Surveillance of Invasive Bacterial Pathogens and Human Enteric Viruses in Wastewater Final Effluents and Receiving Water Bodies – a Case Study from Durban,South Africa     

Ademola O. Olaniran  Shalinee Naidoo  Balakrishna Pillay 《洁净——土壤、空气、水》2012,40(7):681-691

The physico‐chemical characteristics and microbial composition of the final effluents of two municipal wastewater treatment plants in South Africa were assessed between July and September 2009. The impact of the treated final effluents on the receiving water bodies was also evaluated. The temperature across all sampling points ranged between 14 and 22°C, while pH varied from 6.9 to 7.6. High levels of turbidity, chemical oxygen demand (COD), ammonia, nitrate, nitrite and orthophosphate (PO₄) were observed in many cases. Turbidity of the samples was in the range of 2.2–288.6 NTU. The concentrations (mg/L) of other physico‐chemical parameters are as follows: COD (9.33–289); ammonia (0.000340–45.4); nitrate (0.062–539); nitrite (0.021–22.6); PO₄ (5.3–33.2). The microbial quality of the effluents discharged from the plants did not comply with the limits set by the South African guidelines with respect to pathogens such as Salmonella, Shigella, Escherichia coli, total coliform, faecal coliform, enterococci, faecal streptococci, and viral particles for effluents intended for discharge into receiving watersheds. This study revealed an undesirable impact on the physico‐chemical and microbial qualities of the receiving water bodies as a result of the discharge of inadequately treated effluents from the wastewater treatment facilities. This poses a health risk to several rural communities which rely on the receiving water bodies primarily as their sources of domestic water and recreational purposes. There is therefore a need for the intervention of appropriate regulatory agencies in South Africa to ensure compliance of treatment facilities with wastewater effluent quality standards.  相似文献   

Fauna and standing crop of freshwater mussels in Poyang Lake, China     

熊六凤  欧阳珊  吴小平 《中国海洋湖沼学报》2012,30(1):124-135

Freshwater mussels are a major component of the zoobenthos and they therefore play an important role in freshwater ecosystems. The community composition and the standing crop of freshwater mussels in Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake in China and one of two lakes connected to the Changjiang (Yangtze) River, were investigated from February 2008 to May 2009. Mussels were sampled in hydrologically and geographically distinct sampling areas. A total of 42 species and 13 genera were identified, of which 32 species were endemic to China. Two species, Unio douglasiae and Lamprotula caveata, dominated all sampling areas. The number of genera and species, and the number of species within each genus, differed significantly among sampling areas. Freshwater mussels were very abundant, with an overall density of 0.28 ± 0.22 ind./m2 and biomass of 4.08 ± 3.96 g/m2. Significant variation observed among sampling areas and among genera was probably due to the variety of habitats among the areas sampled and to the adaptability of different freshwater mussels to environments. This study suggests that Poyang Lake and other freshwater lakes in the region are important sites of freshwater mussel biodiversity and conservation.  相似文献   

外源氮输入对沼泽湿地小叶章枯落物性质及其早期分解的影响   总被引：6，自引：0，他引：6  

刘德燕  宋长春 《湿地科学》2008,6(2)

在三江平原沼泽湿地,选取典型湿地植物小叶章(Calamagrostis angustifolia)为研究对象,对比研究了连续施氮[24g/(m2·a)]3a的小叶章立枯物(N24)与自然条件下形成的立枯物(CK)的差异;并采用分解袋法对此2种小叶章枯落物的早期分解过程进行了研究。结果表明,施氮处理下小叶章立枯物的氮、磷含量均高于CK,但碳含量显著降低(n=3,p<0.05)。施氮处理下形成的小叶章枯落物的分解速率明显大于CK,分解160d后两者的失重率分别为初始值的31.13%(N24)和28.50%(CK)。分解过程中,2种处理下枯落物有机碳的绝对含量都表现为净损失;其氮、磷浓度的变化趋势大致相同,分解160d后均发生了氮、磷的净释放,其中,N24的氮、磷净释放量分别是CK的64.91和2.11倍。外源氮输入影响下小叶章枯落物C/N和C/P值的降低,加快了该枯落物的分解速率,从而影响土壤有机质的累积和CO2的排放;而该枯落物分解过程中营养元素释放量的增大,还可能会影响土壤其它营养元素可利用性。  相似文献   

Effects of Nitrogen Pollution on Periphyton Distribution,Elemental Composition and Assemblage Shifts in River Ecosystems          下载免费PDF全文

Jingguo Cui  Yu Zhao  Wenqiang Zhang 《洁净——土壤、空气、水》2015,43(10):1375-1380

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Interaction between Microbes DNA and Atrazine in Black Soil Analyzed by Spectroscopy          下载免费PDF全文

