The urbanization-induced stream erosion in Southern California is discussed. The variability in stream response to urbanization across the region is assessed and an assessment methodology and long term monitoring stra...
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The urbanization-induced stream erosion in Southern California is discussed. The variability in stream response to urbanization across the region is assessed and an assessment methodology and long term monitoring strategy is developed. Urbanization brings significant hydrologic changes to affected watersheds or catchments. Urbanized watersheds produce proportionately greater runoff volumes and PDRs than undeveloped watersheds causing higher peak flows in downstream channels.
A controlled oil spill experiment to determine natural recovery rates and the efficacy of potential remediation strategies in wetland ecosystems was initiated in June 1999 at a site on the St. Lawrence River, Canada d...
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A controlled oil spill experiment to determine natural recovery rates and the efficacy of potential remediation strategies in wetland ecosystems was initiated in June 1999 at a site on the St. Lawrence River, Canada dominated by Scirpus pungens. A weathered light crude oil (Mesa) was applied on 16 plots (5 m × 4 m) at the rate of 12 L per plot. Treatment of the plots included: natural attenuation (no treatment), nutrient amendment with granular ammonium nitrate and super triple phosphate, a similar treatment with plants continuously cut back (to evaluate the influence of plant growth on remediation), and a nutrient amendment treatment with sodium nitrate instead of ammonium nitrate. To elucidate the effect of nutrient amendments alone, four unoiled plots were fertilized with ammonium nitrate and triple super phosphate. Sediment samples were routinely recovered for chemical and toxicological analysis over a 21-week period that effectively covered the natural growth season of the plants. Significant changes in biological measures of habitat were observed. S. pungens, the dominant plant species, was tolerant to the oil, and its growth was significantly enhanced above that of the unoiled control by the addition of nutrients. Other biotest organisms (bacteria, Vibrio sp.;invertebrates, Daphnia, Hyalella, and Viviparus sp.) provided additional evidence of both enhanced recovery and potential detrimental effects. GC-MS analysis could not resolve significant changes in the composition of the residual oil as a result of experimental treatments. This discrepancy in the detection of treatment efficacy between the chemical and biological methods may be due to induced tolerance to the contaminant hydrocarbons, changes in the bioavailability of the residual oil associated with stimulated plant growth, and detrimental effects of the type and quantity of bioremediation agents used.
The chemical mechanisms underlying the growth of cave formations such as stalactites are well known, yet no theory has yet been proposed which successfully accounts for the dynamic evolution of their shapes. Here we c...
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The chemical mechanisms underlying the growth of cave formations such as stalactites are well known, yet no theory has yet been proposed which successfully accounts for the dynamic evolution of their shapes. Here we consider the interplay of thin-film fluid dynamics, calcium carbonate chemistry, and CO2 transport in the cave to show that stalactites evolve according to a novel local geometric growth law which exhibits extreme amplification at the tip as a consequence of the locally-varying fluid layer thickness. Studies of this model show that a broad class of initial conditions is attracted to an ideal shape which is strikingly close to a statistical average of natural stalactites.
The results of several latest and related stormwater research projects that focused on the treatability of stormwater heavy metals were presented. Results indicated that the heavy metals of concern remain strongly bou...
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(纸本)0784407371
The results of several latest and related stormwater research projects that focused on the treatability of stormwater heavy metals were presented. Results indicated that the heavy metals of concern remain strongly bound to the particulates during long exposures at the extreme pH conditions likely to occur in receiving water sediments. The heavy metals also likely remain strongly bound to the particulates in stormwater control device sumps or detention pond sediments where particulate-bound metals are captured. It was found that the heavy metals can likely remain strongly associated with a variety of organic and inorganic media under varying Eh conditions.
Several international agreements developed during the past decade have emphasized the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to delay or reverse the current global warming cycle. Carbon dioxide, as an abundant, global ...
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Several international agreements developed during the past decade have emphasized the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to delay or reverse the current global warming cycle. Carbon dioxide, as an abundant, global greenhouse gas, has been pegged as the chief villain in global warming. Much of the carbon sequestration research has focused on the largest plants, trees. The goal of this work is to reinforce the idea that planting trees in urban areas and along rural roads can make a measurable difference in air quality.
In urbanized watersheds, storm water discharges from industrial facilities are a potentially major but poorly understood source of pollutants. Estimates of pollutant load from industrial facilities may vary with many ...
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ISBN:
(纸本)0784405174
In urbanized watersheds, storm water discharges from industrial facilities are a potentially major but poorly understood source of pollutants. Estimates of pollutant load from industrial facilities may vary with many factors, but must be refined if watershed based regulations, such as the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) program, are to be implemented fairly and effectively. Storm water runoff from industrial facilities under the NPDES program are regulated through a general permit, which among requires facility operators to implement a limited monitoring program. This research used monitoring data reported by industrial facilities to estimate the contribution of pollutant load into the upper San Gabriel watershed in the Los Angeles region. First, we attempted to control for data variability caused by factors such as facility size, impervious portion of surface area, rainfall intensity, and seasonal antecedent rainfall, but no relationships were identified. Next, we estimated total loads from industrial facilities in the watershed. Industrial facilities constituted less than one percent of the watershed area, but contributed between 10% and 70% of total copper load and between 15% and 60% of total zinc load. Load estimates were strongly affected by variability in concentration data and estimates of the number of non-compliant facilities, but less strongly by spatial variability in rainfall. Copyright ASCE 2004.
