Tribal communities,the forests,the fisher folk and the river: whither water justice?

Excessive exploitation of and skewed access to dwindling water resources raise serious water justice concerns. Environmental justice movements and related literature have raised critical questions regarding the unequal distribution of the costs and benefits of a development paradigm that is founded on excessive exploitation and appropriation of natural resources. This paper explores the growing relevance of a water justice framework that addresses both the social and ecological aspects of water use and appropriation, with reference to a four-decade long water conflict over the Chaliyar River in Kerala, South India. It highlights how ecosystem degradation and denial of justice go hand in hand. The paper argues that the framing and articulation of the conflict in a partisan manner led to the glossing over of certain critical features, thus preventing a full view of water injustices. It also failed to inform subsequent policies and practices in this regard.     

Exploring full cost accounting approach to evaluate cost of MSW services in India

Municipal solid waste (MSW) services of developing countries often suffer due to the lack of financial and operational autonomy, scientific approach, and adequate levels of resources. The solid waste management (SWM) practices of developed countries are benefited in cost and efficiency due to the participation of private players and sound financial management. However, developing economies depend on local municipalities to own and operate SWM services amidst structural and financial inefficiency. With the demands of augmenting efficient and cost-effective SWM services to the expanding population of cities and towns of newly industrialized nations on the rise, the municipalities in these countries are under pressure to adopt ways and means that can support efficient utilization of resources and improved decision-making capabilities. This research article reflects the current state of the MSW services in India and explores full cost accounting (FCA) framework in its ability to generate information on cost-related aspects and sustainable deployment of resources. Lastly, the extensibility of FCA is tested by integrating externalities of MSW services.     

Environmental assessment of two home composts with high and low gaseous emissions of the composting process

A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of two home composts with low and high gaseous emissions of the composting process is presented. The study focused on the gaseous emissions of the composting process. Gaseous emissions of methane, nitrous oxides, ammonia and volatic organic compounds of the composting process were experimentally measured in field real trials. The results showed that the differences in gaseous emissions between the two home composts were 4.5, 5.8 and 52 for methane, nitrous oxides and ammonia, respectively. Higher emissions of nitrous oxides and methane affected significantly the category of global warming potential, while higher emissions of ammonia affected mainly the categories of acidification potential, eutrophication potential and photochemical oxidation. The differences found in the compost emissions were attributable to the composting production management (quality and composition of waste stream, frequency mixing of waste, humidity and temperature monitoring, among others) as well as weather conditions (temperature and humidity).     

我国工业固体废物处理利用行业2013年发展综述

综述了我国工业固体废物处理利用行业2013年的发展环境形势和发展概况;介绍了2013年国内工业固体、危险废物及生活垃圾的产生量和处理情况;阐述并分析了目前国内固体废物处理技术和设施的现状;就行业发展存在的主要问题提出了建议.     

Transformations of particles, metal elements and natural organic matter in different water treatment processes

Characterizing natural organic matter （NOM）, particles and elements in different water treatment processes can give a useful information to optimize water treatment operations. In this article, transformations of particles, metal elements and NOM in a pilot-scale water treatment plant were investigated by laser light granularity system, particle counter, glass-fiber membrane filtration, inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy, ultra filtration and resin absorbents fractionation. The results showed that particles, NOM and trihalomethane formation precursors were removed synergistically by sequential treatment of different processes. Preozonation markedly changed the polarity and molecular weight of NOM, and it could be conducive to the following coagulation process through destabilizing particles and colloids; mid-ozonation enhanced the subsequent granular activated carbon （GAC） filtration process by decreasing molecular weight of organic matters. Coagulation-flotation and GAC were more efficient in removing fixed suspended solids and larger particles; while sand-filtration was more efficient in removing volatile suspended solids and smaller particles. Flotation performed better than sedimentation in terms of particle and NOM removal. The type of coagulant could greatly affect the performance of coagulation-flotation. Pre-hydrolyzed composite coagulant （HPAC） was superior to FeCl3 concerning the removals of hydrophobic dissolved organic carbon and volatile suspended solids. The leakages of flocs from sand-filtration and microorganisms from GAC should be mitigated to ensure the reliability of the whole treatment system.     

