Development and application of innovative technologies for drinking water quality assurance in China

The continuously deteriorating quality of source water is threatening the safety of drinking water in China. Various efforts have been made to update water treatment processes to decrease the pollution problems of drinking water, such as protection of drinking water sources, enhancement of conventional treatment processes, and development of new or advanced treatment technologies. This paper reviews a variety of protection and remediation methods for drinking water sources, development and application of drinking water treatment technologies, new technologies for special pollutants removal from groundwater, and the latest research progress on water distribution systems in China.     

~（13）C同位素稀释法测定国产多氯联苯的2，3，7，8－TCDD毒性当量

应用质量控制方法测定了２种国产商品多氯联苯（ＰＣＢｓ）中１７个２，３，７，８位有氯取代的二　同族体，获得准确的定量结果，加入￣（１３）Ｃ标记物的ＰＣＢｓ样品用多级酸碱硅胶柱和氧化铝柱提取分离，用毛细管色谱／高分辨质谱定量，２种样品中都含有较多的２，３，７，８－ＴＣＤＦ和２，３，７，８－Ｐ＿５ＣＤＦ。１￣＃ＰＣＢ的２，３，７，８－ＴＣＤＤ毒性当量值为２１７ｎｇ／ｇ，２￣＃ＰＣＢ为４１７ｎｇ／ｇ，毒性主要来自ＰＣＤＦｓ，并与国外同类商品ＰＣＢｓ作了比较。     

Pesticide residues in biological waste

The aim of this study was to detect crop protection products (CPP) in single fractions of biological waste and to estimate pesticide concentrations in biological waste, depending on its composition. The composition of biological waste was determined from the literature, which provided information on its local and seasonal variability. The residue analysis included 17 pesticides for the analysis of tropical fruit peels and 48 pesticides for other fractions, e.g. vegetables, other fruits and ornamental flowers. The freeze-dried samples were extracted ultrasonically and purified by means of gel permeation chromatography. The analysis was carried out using gas chromatography with a mass selective detector in the selected ion monitoring mode. All tropical fruit peels contained CPP-residues. Thiabendazole was the most important contaminant with respect to the concentration and frequency of occurrence. The vegetables, other fruits and flowers also contained CPP-residues, such as the fungicides captan and dodemorph and the insecticide endosulfan. Based on import data and the composition of biological waste, the CPP-content of biological waste was estimated for rural and urban areas in summer and winter. Due to the higher percentage of tropical fruit peels, thiabendazole was the main contaminant in winter. The total concentration of CPP, summed up over all substances, ranged between 828 and 1829 μg (kg ww)⁻¹.     

Divided destinies: group choice by female savannah baboons during social group fission

Group living provides benefits to individuals while imposing costs on them. In species that live in permanent social groups, group division provides the only opportunity for nondispersing individuals to change their group membership and improve their benefit to cost ratio. We examined group choice by 81 adult female savannah baboons (Papio cynocephalus) during four fission events. We measured how each female’s group choice was affected by several factors: the presence of her maternal kin, paternal kin, age peers, and close social partners, her average kinship to groupmates, and her potential for improved dominance rank. Maternal kin, paternal kin, and close social partners influenced group choice by some females, but the relative importance of these factors varied across fissions. Age peers other than paternal kin had no effect on group choice, and average kinship to all groupmates had the same effect on group choice as did maternal kin alone. Most females were subordinate to fewer females after fissions than before, but status improvement did not drive female group choice; females often preferred to remain with social superiors who were their close maternal kin, rather than improving their own social ranks. We suggest that during permanent group fissions, female baboons prefer to remain with close maternal kin if those are abundant enough to influence their fitness; if they have too few close maternal kin then females prefer to remain with close paternal kin, and social bonds with nonkin might also become influential. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

福建省环境监测质量保证与质量控制现状及任务

通过实验室质量体系的建立与运行、计量认证、人员培训与持证上岗、制定监测技术规范、质量控制考核五个方面阐述了全省环境监测质量保证与质量控制工作的现状,并提出今后全省环境监测质量保证与质量控制工作的任务。     

