Pilot regulation of MnP-SA for treating PTA wastewater

In the pilot study of treating the purified terephthalic acid(PTA) wastewater with the functional Strain Fhhh in the carrier activated sludge process(CASP), the ratio of COD:TN:TP and the concentrations of Cu, Mn, Se and Zn were controlled to improve the manganese peroxidase(MnP) levels for increasing the treatment efficiency. When the ratio of COD:TN:TP was 100:0.36:0.15 and the concentrations of Cu, Mn, Se and Zn were 0.54, 5.07, 0.00 and 0.08 mg/L, the MnP specific activity(MnP-SA) reached 689 U/L, and the sludge loading rate to COD(SLRC) was 1.09 d^-1, which was 4--7 fold of that in other processes reported. The data indicated that improving MnP level could enhance the degradability of Fhhh. And the potentials of Fhhh and CASP will be also discussed in this paper.     

基于气候调节的城市通风道探析

近年来,夏季炎热的气候和愈来愈强的热岛效应使城市饱受因挠,而城市设计策略中缺乏有效的生态规划方法来解决目前存在的问题,城市对炎热气候的适应性不足。论文在利用CFD(计算流体动力学)技术进行实例模拟分析的基础上,重点介绍了一种在城市尺度进行节能设计的新方法:在城市中建立多种形式的通风道,提高城市的通风和排热能力,以达到利用自然资源和有效的规划方式降低夏季城市“热岛”温度、节约能源的目的。文中详细论述了通风道的可行性和必要性、营建方式、注意原则等问题,并进行了一系列的计算机风场模拟研究。     

EFFECTS OF INCREASED DELTA EXPORTS ON SACRAMENTO VALLEY'S ECONOMY AND WATER MANAGEMENT1

ABSTRACT: Exports from the Sacramento‐San Joaquin Delta are an important source of water for Central Valley and Southern California users. The purpose of this paper is to estimate and analyze the effects increased exports to south of Delta users would have on the Sacramento Valley economy and water management if water were managed and reallocated for purely economic benefits, as if there were an ideal Sacramento Valley water market. Current Delta exports of 6,190 thousand acre‐feet per year were increased incrementally to maximum export pumping plant capacities. Initial increases in Delta exports did not increase regional water scarcity, but decreased surplus Delta flows. Further export increases raised agricultural scarcity. Urban users suffer increased scarcity only for exports exceeding 10,393 taf/yr. Expanding exports raises the economic value of expanding key facilities (such as Engle bright Lake and South Folsom Canal) and the opportunity costs of environmental requirements. The study illustrates the physical and economic capacity of the Sacramento Valley to further increase exports of water to drier parts of the state, even within significant environmental flow restrictions. More generally, the results illustrate the physical capacity for greater economic benefits and flexibility in water management within environmental constraints, given institutional capability to reoperate or reallocate water resources, as implied by water markets.     

沱江流域生态安全预警及其生态调控对策

从沱江流域生态安全预警入手,基于压力-状态-响应(pressure status response,PSR)模型构建生态安全评价指标体系,采用层次分析、时间序列预测、模糊综合评判、主成分分析方法对流域2010、2015、2020年的生态安全状态进行评价与预警研究.结果表明:(1)沱江流域各区段在2010、2015、2020年3个时段内,整体上呈现全流域生态安全跃升的趋势,生态安全状态逐步好转;(2)纵观2010-2020年期间流域内各区段的生态安全变化,上游区段的生态安全状态明显好于中下游区段,其次为中游区段,下游区段的生态安全状态最为令人担忧.因此,沱江下游是流域内生态安全建设的重点;(3)沱江流域2010-2020年生态安全预警分为3类:安全区域、持续危险区域和退化区域.安全区域包括沱江上、中、下游的21个市县区;持续危险区域涵盖了中、下游的8个县区;退化区域为中游的2个县;(4)沱江流域生态安全预警的主要预警因子可以归纳为植被覆盖与农业灾害因子、人口素质因子、土地承载力因子、景观格局因子、面源污染因子、水土流失因子6大类.针对沱江流域生态安全预警因子的分析结果,提出以下生态调控对策:(1)积极修复植被,改善生态环境;(2)增强农业的防灾减灾能力;(3)加强技能培训,提高人口素质;(4)合理利用土地资源,提高土地承载力;(5)优化土地利用结构,加大景观多样性;(6)提倡生物防治,控制面源污染;(7)大力进行水土保持建设.     

巢湖水华暴发期水-沉积物界面溶解性氮形态的变化

2008年4~10月,连续对巢湖8个样点进行采样,分析了上覆水和表层沉积物间隙水中溶解性氮形态在水华暴发过程中的变化,估算了水-沉积物界面无机氮的扩散通量.结果表明,上覆水中NH4+-N含量随水华暴发强度的增加而减小,溶解性总氮(DTN)含量在水华暴发后明显升高,而NO3--N含量只在水华暴发严重时才明显减少.在大规模水华暴发前(4~5月)上覆水中DTN的主要组成部分是NO3--N和NH4+-N,在水华暴发后则是溶解性有机氮(DON).间隙水中PDTN以NH4+-N为主,其浓度随温度的增加而升高; DON在水华暴发过程中呈先下降后上升的趋势.通量计算结果表明,沉积物作为NH4+-N的“源”一直由间隙水向上覆水释放,西半湖扩散通量在13.06~32.94mg/(m2·d)之间,东半湖扩散通量在4.54~17.41mg/(m2·d)之间.沉积物-水界面交换是湖泊营养盐重要的补充途径,为水华持续暴发提供营养来源.     