陶瓷废水处理原理及常用固液分离方法比较

本文就陶瓷废水的产生来源及废水处理原理进行了分析，对佛山市该行业废水处理常用的固液分离方式进行了处理效果及技术经济比较，指出将常用于给水处理工艺的水力循环澄清池应用在陶瓷废水处理工艺中，与其它分离方法相比，不仅占地面积小，效率高，而且易于操作和控制，可实现废水的全部回用，并建议对这种高悬浮物、高浊度水的混凝反应过程进行自动控制以提高水处理的稳定性。     

太阳光助Fenton体系氧化降解苯酚废水的研究

探讨了太阳光助Fenton体系对苯酚的氧化降解。结果表明，太阳光能有效地增强Fenton试剂对苯酚的氧化降解，在晴天较强太阳光照下，Fenton试剂可在较短时间内使较高浓度的苯酚完全矿化。反应体系的初始pH值及Fe^2 用量均对苯酚的氧化降解有明显影响，反应的适宜pH值在3—4的酸性范围内；适量Fe^2 参与的太阳光—Fenton反应有助于苯酚的降解，但过高的Fe^2 用量反而不利于苯酚的降解。实验结果还表明，采用分批多次投加的方式可明显提高氧化剂H202的利用效率，降低H202的消耗量；苯酚废水降解的主要中间产物为苯醌和有机酸；一定程度的太阳光—Fenton预氧化处理可使废水的BOD5／C02cr比值由0.10捉高到0.32，可生化性明显提高。     

直接高压放电降解水中苯酚的效果

采用直接高压放电降解水中含有苯酚,自行设计加工了线筒式放电反应器,考察了氧气鼓入量、反应器压力、溶液初始pH对苯酚降解效果的影响.结果表明:在所设计的放电反应器中,放电电极直径为0.6 mm、地极直径29 mm或者38 mm,电压8～10 kV,电流4～14 mA,气体鼓入量为60 mL·min-1、溶液初始pH为9左右时,在180 min之内水中苯酚降解达到90%以上.同时发现溶液电导率具有相对应的变化趋势.     

林可霉素菌渣堆肥微生物群落多样性分析

本试验以林可霉素菌渣-猪粪为原料、污泥-猪粪堆肥作对照,研究了林可霉素菌渣堆肥过程中残留林可霉素的降解情况,并基于Illumina Mi Seq高通量测序分析了林可霉素菌渣堆肥过程中微生物菌群的变化.结果表明:通过堆肥处理可以大幅度降解林可霉素菌渣中残留的林可霉素,经过33 d的堆肥处理后,林可霉素的残留量从最初的1 800 mg·kg-1降到483mg·kg-1,降解率高达73%.同时高通量测序结果表明,由于高含量的林可霉素残留,在堆肥初期和高温期林可霉素菌渣堆肥中细菌群落的分布丰度和多样性指数均低于污泥-猪粪堆肥,但真菌群落丰度和多样性均高于污泥-猪粪堆肥.林可霉素菌渣堆肥中细菌主要以Paucisalibacillus、Cerasibacillus、Bacillus、Virgibacillus、Ureibacillus、Paenibacillus、Sinibacillus属为主,而污泥-猪粪堆肥中主要以Truepera、Actinomadura、Pseudosphingobacterium、Pseudomonas、Luteimonas、Ureibacillus属为主,两者堆肥中微生物群落结构存在显著差异.随着堆肥进入腐熟期,林可霉素残留大幅度降解,抗生素对微生物的胁迫减小或解除,林可霉素菌渣-猪粪堆肥和污泥-猪粪堆肥相比,无论是细菌还是真菌,其微生物群落已逐渐趋同.表明堆肥处理可以大幅降解林可霉素残留,增加微生物多样性,有利于实现林可霉素菌渣无害化处理和资源化利用.     

浅谈循环经济理念下工业固体废物资源化

探讨了从循环经济理论的角度论述了转变传统工业发展模式的必要性,分析了吉林省工业固体废物的现状、主要种类及其资源化的有效途径和具体措施,提出了循环经济在吉林省工业固体废物资源化方面的实践和集环境、社会、经济三大效益于一体的新思路.