Pesticide and Transformation Product Detections and Age‐Dating Relations from Till and Sand Deposits1

Abstract:  Pesticide and transformation product concentrations and frequencies in ground water from areas of similar crop and pesticide applications may vary substantially with differing lithologies. Pesticide analysis data for atrazine, metolachlor, alachlor, acetochlor, and cyanazine and their pesticide transformation products were collected at 69 monitoring wells in Illinois and northern Indiana to document occurrence of pesticides and their transformation products in two agricultural areas of differing lithologies, till, and sand. The till is primarily tile drained and has preferential fractured flow, whereas the sand primarily has surface water drainage and primary porosity flow. Transformation products represent most of the agricultural pesticides in ground water regardless of aquifer material – till or sand. Transformation products were detected more frequently than parent pesticides in both the till and sand, with metolachlor ethane sulfonic acid being most frequently detected. Estimated ground‐water recharge dates for the sand were based on chlorofluorocarbon analyses. These age‐dating data indicate that ground water recharged prior to 1990 is more likely to have a detection of a pesticide or pesticide transformation product. Detections were twice as frequent in ground water recharged prior to 1990 (82%) than in ground water recharged on or after 1990 (33%). The highest concentrations of atrazine, alachlor, metolachlor, and their transformation products, also were detected in samples from ground water recharged prior to 1990. These age/pesticide detection relations are opposite of what would normally be expected, and may be the result of preferential flow and/or ground‐water mixing between aquifers and aquitards as evident by the detection of acetochlor transformation products in samples with estimated ground‐water ages predating initial pesticide application.     

Hydrologic Model Framework for Water Resources Planning in the Santa Cruz River,Southern Arizona1

Abstract: The authors develop a model framework that includes a set of hydrologic modules as a water resources management and planning tool for the upper Santa Cruz River near the Mexican border, Southern Arizona. The modules consist of: (1) stochastic generation of hourly precipitation scenarios that maintain the characteristics and variability of a 45‐year hourly precipitation record from a nearby rain gauge; (2) conceptual transformation of generated precipitation into daily streamflow using varied infiltration rates and estimates of the basin antecedent moisture conditions; and (3) surface‐water to ground‐water interaction for four downstream microbasins that accounts for alluvial ground‐water recharge, and ET and pumping losses. To maintain the large inter‐annual variability of streamflow as prevails in Southern Arizona, the model framework is constructed to produce three types of seasonal winter and summer categories of streamflow (i.e., wet, medium, or dry). Long‐term (i.e., 100 years) realizations (ensembles) are generated by the above described model framework that reflects two different regimes of inter annual variability. The first regime is that of the historic streamflow gauge record. The second regime is that of the tree ring reconstructed precipitation, which was derived for the study location. Generated flow ensembles for these two regimes are used to evaluate the risk that the regional four ground‐water microbasins decline below a preset storage threshold under different operational water utilization scenarios.     

地下水回灌补源防治咸水入侵技术研究 --以山东省广绕县为例

山东省广绕县井灌区由于长期超采地下水，引起区域地下水位持续下降、咸水入侵和地裂缝等一系列环境地质问题，成为区域社会和经济持续发展的制约因素。采用地下水回灌补源和调蓄技术是防治咸水入侵的有效途径。探讨了地下水回灌补源系列技术方法，涉及试验研究、数学模拟与优化技术等。室内、野外试验研究为地下水回灌规划和设计以及建立数值模拟模型提供了基本数据和参数。为了优化调整地下水开采量和回灌补源，建立了管理模型。管理模型预测表明，引用黄河水和汛期雨洪水回灌补源，以及通过节水减少漏斗区地下水开采量等系列措施可以有效地阻止咸水入侵，逐步改善区内的地下水环境。     

COMBINED SURFACE WATER-GROUNDWATER ANALYSIS OF HYDROLOGICAL SYSTEMS WITH THE AID OF THE HYBRID COMPUTER1

The solution with the aid of the hybrid computer of the partial and total differential equations for an integrated surface water groundwater system is described. A versatile computing technique has been developed to make a rapid and accurate study of the groundwater response due to varying inputs (deep percolation) or outputs (evapotranspiration) from the groundwater system. Spatial variations in basic vegetation phenomena, such as pattern, and hydrological parameters, are represented by means of a grid network which also allows the input of variable boundary conditions. The model is applied to an area in Columbia, South America which is subject to high water-table conditions. Various reclamation schemes and management practices under conditions of irrigated agriculture are assessed.     