温度对铜绿微囊藻细胞浮力的调控机制

为了探讨温度对铜绿微囊藻细胞浮力的调控机制,将铜绿微囊藻分别置于10、15、20、25、30℃条件下,利用改良的percoll密度梯度离心法测得细胞密度,计算出细胞浮力大小,同时测量细胞内比生长速率、光合活性、NAD(P)H依赖型氧化还原脱氢酶活性、糖含量、蛋白含量和漂浮细胞百分比.结果显示,在实验温度范围内(10~30℃),随着温度升高,铜绿微囊藻的漂浮细胞百分率增加,浮力变大;同时,细胞内糖含量减少,蛋白含量增加,光合作用和NAD(P)H 依赖型氧化还原脱氢酶活性增强.10、15℃条件培养7d,细胞的密度分别增加了2.7%和1.3%,糖含量分别增加了95.3%和65.5%,漂浮细胞百分比分别降低了23.8%和18.3, NAD(P)H依赖型氧化还原脱氢酶活性分别降低了23.8%和18.3%;而20、25和30℃条件培养7d,细胞的密度则分别减少了2.8%、3.8%和3.2%,糖含量分别减少了8.5%、2.9%和19.4%,漂浮细胞百分比分别增加了0%、7%和8.5%,NAD(P)H依赖型氧化还原脱氢酶活性分别增加了0%、7%和8.5%.研究结果显示:温度主要通过影响铜绿微囊藻细胞的光合速率、生长代谢速率和伪空胞含量来改变细胞密度实现浮力调节.低温下糖含量增加是浮力消失的主要原因,细胞漂浮与沉降的温度阈值在15~20℃之间.     

基于水污染总量控制的土地利用管控分区——以无锡市为例

分区管控研究是水污染控制研究的热点,基于水污染控制的土地利用管控分区,是实现水污染“源头控制”的有效途径之一。论文从土地利用变化的水环境效应出发,立足区域水污染总量控制目标,综合考虑污染负荷允许排放量、水质净化功能和排污地段的敏感性程度等约束条件,探讨了以水污染总量控制为目的的土地利用管控分区方法,尝试将区域水污染分配任务量控制要求,转化为其对社会经济、土地利用等的约束与调整。研究以无锡市为例,采用目标函数熵值法对水污染物总量进行公平分配,通过各评价单元所需控制污染减排量、水质净化功能价值以及环太湖不同地段保护需要的三维等级解析,将无锡市划分为不同污染控制程度的6 个土地利用管控区,并根据不同管控区土地利用-水污染输出特征,提出相应的管控措施。     

Do environmental regulations disproportionately affect small businesses? Evidence from the Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures survey

This paper examines whether the impact of environmental regulations differs by the size of the business. We consider the net effect of statutory, enforcement, and compliance asymmetries by estimating the relationship between plant size and pollution abatement expenditures, using establishment-level data on U.S. manufacturers from the Census Bureau's Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures (PACE) survey and from its Annual Survey of Manufactures and Census of Manufactures. We model establishments' pollution abatement operating costs (PAOC) per unit of economic activity as a function of establishment size, industry, state, and year. Our results show that PAOC intensity increases with establishment and firm size.     

基于前景理论突发水污染事件个体行为研究

前景理论(Prospect Theory,PT)能很好地描述个体在不确定条件下的行为决策模式和风险偏好。分析表明,利用前景理论研究突发水污染事件中的个体行为决策具有一定的适用性和可行性,因此,建立了突发水污染事件个体行为决策框架。以典型的镇江市水源苯酚污染事故为例,运用突发水污染事件个体行为决策框架,描述了突发水污染事件中的个体行为特征,研究了突发水污染事件中的个体主要决策偏差及其产生的主要原因,并对突发水污染事件中的个体决策偏差下的行为及行为表现进行了分析,提出了个体突发水污染事件应对模式。     

Physiological and metabolic effect of mercury accumulation in higher plants system

Heavy metals, lead (Pb) and mercury (Hg) are non-essential elements. Plants absorb these metals from soil, water and air through their roots and leaves. Heavy metals are the major environmental pollutants, which spread to soil through the use of pesticides, herbicides and micronutrient fertilizers, industrial effluents, decay of junk materials and sewage sludge, vehicular emissions, re-suspended road dust, diesel generator sets and coal-based thermal power plants. Sewage and sludge have contributed to heavy metal contamination of peri-urban lands and vegetable crops. The present review focuses on the effects of various concentrations of Hg on growth of young and mature seedlings as well as on nitrate reductase activity and nitrate assimilation in intact and excised seedling, especially the mechanism underlying nitrate reductase regulation by this heavy metal. Evidence indicates that mercury exerts significant adverse effects on the physiological activity of plants.