Speciation and fractionation of phosphorus in biosolids-amended soils: effects of water treatment residual nanoparticles

Phosphorus (P) speciation and fractionation are useful tools for assessing P mobility and potential transfer to water bodies. The current study aims to evaluate drinking water treatment residual nanoparticles (nWTRs) effects on P species in biosolids-amended soils using sequential chemical fractionation and mineral equilibrium model. Three different soil types were selected (El-Bostan, Kafr El-Dawar, Borg Al-Arab), amended with biosolids (3%), and different rates of nWTRs were applied. The P fractionation results revealed that addition of nWTRs to biosolids-amended El-Bostan soil increased the immobile aluminum phosphates from 27.30 to 88.90, 92.20, and 94.93% at 0.10, 0.20, and 0.30% application rate, respectively. Similar trend was noticed in Kafr El-Dawar soil. In Borg Al-Arab soil, nWTRs significantly (p < 0.05) increased aluminum phosphate to only 71.73% at the highest application rate (0.30%) due to its high content of calcium carbonate (35.70%). Similarly, phosphorous speciation analysis revealed that application of nWTRs significantly increased the proportions of immobile phosphate form (P sorbed to Al hydroxide) and amorphous sodium aluminum phosphate. Thus, water degradation via eutrophication can be minimized by applying nWTRs to biosolids-amended soils.     

The effects of hematite nanoparticles on phytoavailability of arsenic and corn growth in contaminated soils

This study was carried out to assess the effects of hematite nanoparticles (α-Fe₂O₃) on the motility and phytoavailability of arsenic in contaminated soils and corn growth. A factorial experiment was conducted using a completely randomized design and three replications. The examined factors were the application rates of hematite nanoparticles (0, 0.05, 0.1 and 0.2%) and the levels of soil arsenic (0, 6, 12, 24, 48, and 96 mg/kg). Before sowing of corn seeds, the concentrations of soil available arsenic were measured in all soil samples. Corn plant was used as a biological indicator of arsenic phytoavailability and 75 days after sowing, it was harvested, and dry weights of aerial parts and roots and concentrations of arsenic and phosphorus of these parts were measured. The results showed that the concentration of soil available arsenic and arsenic concentrations of root and aerial parts increased as the concentration of soil total arsenic increased. Contamination of soil by arsenic increased the concentration of phosphorus in root but decreased it in the aerial parts of corn. In contaminated soils, the application of hematite nanoparticles significantly decreased the concentrations of arsenic in soil and in root and aerial parts of corn and increased the dry weights of root and aerial parts. But in uncontaminated soils, the application of hematite nanoparticles decreased the concentration of phosphorus and the dry weights of root and aerial parts of corn.     

Effect of phosphorus on the attenuation of lead and chromium transport in soils

This study analyses the adsorption of Pb(II) and Cr(III) in soils. These metals are commonly found together in nature in urban wastes or industrial spillages, and the theoretical approach of the work was to evaluate the response of the soil to continuous Cr and Pb spillages to soil in terms of several physicochemical parameters. The influence of an anthropogenic input of phosphorus was evaluated. Continuous flow experiments were run in duplicates in acrylic columns (25 cm × 3.2 cm). The influent Cr(III) and Pb(II) solutions of 10 mg l^?1 and 25 mg l^?1 at pH 5 were pumped upward through the bottom of the columns to ensure saturation flow conditions. Also, successive experiments were run with the above concentrations of Cr(III) and Pb(II) and NaH₂PO₄, keeping metal to phosphorus ratio of 1:0, 1:0.1 and 1:1. Modelling parameters included Freundlich and Langmuir equations, together with the Two-site adsorption model using CXTFIT code. Results obtained allowed concluding that Pb(II) adsorption presents a certain degree of irreversibility and the continued spillages over soil increment the fraction which is not easily desorbed. Cr(III) desorption was almost complete, evidencing its high mobility in nature. The presence of an anthropogenic input of phosphorus leads to a marked increase of both Pb(II) and Cr(III) adsorption in soils. Z-potential measurements allow to discard the electrostatic attraction of Cr(III) and Pb(II) with the surface charged soil as the dominant process of metal sorption. Instead, CheaqsPro simulation allows to identify PbH₂PO₄ ⁺, PbHPO₄ (aq) and CrHPO₄ ⁺ as the dominant species which regulate Cr(III) and Pb(II) transport in soils.     

