LEAD AND CADMIUM ASSOCIATED WITH SALTWATER INTRUSION IN A NEW JERSEY AQUIFER SYSTEM1

ABSTRACT: The U.S. Geological Survey collected ground-water samples from the upper and middle aquifers of the Potomac-Raritan-Magothy aquifer system in a 400-square-mile area of New Jersey from 1984 through 1986. Concentrations of lead were greater than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency maximum contaminant level (MCL) of 50 micrograms per liter in water from 16 of 239 wells. The cencentrations of cadmium were greater than the MCL of 10 micrograms per liter in water from 10 to 241 wells. One-half of the wells that exceeded the lead MCL were in known areas of saltwater intrusion, as were all 10 wells that exceeded the cadmium MCL. The association of elevated concentrations of these metals with elevated concentrations of chloride indicates a mochanism related to saltwater intrusion.     

不同菌糠生物炭对水体中Cu2+、Cd2+的吸附性能

以菌糠废弃物为原料,采用限氧裂解法在500℃条件下制备香菇菌糠、猴头菇菌糠和平菇菌糠生物炭(LEBC、HEBC和POBC).利用SEM、XRD和FTIR等方法对吸附剂进行了表征;通过吸附动力学、等温吸附、生物炭酸化实验探究了3种菌糠生物炭去除水溶液中Cu~(2+)、Cd~(2+)的效果及机理.结果表明,在溶液初始pH 2—3时,3种菌糠生物炭对溶液中Cu~(2+)、Cd~(2+)的吸附量急剧增加.LEBC、HEBC、POBC对Cu~(2+)、Cd~(2+)的吸附符合准二级动力学模型,对Cu~(2+)的吸附速率分别为10.15×10~(-3)、7.08×10~(-3)、0.69×10~(-3) mg·g~(-1)·min~(-1),对Cd~(2+)的吸附速率分别为6.53×10~(-3)、5.19×10~(-3)、0.26×10~(-3) mg·g~(-1)·min~(-1).不同浓度下LEBC、HEBC、POBC对Cu~(2+)的吸附符合Langmuir模型,最大吸附量依次为56.74、11.98、77.32 mg·g~(-1);而Cd~(2+)的吸附符合Freundlich模型,最大吸附量依次为74.26、36.49、70.2 mg·g~(-1).LEBC在较短的时间内能达到较大的吸附量,可作为去除水体中Cu~(2+)、Cd~(2+)的优质吸附剂.XRD和FTIR等分析结果表明生物炭对Cu~(2+)、Cd~(2+)的吸附机制包括物理吸附、阳离子-π作用、官能团络合及沉淀.3种生物炭经酸化处理后,对Cu~(2+)、Cd~(2+)的吸附能力显著下降,表明生物炭中碳酸盐引起的Cu~(2+)、Cd~(2+)表面沉淀在吸附过程中起重要作用.     

苏州河底泥3种内分泌干扰物的空间分布及环境风险

应用气相色谱质谱联用方法对苏州河及其支流底泥中3种环境内分泌干扰物壬基酚(NP)、辛基酚(4-t-OP)和双酚A(BPA)的含量进行检测和调查,结果表明,这3种物质在河流底泥中的浓度变幅分别为<1.0～5 800、<0.10～39和0.90～180μg.kg-1,空间分异显著.总体上看,底泥污染物浓度与河流周边人为活动密集程度有关:在苏州河上海市区段底泥的含量显著地高于上海远郊和江苏省内河段底泥含量;苏州河支流底泥中的含量显著高于苏州河干流底泥含量.苏州河及其支流底泥中这3种内分泌干扰物两两之间,存在显著正相关,说明其有相似的物源.以含量较高的壬基酚为例,进行底泥环境内分泌干扰物的风险评估,结果表明,除苏州河江苏省内吴家港桥段外,其它河段均存在潜在的生态毒害风险,需采取相应的防范措施.     

Biochar-clay,biochar-microorganism and biochar-enzyme composites for environmental remediation: a review

Environmental Chemistry Letters - Worldwide pollution of waters and soils is a rising health issue calling for advanced decontamination methods such as adsorption of contaminants on biochar because...     

Influence of heavy metals on the microbial degradation of diesel fuel

The degradation of diesel fuel by a microbial community from a soil polluted by heavy metals (h.m.) in the presence of Cu, Ni, Zn, Pb, Cd, Hg and Cr (as chromate) was investigated. Experiments were conducted with soil slurries and the extracted community in liquid cultivation. The concentrations applied were in the sub-mM and mM range. Whereas the slurries displayed no significant effect, degradation in liquid culture was increasingly inhibited by higher metal concentrations. The course of degradation in suspension was demonstrated by the oxygen consumption. The order of toxicity was found to be: Hg > Cr(VI) > Cu > Cd > Ni > Pb > Zn. The absence of any effect for slurries was due to the non-availability of the metals in the soil, and to precipitation or adsorption to the soil in the case of amendment. The paper also includes results on the availability of h.m. and changes to the community after exposure.     

Distribution of Heavy Metals in Surface Sediments from an Antarctic Marine Ecosystem

The concentrations of lead, cadmium, copper,chromium, iron, manganese and zinc in surfacesediments collected from Potter Cove, in the 25de Mayo Island (King George Island), Antarctica, andits drainage basin, were measured by atomic absorptionspectroscopy. The obtained results were use todetermine the areal and vertical distribution of themetals of in the Cove and potential sources of thesemetals to this environment. The geochemical datasuggest that most of the metals found in Potter Coveconstitute a redistribution of autochthonous materialswithin the ecosystem. Therefore, the metalconcentrations can be considered to be present atnatural background levels in surface sediments.