This research is designed to evaluate effectiveness of current regulations for control of pollutants in stormwater runoff from industrial facilities, and resulting efforts by the regulated community to reduce pollutan...
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(纸本)0784405697
This research is designed to evaluate effectiveness of current regulations for control of pollutants in stormwater runoff from industrial facilities, and resulting efforts by the regulated community to reduce pollutants. For three targeted municipalities, the research first assesses the approximated proportion of industrial facilities that have recognized their duty to comply since the promulgation of permits under NPDES in the early 1990s. The research examines the proportion of facilities subject to regulations that have filed Notice of Intent (NOI) and the number of new NOIs filed each year since the regulations took effect in 1992. Then, the research determines for each municipality the industry types with the greatest number of NOIs filed. The purpose of these analyses is to characterize trends and patterns of compliance by industrial facilities within the regions, in order that future efforts may attempt to link those trends with observed water quality changes in the targeted municipalities. The total number of facilities in compliance can be influenced by unique facility types in different regions;by the diligence of regulatory and outreach effects by state and local agencies in different regions;and various other factors. The method is based on databases containing industrial facility compliance information. In this way, the research evaluates the relative effectiveness of municipal programs at achieving the pollutant reduction goals of the storm water NPDES regulations. Copyright ASCE 2004.
Fine particle air pollution is characterized and source contribution to that fine particle air pollution is quantified in Delhi. Average fine particle mass concentrations were 231±2 μg m-3 during the winter and ...
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(纸本)0923204628
Fine particle air pollution is characterized and source contribution to that fine particle air pollution is quantified in Delhi. Average fine particle mass concentrations were 231±2 μg m-3 during the winter and 50±1 μg m-3 during the summer. Organic carbon (OC), elemental carbon (EC), NO3-, SO42-, Cl-, NH4+, and trace metals were analyzed. Organic matter (OM) and EC were respectively 58% and 8% during winter and 46% and 8% during summer. Sulfate contributed much of the rest. Relative contributions of crustal oxides or dust to the fine particle mass reached a peak during the spring and the summer time in all the cities. Fifty-five organic compounds were also quantified using GC/MS techniques. Summertime concentrations for levoglucosan, picene, and the sum of hopanes and steranes were respectively 210±40 ng/m3, 0.3±0.06 ng/m3, and 8.5±1.7 ng/m3 and wintertime concentrations for the same compounds were respectively 5300±1100 ng/m3, 5.1±1.0 ng/m3, and 80±16 ng/m3. These measured concentrations of organic carbon from Delhi were used in a molecular marker source apportionment model to quantify the primary source contributions to the PM2.5 mass concentrations. Five important sources were identified and quantified: diesel exhaust, gasoline exhaust, road dust, coal combustion, and biomass combustion. Important trends in the seasonal and spatial patterns of the impact of these five sources were observed. Primary emissions from fossil fuel combustion (coal, diesel, and gasoline) were responsible for 22-33% of PM 2.5 mass compared to the biomass combustion contributions to ambient PM2.5 of 9-28%.
Emissions of trace metals to the atmosphere and subsequent deposition, either directly to the waterbody surface or indirectly to the watershed for wash off during rain events, may contribute to the contamination obser...
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Emissions of trace metals to the atmosphere and subsequent deposition, either directly to the waterbody surface or indirectly to the watershed for wash off during rain events, may contribute to the contamination observed in surface waters throughout the urban Los Angeles region. The goal of this study was to provide empirical data on atmospheric concentrations of trace metals on coarse particles and to estimate the direct and indirect mass loading of these trace metals due to dry atmospheric deposition in coastal watersheds of the Los Angeles Air Basin. To achieve this goal, atmospheric concentrations of chromium, copper, lead, nickel and zinc were measured seasonally using a Noll Rotary Sampler at six urban and one nonurban site throughout the Los Angeles coastal air basin. Dry deposition fluxes were calculated by summing the product of air concentration and theoretical deposition velocities of four coarse particle fractions (6-11, 11-20, 20-29, and >29 μm). Mean annual fluxes at urban sites ranged from 3.2 to 9.1, 11 to 34, 3.8 to 8.8, 8.3 to 29, and 69 to 228 μg/m2/day for chromium, copper, nickel, lead and zinc, respectively. Mean fluxes at the urban sites were significantly higher than the nonurban site. Comparisons for the Los Angeles River indicated direct dry atmospheric deposition produced a relatively small load of trace metals to that waterbody. In contrast, indirect dry deposition was potentially a very large source of trace metals to watershed loadings based on comparisons to load estimates from stormwater runoff.
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