A study on the adsorption characteristics of cadmium and zinc onto acidic and alkaline soils

The adsorption of cadmium (Cd) and zinc (Zn) with similar chemical properties is examined onto three soil samples: one is alkaline and the others are acidic. The distribution coefficient (K _d) and the Freundlich constant (K _F) for Zn are slightly higher than those for Cd, implying that the adsorption affinity of Zn is a little greater and less mobile. However, Cd and Zn usually show comparable results in the kinetic, isotherm, and envelope experiments. The adsorption of the heavy metals is relatively rapid and the reaction is almost completed within 15 min. The kinetics for both Cd and Zn are very well explained by the parabolic diffusion model. The maximum adsorption of the heavy metals is obtained at high pH, high temperature, and low ionic strength. The adsorption capacity on the alkaline soil is more significantly affected by the temperature as compared to the acidic soil. It is found that the adsorption affinity of the two heavy metals is mainly affected by the soil properties, such as pH, pH_PZC, organic matter, and total carbon. It is also confirmed that the chemical properties of the heavy metals are important factors in their adsorption onto soil. The adsorption isotherms of Cd and Zn are well described in both Freundlich and Langmuir models at the usual pH (soil pH). Under acidic and alkaline pHs, however, only the Freundlich model describes the adsorption of both heavy metals satisfactorily.     

饮用水水源地保护区划分研究——以山东羊庄盆地地下水水源地为例

根据羊庄盆地水文地质条件和规划水源地开发利用状况,采用Visual Modflow4.0及其中的MT3DHS模块分别建立地下水水流和水质模型,在水流模型预测水源地未来开采形成的稳定流场环境下运行水质模型,模拟计算污染质在规定时间内到达水源地捕获带的位置,运移100 d的范围划定为水源地一级保护区,运移1 000 d的范围划定为水源地二级保护区,二级保护区以外至羊庄盆地流域边界划定为水源地准保护区;同时结合当地环境条件提出了对一级保护区实行圈网管理,在各级保护区重要边界点设立界桩、界牌、禁止在区内建设严重性污染企业等环境管理措施和布设水环境监测点,加强上游城镇及工业污水、废水处理效果监测等污染防治对策.     

底泥原地稳定化过程中药剂对上覆水体的影响

采用底泥原地稳定化处理技术中的药剂投加方法,对苏州河底泥中投加零价铁(Fe0)、硝酸钙的上覆水体进行为期80 d研究比较.结果表明:投加Fe0后上覆水体的溶解氧(DO)被迅速消耗,体系易形成厌氧环境,而硝酸钙则减缓了上覆水体DO的消耗;投加零价铁或硝酸钙后都会使上覆水体的pH升高,Eh下降;投加Fe0后对上覆水体COD_Cr或TOC的影响较硝酸钙小;此外,两者上覆水体DO、pH和Eh与COD_Cr和TOC之间均具有一定的相关性.     

Evaluation of phosphorus leaching from contaminated calcareous soils due to the application of sheep manure and ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid

Organic amendment application to heavy metal contaminated soils may contribute to leaching of phosphorus (P). The objectives of this study were to determine the influence of sheep manure and ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA) on the P leaching from a wide range of calcareous contaminated soils. Glass tubes, 4.9 cm diameter, and 40 cm long, were packed with contaminated soil. The resulting 20 cm long column of soils had bulk density of 1.3–1.4 g cm⁻³. The columns were leached with distilled water, 0.01 M EDTA, 0.01 M CaCl₂ or sheep manure extract (SME) solutions. The breakthrough curves for P were different and the amounts of P leached varied considerably between different soils and leaching solutions. The amounts leached with SME were less than the amount added through the SME, indicating that some P was retained by the soil, mainly due to preliminary sorption of organic ligands on to the soil with the creation of new sorbing surfaces. The amount leached with EDTA solution varied from 9.9 to 46.3% of the extractable P when 15 pore volumes had passed through the column. Low amounts of P were leached by 0.01 M CaCl₂, which is likely to be due to the high concentration of soluble Ca used in the solution. Thus, among leaching solutions the application of EDTA and SME on contaminated calcareous soils might enhance the mobility of P and large amounts of P will be leached, leading to contamination of ground and surface waters.     