Ying Zhang  Huosheng Guo  Dongfang Meng  Yang Wang  Po‐keung Wong 《洁净——土壤、空气、水》2015,43(6):867-871

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Towards the application of the Water Framework Directive in Italy: Assessing the potential of benthic tools in Adriatic coastal transitional ecosystems     

Cristina Munari 《Marine pollution bulletin》2010,60(7):1040-170

The potential of four benthic indices (AMBI/M-AMBI, BENTIX, BITS) was assessed in Italian coastal transitional ecosystems. The community composition showed a strong dominance of lagoonal, tolerant species, and out of more of 400 species found, only about 40 taxa were dominant. The full agreement of the four indices on an undegraded (Good or better) or degraded (Moderate or worse) status occurred only in 32.3% of stations. This study evidenced that BENTIX is inappropriate for eutrophic Adriatic lagoons, and that in such environments M-AMBI classification is actually too much dependent on diversity and richness, and seems unable to capture some peculiarities of benthic assemblages in transitional waters. AMBI and BITS gave similar classifications despite the different level of taxonomic identification needed. The unmodified use of these indices might impair accurate assessment of ecological quality status and decision-making on the managers’ point of view.  相似文献   

The history of water salinity in the Pearl River estuary,China, during the Late Quaternary   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Yongqiang Zong  Fengling Yu  Guangqing Huang  Jeremy M. Lloyd  Wyss W.‐S. Yim 《地球表面变化过程与地形》2010,35(10):1221-1233

This research reconstructed the Late Quaternary salinity history of the Pearl River estuary, China, from diatom records of four sedimentary cores. The reconstruction was produced through the application of a diatom–salinity transfer function developed based on 77 modern surface sediment samples collected across the estuary from shallow marine environment to deltaic distributaries. The statistical analysis indicates that the majority of sediment samples from the cores has good modern analogues, thus the reconstructions are reliable. The reconstructed salinity history shows the older estuarine sequence formed during the last interglacial was deposited under similar salinity conditions to the younger estuarine sequence, which was formed during the present interglacial. Further analysis into the younger estuarine sequence reveals the interplays between sea level, monsoon‐driven freshwater discharge, and deltaic shoreline movement, key factors that have influenced water salinity in the estuary. In particular, a core from the delta plain shows the effects of sea‐level change and deltaic progradation, while cores from the mouth region of the estuary reveal changes of monsoon‐driven freshwater discharge. This study demonstrates the advantages of quantitative salinity reconstructions to improve the quality of reconstruction and allow direct comparison with other quantitative records and the instrumentally observed values of salinity. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Water Quality Characterization of the Siling Reservoir (Zhejiang,China) Using Water Quality Index          下载免费PDF全文

Naveedullah Naveedullah  Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi  Chunna Yu  Chaofeng Shen  Niaz Muhammad  Hui Shen  Yingxu Chen 《洁净——土壤、空气、水》2016,44(5):553-562

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Contrasting Phytoplankton Structure and Morphologically Based Functional Groups of Reservoirs That Differ in the Adjacent Surrounding          下载免费PDF全文

Elżbieta Wilk‐Woźniak  Judita Koreivienė  Jūratė Karosienė  Agnieszka Pociecha  Magdalena Strzesak  Wojciech Mróz 《洁净——土壤、空气、水》2016,44(6):638-647

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Application of a rainfall-runoff model to three catchments in Iraq     

FAYEZ ABDULLA  LAITH AL-BADRANIH 《水文科学杂志》2013,58(1):13-25

Abstract

The capability of the Surface inFiltration Baseflow (SFB) conceptual rainfall-runoff model to simulate streamflow for three catchments selected from northern Iraq is investigated. These catchments differ in their climatic regimes and physical characteristics. Three versions of the model were tested: the original three-parameter model (SFB), the modified five-parameter model (SFB-5), and the modified six-parameter model (SFB-6). The available daily precipitation, potential evapotranspiration and runoff data were used in conjunction with a simulated annealing (SA) optimization technique to calibrate the various versions of the SFB model. A simple sensitivity analysis was then carried out to determine the relative importance of the model parameters. The study indicated that use of the original three parameter model was not adequate to simulate monthly streamflow in the selected catchments. The modified version (SFB-5) provided better runoff simulation than the original SFB model; overall a 19% increase was observed in the coefficient of determination (R²) between simulated and observed monthly runoff. The SFB-5 model performed with varying degrees of success among the catchments. The model performance in the validation stage was reasonable and comparable to that of the calibration stage. The sensitivity analysis of the SFB model for arid catchments revealed that the baseflow parameter (B) was the most sensitive one, while the S and F parameters were less sensitive than the B parameter.  相似文献