GROUND WATER MONITORING FOR TEMIK (ALDICARB) IN FLORIDA1

ABSTRACT: Over 700 community drinking water supplies were sampled for the pesticide Temik (aldicarb and its oxidative metabolites aldicarb sulfoxide and aldicarb sulfone) in Florida. All community supply wells sampled for Temik were located in counties where Temik was reported to have been used and approximately one-half of the wells were located in counties where ground water was determined to be highly susceptible to contamination by Temik. Susceptibility was determined using ranking criteria that incorporated ground water recharge characteristics, water use, and Temik use patterns. Temik was not detected in any of the community supply wells sampled during the study. However, Temik was detected in shallow, private wells, as was the pesticide ethylene dibromide in counties with ground water characterized as highly susceptible to contamination.     

Seismic monitoring and modelling of supercritical CO2 injection into a water-saturated sandstone: Interpretation of P-wave velocity data

This paper reports on an integrated laboratory and numerical simulation study of ultrasonic P-wave velocity response to supercritical CO₂ displacement of pore water in Tako sandstone. The analysis of dynamic velocity data recorded using an array of piezoelectric transducers mounted on a core sample showed that the P-wave velocities at different positions displayed a similar trend in time, i.e., an initial sharp fall followed by a more gradual decline. Considerable variations observed in the measured P-wave velocity reductions across the sandstone core could largely be attributed to the final state of saturation (e.g. uniform, patchy or in-between) attained by the two-phase fluids. Numerical simulation of the injection test using a simple 1D model was carried out to provide an estimation of the phase saturation changes underlying the measured P-wave velocity reductions. A second order polynomial correlation between the measured ultrasonic P-wave velocity reductions and the estimated CO₂ saturation was established. Comparison with the Gassmann velocities showed that the empirically established relationship marks a clear deviation from both the patchy and uniform saturation velocity curves.     

ECONOMICS OF SCREENING FOR PESTICIDES IN GROUND WATER1

ABSTRACT: In the United States, millions of dollars are currently spent to monitor water quality for a whole suite of organic compounds. However, results of several surveys conducted in the past decade indicate that only a few pesticides occur in a small proportion of wells. Screening methods based on historical evidence of contamination patterns and knowledge of the locales will have significant potential to reduce these costs and effectively identify contamination problems. In this paper, the economics of utilizing two screening methods, sequential analysis and sample compositing, in the design of monitoring strategies is captured In the form of mathematical models and illustrated for a state-level monitoring program. When the two methods are adopted, the total analytical cost to conclusively identify contaminated wells in a network of 4,000 wells is shown to range from $12,500 to $1,575,000 depending on the extent of contamination. In contrast, the total analytical cost of a conventional program where all the wells in the network are sampled and tested for a standard suite of pesticides at a cost of $250/sample is one million dollars. Given such wide range in costs, it is prudent to incorporate the screening concepts presented in this paper in the development of cost-effective monitoring programs.     

Catalyzing sustainable fisheries management through behavior change interventions

Small-scale fisheries are an important livelihood and primary protein source for coastal communities in many of the poorest regions in the world, yet many are overfished and thus require effective and scalable management solutions. Positive ecological and socioeconomic responses to management typically lag behind immediate costs borne by fishers from fishing pressure reductions necessary for fisheries recovery. These short-term costs challenge the long-term success of these interventions. However, social marketing may increase perceptions of management benefits before ecological and socioeconomic benefits are fully realized, driving new social norms and ultimately long-term sustainable behavior change. By conducting underwater visual surveys to quantify ecological conditions and by conducting household surveys with community members to quantify their perceptions of management support and socioeconomic conditions, we assessed the impact of a standardized small-scale fisheries management intervention that was implemented across 41 sites in Brazil, Indonesia, and the Philippines. The intervention combines TURF reserves (community-based territorial use rights for fishing coupled with no-take marine reserves) with locally tailored social-marketing behavior change campaigns. Leveraging data across 22 indicators and 4 survey types, along with data from 3 control sites, we found that ecological and socioeconomic impacts varied and that communities supported the intervention and were already changing their fishing practices. These results suggest that communities were developing new social norms and fishing more sustainably before long-term ecological and socioeconomic benefits of fisheries management materialized.     

乌鲁木齐市大气TSP中苯并（a）芘及碳质成分的测定与变化规律的研究

报导了乌鲁木齐市两年内大气TSP中苯并(a)芘及碳质成分含量的分析结果、污染程度及变化规律,为乌鲁木齐城市环境综合整治定量考核,加强环境管理,进一步防治大气污染提供了科学依据.     

试论荒漠生态监测的特点和监测指标的确定

从监测目的、监测对象、监测指标和监测数据的获取四个方面,论述了进行荒漠生态环境监测工作的特点.从干旱荒漠区自然环境的基本特征和主要生态环境问题及生态环境管理工作的需要出发,提出了在我国开展荒漠生态环境监测工作的监测指标,以供商榷.     

一种在线监测机动车尾气超标排放的有效方法

分析机动车尾气污染现状和国内外有效的监测治理方法,对利用汽车OBD尾气监控系统判别车辆尾气超标的方法进行了探讨,并对移动污染源(机动车)的动态监测和管理提出见解,认为运用这个方法可以减少机动车尾气污染和降低排放总量。     

电力变压器无线温度监测系统的研究

我国变配电用变压器数量众多、分布广泛,充分利用现有的无线电通讯技术、以太网等监测技术、可以构建一个安全可靠的变压器无线温度监测网。本文介绍了在配电变压器上安装无线温度监测系统,通过实时监测变压器的温度变化情况,及时发现变压器存在的缺陷或发生故障的位置,并通过中短距离无线网络转发方式,将信号传递至以太网,彻底解决现场监测配电变压器参数的困难,从而实现变压器数据的实时采集和传输,实现区域内乃至全国性的变配电变压器信息的汇集与监测体系。     

地铁盾构施工负环管片安全拆除条件及实例研究

盾构始发是盾构工法的重要施工工序之一,也是盾构施工中最容易发生事故的环节,关系到盾构隧道能否顺利掘进与及时贯通。以北京地铁为例研究了地铁盾构施工负环管片安全拆除条件问题,采用FLAC3D进行了三维模型计算分析,分析了负环管片的位移及反力架应力变化情况,实测了盾构始发段的土压力、注浆压力、盾构推力、负环管片位移、反力架应力变化规律;通过数值计算与实际监测结果的比较,给出了负环管片及反力架的安全拆除条件建议。结果表明:当负环管片的相对位移变化量趋近于零、反力架应力值基本趋于稳定时,隧道衬砌管片环与壁厚注浆及围岩之间的摩擦力足以平衡盾构推力,方能拆除负环管片与反力架。数值分析与实测结果相吻合,说明数值计算模型合理,结果可靠。     

矿井瓦斯防爆监测氧含量线性标定

矿井火灾是采矿业面临的安全生产问题之一。该文研究的目的是评估新的矿井瓦斯防爆监测中最重要的成分氧气的检测策略,在矿井火灾中做出预见与预报。对于密封区域,发生瓦斯爆炸危险安全区时氧气浓度小于8%,按照国家标准,本矿要求氧气检测精度达到1%。氧含量监测系统受到气体气路、传感器运行、信号调理与处理情况和终端处理系统等四个方面的影响。该文通过运用计算机控制技术分别对氧含量监测系统进行硬件线性开环标定与软件线性闭环标定,并采用著名的OriginPRO数据分析软件对系统采样数据进行了分析与解读,以达到对软件线性闭环标定进行程控规划和信息实时纠正,使系统氧气含量监测灵敏限小于0.36%。