Seasonal growth stimulation of sub-temperate estuarine phytoplankton to nitrogen and phosphorus: An outdoor microcosm experiment

A study of nutrient limitation of phytoplankton biomass production with emphasis on nitrate-nitrogen (NO₃ ^?) and ortho-phosphate-phosphorus (PO₄ ^3?) was conducted in Perdido Bay, Alabama-Florida. The experimental design employed 18-1 outdoor microcosms operated in a static renewal mode. Phytoplankton growth responses (i.e., growth stimulation) measured as chlorophyll a (chl a) fell into three principal categories: primary P stimulation occurred mostly during the cooler months at the upper bay (tidal brackish) and mid bay (lower mesohaline) stations; a total of 12 out of 36 experiments; primary N stimulation occurred mostly during the warmer months primarily at the mid-bay station and infrequently at the upper and lower bay stations (upper mesohaline); a total of 7 out of 36 experiments; and N+P costimulation occurred primarily during the warmer months in the upper bay and mid bay and during both warmer and cooler months of the lower bay; a total of 17 out of 36 experiments. Primary P stimulation was generally associated with high ratios of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) to dissolved inorganic phosphate (DIP) (ratio range: 18 to 288). Conversely, primary N stimulation was associated with decreasing DIN:DIP ratios (range 8–46). Redfield ratios of particulate organic N (PON) to particulate organic P (POP) often indicated N limitation (i.e., values often less than 10). PON:chl a ratios often indicated N sufficiency, but three occasions were noted where PON:POP and PON:chl a ratios were not congruent. It is difficult to reconcile the inorganic and organic N and P ratios with the relatively low DIP and DIN concentrations. The phytoplankton assemblage appeared not to be strongly nutrient-limited but, given a nutrient increase, responded differentially to N and P, both seasonally and along the longitudinal salinity gradient. Grazing pressure in concert with nutrient limitation was advanced as an hypothesis to explain N+P co-limitation.     

Fluid-bearing alkaline carbonate melts as the medium for the formation of diamonds in the Earth''s mantle: an experimental study

We have experimentally studied the formation of diamonds in alkaline carbonate–carbon and carbonate–fluid–carbon systems at 5.7–7.0 GPa and 1150–1700 °C, using a split-sphere multi-anvil apparatus (BARS). The starting carbonate and fluid-generating materials were placed into Pt and Au ampoules. The main specific feature of the studied systems is a long period of induction, which precedes the nucleation and growth of diamonds. The period of induction considerably increases with decreasing P and T, but decreases when adding a C–O–H fluid to the system. In the range of P and T corresponding to the formation of diamonds in nature, this period lasts for tens of hours. The reactivity of the studied systems with respect to the diamond nucleation and growth decreases in this sequence: Na₂CO₃–H₂C₂O₄·2H₂O–C>K₂CO₃–H₂C₂O₄·2H₂O–C>>Na₂CO₃–C>K₂CO₃–C. The diamond morphology is independent of P and T, and is mainly governed by the composition of the crystallization medium. The stable growth form is a cubo-octahedron in the Na₂CO₃ melt, and an octahedron in the K₂CO₃ melt. Regardless of the composition of the carbonate melt, only octahedral diamond crystals formed in the presence of the C–O–H fluid. The growth rates of diamond varied in the range from 1.7 μm/h at 1420 °C to 0.1–0.01 μm/h at 1150 °C, and were used to estimate, for the first time, the possible duration of the crystallization of natural diamonds. From the analysis of the experimental results and the petrological evidence for the formation of diamonds in nature, we suggest that fluid-bearing alkaline carbonate melts are, most likely, the medium for the nucleation and growth of diamonds in the Earth's upper mantle.     