Application of stimulating agents on the immobilized bioluminescence strain Pseudomonas putida mt-2 KG1206, preserved by deep-freezing, for the convenient biomonitoring

This study was conducted to develop methods for the application of an immobilized bioluminescence strain(KG1206),preserved by deep-freezing(DF),for the monitoring of contaminated environments.The immobilized cells,preserved by DF,required approximately 2 hr for reconstitution of their activity.A large reduction in bioluminescence was observed due to the DF process;0.07-0.58 times that of the non deep-frozen(NDF) immobilized strain.The decreased bioluminescence activity induced by the DF process was enhanced by the stimulants,sodium lactate(SL) and KNO 3.However,regardless of the inducer chemical tested,the immobilized strain modified with KNO 3 consistently produced greater bioluminescence than that treated with SL,in the range of 3.0-10.7(avg.6.7 ± 3.69) and 1.2-4.2(avg.2.4 ± 1.47) times that of control,respectively.All KNO 3 treatments of contaminated groundwater samples also resulted in an increase in bioluminescence activity,but the rate of stimulation varied for each sample.Also,no strong linear correlation was observed between the bioluminescence and the total concentration of an inducer,which may related to the complex characteristics of the environmental samples.Overall,the results demonstrated the ability of immobilized genetically engineered bacteria,preserved by DF,to measure a specific group of environmental contaminants using a stimulating agent(KNO 3),suggesting the potential for its preliminary application in a field-ready bioassay.     

东川因民矿区地下水-选厂水水化学特征及资源化影响因素

矿区水质分析结果表明,地下水属弱碱性淡水软水-微硬水。泉水水化学类型为HCO3-Ca·Mg。坑道水水化学类型为HCO3-Mg·Ca、HCO3·SO4-Mg·Ca、SO4·HCO3-Mg·Ca和SO4-Mg·Ca。地下水水化学成分的变化与(SO42-)浓度相关。泉水与坑道水具有一定的水力联系。选厂排放水中Pb、As含量高于坑道水。坑道水、选厂排放水具有弱侵蚀性。采矿活动和选矿过程对地下水-选厂水水质有较大影响,地下水水化学演变受控于矿业活动和矿区地球化学背景。     

油污染地下水原位生物修复试验研究

石油产品污染土壤和地下水已成为当前全球共同面临的一个严峻问题。根据油污染地下水的特点,采用地下水原位生物修复技术进行处理。实验结果表明原位生物修复技术处理地下水效果显著,水中COD去除率可达95％,油类去除率也达90％以上,是一种十分有效的地下水处理技术。     

武汉市地下水中酞酸酯污染物检测及来源分析

在武汉市区长江与汉江交界地带采集了具有代表性的地下水水样。采用固相萃取-气相色谱联用法对样品中的痕量邻苯二甲酸酯污染物进行定性定量分析,方法线性范围1ng/L～1000ng/L,检出限22ng/L～341ng/L。武汉市地下水中邻苯二甲酸酯的检出种类主要包括DBP、DEHP与DIBP等3大类。DBP污染最严重的地点在S1(东西湖区),浓度达1023.8ng/L;DEHP污染最严重的地点在S4(常青花园),浓度达481.0ng/L;DIBP污染最严重的地点在S9(唐家墩),浓度达237.8ng/L。将检测结果与武汉市湖泊水,长江、汉江武汉段,武汉市垃圾填埋场垃圾渗滤液中的PAEs污染物种类及浓度进行对照,并结合采样点周边环境与水文地质条件进行分析。确定了PAEs污染物的土壤淋滤作用,汉江、长江水体对地下水的补给以及垃圾填埋场垃圾渗滤液的渗滤作用是武汉市地下水PAEs污染物的主要来源。     

饮用水源地生态防护与水质改善的研究

分析了当前饮用水水源地的水质状况,介绍了3种水源地生态防护与水质改善的方法：生态护坡、人工介质富集微生物、水生植物型人工湿地．并展望了它们的应用前号。     

Bio-reduction of nitrate from groundwater using a hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactor

A hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactor(MBfR) using H2 as electron donor was investigated to remove nitrate from groundwater.When nitrate was first introduced to the MBfR,denitrification took place on the shell side of the membranes immediately,and the effluent concentration of nitrate continuously decreased with 100% removal rate on day 45 under the influent nitrate concentration of 5 mg NO3--N/L,which described the acclimating and enriching process of autohydrogenotrophic denitrification bacteria.A series of short-term experiments were applied to investigate the effects of hydrogen pressures and nitrate loadings on denitrification.The results showed that nitrate reduction rate improved as H2 pressure increasing,and over 97% of total nitrogen removal rate was achieved when the nitrate loading increased from 0.17 to 0.34 g NO3--N/(m2 ·day) without nitrite accumulation.The maximum denitrification rate was 384 g N/(m3 ·day).Partial sulfate reduction,which occurred in parallel to nitrate reduction,was inhibited by denitrififcation due to the competition for H2 .This research showed that MBfR is effective for removing nitrate from the contaminated groundwater.