetochlor) at the surface of the organic modified montmorillonite. In this work, natural montmorillonite from Bogovina (Boljevac municipality, Serbia) was used for organic modification. Cation-exchange capacity of this montmorillonite was determined using a methylene blue method (86 mmol/100 g of clay). Montmorillonite has been modified first with NaCl and then with hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (HDTMA-bromide) organic complex. Saturation of cation exchange capacity (CEC) was 50%, 100%, and 150%. Changes in the properties of the inorganic and organic montmorillonite have been examined using the X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and batch equilibrium method. Montmorillonite modified with HDTMA-bromide demonstrated higher uptake of the herbicide, compared to the inorganic montmorillonite. Comparing the values Freundlich coefficients in batch equilibrium method, it can be seen that the adsorption of acetochlor decreased in the series: 0.5 CEC HM > 1 CEC HM > 1.5 CEC HM > NaM.     

A semipermeable membrane equilibrator for halomethanes in seawater

An equilibrator for sampling the partial pressures of halomethanes in seawater was designed and built, incorporating semipermeable membrane tubing to carry the gas phase. The equilibrator was tested for its ability to equilibrate chloromethane, bromomethane, iodomethane, and CFC-11. The residence time required for these halomethanes to equilibrate in the tubing (30 to 60 s) was determined experimentally. In a laboratory test, concentrations calculated from equilibrator measurements and based on published solubility values were found to differ by 6% to 16% from concentrations measured with a purge-and-trap apparatus, but uncertainties in the solubility values are likely to contribute significantly to the differences. In a comparison at sea, no significant difference was found between the semipermeable membrane equilibrator and another, more conventional equilibrator, except a 1.3% difference for CFC-11. This study demonstrates the feasibility of using semipermeable membranes in this and related applications.     

纳米ZnO光催化降解溴化乙锭(EB)的初步研究

对ZnO光催化降解溴化乙锭(EB)中的光源、反应介质、pH值、光催化剂用量、光照时间及氧化剂的加入等因素进行了考察.结果表明,在日光和紫外光照射下,EB都能得到较好的降解.在EB初始浓度50mg·l-1,pH 9的水溶液中,紫外光照射240min,ZnO(80mg)光催化降解EB的降解率可达到92.9%.     

溴化十四烷基吡啶对黑麦草吸收土壤中菲的影响

研究了澳化十四烷基吡啶(Myrlstylpyridinium bromide,MPB)对黑麦草吸收土壤中菲的影响.结果表明.由于MPB能显著增强吸附固定土壤中的菲,限制其从土壤固相向土壤水相迁移,从而可降低土壤水相中菲浓度,导致黑麦草吸收积累菲的程度降低.在两种不同菲污染水平的土壤中,MPB添加浓度为0～600 mg·kg-1时,黑麦草根系和茎叶中菲含量均随MPB添加量的增加而降低.当MPB添加浓度为600 mg·kg-1时.黑麦草根系菲含量分别为0.12 mg·kg-1和0.35 mg·kg-1,分别比对照低了77.0%和53.3%;茎叶中菲含量为0.12 mg·kg-1和0.26 mg·kg-1,分别比对照低了64.7%和50.9%.     

Definition of Planarian Mortality in an Acute Toxicity Test: A Case Study on Dugesia japonica Exposed to 1-Octyl-3-methylimidazolium Bromide

In order to define the mortality criteria of planarian objectively,a case study of Dugesia japonica exposed to 1-octyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide([C8mim]Br)was performed followed by a recovery culture.The results showed that defining planarian mortality in light of its body disintegration was appropriate.If the disintegrated tissue of a planarian was more than 1/4 of its body length,it would completely degenerate.However,a planarian would regenerate the lost tissue and return to normal after a few days’recovery culture if the disintegrated part was less than 1/4 of body length.Therefore,we propose to use body disintegration as the endpoint of planarian mortality,i.e.,1/4 body length degenerated is the critical threshold of mortality and survival of planarians when exposed to toxicants.This criterion could be adapted in the standardization of testing protocols and comparability of acute toxicity test or other toxicological research using planarian as the test animal.     

Testing of chemical substances for environmental effects—an important task for the chemical industry

Recently the heterogeneous reactions are increasingly recognised as significant in polluted areas. In this work the reactions of gases with solid alkali‐halide crystals at temperatures 200K and 300K were examined by using a recently proposed thermodynamic model (Varotsos et al., 1988) which provides the interconnection of entropy and enthalpy for various processes with well known macroscopic properties of the bulk solid.