虚拟水战略新论的社会经济效益分析——以石羊河流域民勤县为例

虚拟水战略已经被认为是一种提高全球水资源利用效率和缺水地区获得水安全的有效工具. 虚拟水战略新论指出, 应充分利用各种社会资源, 打通优化配置水资源(实体水和虚拟水)的渠道. 虚拟水战略能否有效实施的首要任务, 是地区产业结构内部配置的优化. 本文在估算民勤县主要农作物虚拟水量的基础上, 利用部门水效益分析了虚拟水由农业(种植业)部门向第二、三产业转移的三种情景下产生的净效益和创造的社会就业机会, 刻画了实施虚拟水战略的重要理论意义, 佐证了虚拟水战略全新定义的现实意义.     

洛美沙星和诺氟沙星对水中生物反硝化过程的影响模拟试验

近年来水环境中硝酸盐污染与抗生素污染的现象引起了人们的广泛关注,但目前复合抗生素污染对反硝化过程产生的影响并不明确。本研究以水环境中检出率较高的诺氟沙星和洛美沙星为代表进行模拟实验,探究ng级的两种抗生素复合对反硝化过程的影响。硝氮和亚硝氮的降解情况表明,实验浓度条件下,洛美沙星、诺氟沙星单用与二者联用对水环境中的反硝化过程存在不同的抑制作用。洛美沙星单用前期轻微促进反硝化,后期表现抑制作用,而诺氟沙星单用始终表现出抑制作用;洛美沙星和诺氟沙星联用抑制作用小于诺氟沙星单用,联用表现为拮抗作用。各体系的抑制作用大小为诺氟沙星>诺氟沙星+洛美沙星>洛美沙星。该模拟试验条件虽与实际条件有所差异,但在一定程度上表明抗生素联用表现出拮抗作用与反硝化体系内微生物数量、活性,反硝化酶活性,反硝化菌优势物种Achromobacter xylosoxidans、Acinetobacter baumannii、Pseudomonas sp.KY及功能基因nosZ和aac的丰度的变化有关。抗生素加入反硝化体系后会产生持续的影响,随反应时间的增加,反硝化菌逐渐适应有低浓度抗生素存在的环境,喹诺酮类抗生素耐药基因数量增加,微生物的耐药性增强,反硝化菌在数量和活性、反硝化酶活性及微生物群落层面均有回升趋势。     

The influence of three mangrove species on the distribution of inorganic nitrogen and phosphorus in the Quanzhou Bay estuarine wetland soils

This study aims to investigate the effects of region and three regional dominated mangrove species (Avicennia marina, Aegiceras corniculatum and Kandelia candel) on the distribution of inorganic nitrogen and phosphorus. Measurement of the inorganic nitrogen and phosphorus and enzymatic activities was carried out in soils covered by three mangrove species in the Quanzhou Bay estuarine wetlands, a typical coastal wetland in China. Species with a higher biomass in upstream and midstream absorb more nitrogen from soils, and the retention of the available phosphorus in the soils of different regions causes the regional variation of phosphorus. In areas dominated by A. marina, nitrate nitrogen is lower while available phosphorus is higher. Meanwhile, nitrate nitrogen and available phosphorus are higher in the soils covered by K. candel. Moreover, all three species affect the elemental and enzymic stoichiometry. The mangrove species influences the diversity of the elemental and enzymic stoichiometric relationship through differential microenvironments, which induce the biodiversity of wetland ecosystems. Thus, this study may facilitate a better understanding of the transformation ability of mangroves to nitrogen and phosphorus and will therefore be beneficial for providing a basis for the ecological restoration of estuarine wetlands.     

Eigendecomposition of TDR waveforms: a novel method to determine water content and pore fluid concentration of sandy soils

In this study, an incident pulse signal of several harmonics (i.e., multiples of the fundamental frequency) was used as a source in the time domain reflectometry (TDR) probing technique. Reflected signals were captured by an oscilloscope and their characteristics were determined via eigendecomposition. Autoregressive modeling and singular value decomposition were used to calculate the eigenvalues and the most significant ones were identified based on power spectrum. A multivariate statistical analysis was performed for the two most dominant eigenvalues, which are dependent on water content and salt concentrations, and regression equations were obtained. To determine the water content and salt concentrations in terms of the first and second eigenvalues, a modified Powell hybrid algorithm was used to solve the obtained system of nonlinear equations. Actual and predicted results are in agreement indicating that the developed method is very successful in predicting water content and salt concentrations. Furthermore, on comparing the eigendecomposition method with Fourier spectral analysis, one can observe that the former is superior in predicting water content and salt concentrations.     