城市污水中PCBs的分析及其QA/QC研究

报道了一种城市污水中痕量PCBs的分析方法,并进行了QA/QC研究,采用二氯甲烷萃取剂对城市污水进行液-液萃取,联合运用浓硫酸和硅胶层析柱将PCBs与杂质分离,以毛细管GC-ECD和内标法对PCBs定量.空白加标回收试验得出,PCBs的回收率为58%～125%,标准偏差为0.00173～0.00778μg/L,相对标准偏差为1.58%～12.43%.以实际城市污水作为加标基质,得出加入污水中的19种PCBs的分析方法回收率为57.6%～129.2%,方法的检测限为0.010～0.056μg/L,满足了US EPA对PCBs回收率要求.经过3次平行测定,测得实际城市污水中PCBs含有9种PCBs,PCBs总量的平均值为0.0235μg/L,相对标准偏差为9.63%,该分析方法所需的仪器简便、容易操作.     

Evaluation of Metric Precision for a Riparian Forest Survey

This article evaluates the performance of a protocol to monitor riparian forests in western Oregon, United States based on thequality of the data obtained from a field survey. Precision isthe criteria used to determine the quality of 19 field and 6 derived metrics. The derived metrics were calculated from thefield data. The survey consisted of 110 riparian sites on publicand private lands that were sampled during the summers of 1996 and 1997. In order to calculate metric precision, some of the field plots were re-measured. Metric precision was defined in terms of the coefficient of variability (CV) and standard deviation and then compared with a pre-defined data quality objective (DQO). A metric was considered precise if the CV met or exceeded the DQO. The geomorphology metrics were not precisewhile the forest stand inventory metrics and forest cover metrics, with some exceptions, were precise. The precision formany of the field and derived metrics compared favorably withthe level of precision for similar metrics reported in the literature. Recommendations are made to improve the precision for some metrics and they include changing the way precision is calculated, re-defining the field protocol, or improving field training.     

中国生态文明建设法律保障体系的构建分析

生态文明建设是将生态环境保护纳入社会文明建设范畴,建设生态文明需要生态理念及价值支持,也需要完善的法律体系保证.中国自改革开放后逐渐加强生态文明建设的法律保障体系,但法律保障体系框架、制度还需要完善,还需要加强生态文明建设,构建完善生态文明建设法律保障体系,应以生态文明相关的基本法律为基础和出发点,依据生态优先、生态民主等相关原则,要从防治污染、保护资源和生态层面,制定完整的法律保证制度,建立防、管、救的生态文明建设的法律保障.     

ECONOMIC INCENTIVES FOR AGRICULTURAL NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION CONTROL1

ABSTRACT. The limited success of command-and-control policies for reducing nonpoint source (NPS) water pollution mandated under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) has prompted increased interest in economic incentive policies as an alternative control mechanism. A variety of measures have been proposed ranging from fairly minor modifications of existing policies to substantial revisions including watershed-wide polices that rely on economic incentives. While greater use of economic incentive policies, such as environmental bonds and point/nonpoint source trading is being advocated in the reauthorization of the CWA, the expected effects of individual proposals will be modest. The characteristics of NPS pollution, namely uncertainty and asymmetrical information, underscores that there is no single, ideal policy instrument for controlling the many types of agricultural NPS water pollution. Some of the usual incentive-based policies, such as effluent taxes, are not well suited to the task. Individual incentive policies proposed for the reauthorized CWA, such as pollution trading or deposit/refund systems, are not broadly applicable for heterogeneous pollution situations. Economic incentive policies may be appropriate in some cases, and command-and-control policies will be preferable in others and may in fact complement incentive policies.     

水污染源自动监测系统中的质量保证与质量控制

介绍了在水污染源自动监测系统中的质量保证与质量控制措施,通过这些措施可以有效地减小自动监测系统中的误差,保证检测结果的精密度和准确度,从而更好地指导环保人员评估水污染源的污染程度,改进企业污水处理工艺。