A study on the hyperspectral signatures of sandy soils with varying texture and water content

This paper examines the hyperspectral signatures (in the visible near-infrared (VNIR)–shortwave infrared (SWIR) regions) of different samples of sandy soils possessing varying grain size and water content. Ten samples of sandy soils with differing textures and water contents were examined using a hyperspectral radiometer operating in the 350–2,500-nm range, and the spectral curves were obtained. Analyses of the curves indicate that grain size of sand has a considerable influence on the spectral response in the visible, NIR and SWIR regions, i.e. there is a decrease in the overall reflectance with increase in grain size. While the 350–575-nm region exhibits maximum overlap of spectral reflectance and, hence, least spectral separability between the soil types, the 2,000–2,100-nm region exhibits highest spectral separability between the sand samples of different textures. As regards the water content, it is seen that overall reflectance increases with decreasing water content in the sample, especially in the 1,400–1,800-nm regions. Further, the slope of the curves in the 1,890–2,100-nm region shows a well-defined relationship with the water content. Based on these well-defined relations, it is inferred that hyperspectral radiometry in the VNIR and SWIR regions can be used to estimate the texture and water content of sandy soils.     

Effects of soil organic matter composition on unfrozen water content and heterotrophic CO2 production of frozen soils

Several recent studies have highlighted the importance of soil organic matter (SOM) mineralization at high latitudes during winter for ecosystem carbon (C) balances, and the ability of the soil to retain unfrozen water at sub-zero temperatures has been shown to be a major determinant of C mineralization rates. Further, SOM is believed to strongly influence the liquid water contents in frozen surface layers of boreal forest soils and tundra, but the mechanisms and specific factors involved are currently unknown. Here we evaluate the effects of the chemical composition of SOM on the amount of unfrozen water, the pore size equivalents in which unfrozen water can exist, and the microbial heterotrophic activity at sub-zero temperatures in boreal forest soils. To do this, we have characterized the chemical composition of SOM in forest soil samples (surface O-horizons) using solid state CP-MAS (cross polarization magic angle spinning) NMR spectroscopy. The acquired information was then used to elucidate the extent to which different fractions of SOM can explain the observed variations in unfrozen water content, pore size equivalents, and biogenic CO₂ production rates in the examined soil samples under frozen conditions (−4 °C). The data evaluation was done by the use of principal component analysis (PCA) and projections to latent structures by means of partial least square (PLS). We conclude that aromatic, O-aromatic, methoxy/N-alkyl and alkyl C are the major SOM components affecting frozen boreal forest soil’s ability to retain unfrozen water and sustain heterotrophic activity (95% confidence level). Our results reveal that solid carbohydrates have a significant negative impact (95% confidence level) on CO₂ production in frozen boreal spruce forest soils, in contrast to the positive effects of carbohydrate polymers during unfrozen conditions. We conclude that the hierarchy of environmental factors controlling SOM mineralization changes as soils freeze. The effect of SOM composition on pore size distribution and unfrozen water content has a superior influence on SOM mineralization and hence on heterotrophic CO₂ production of frozen soils.     

地下水与地表水水量交换识别及交换量计算——以新汴河宿州段为例

为提高地下水与地表水交换量计算结果的准确性,本文利用水力联系、水头差、水温、氡-222、氢氧稳定同位素构建综合识别方法(HHTRO),对新汴河宿州段地下水与地表水水量交换进行识别,并计算交换量。计算结果表明：研究河段单位河长地表水补给地下水的水量变化范围为8.69～366.82 m³/(d·m),地下水补给地表水的水量变化范围为0.72～120.90 m³/(d·m);研究河段左岸为地下水补给地表水,单位河长净补给量为45.26 m³/(d·m);河段右岸为地表水补给地下水,单位河长净补给量为214.33 m³/(d·m);研究河段地下水与地表水水量交换以地表水补给地下水为主,地表水补给地下水的比例为55.14%。本研究可推动地下水与地表水交换量计算方法的发展,为流域或区域水资源评价提供必要的理论方法。