[Ozone-Biological Activated Carbon for Advanced Removal of Typical Persistent Organic Pollutants from Micro-Polluted Source Water in the Yangtze Delta Region].

Ozone-biological activated carbon (O3-BAC) was studied for the advanced removal of organics from micro-polluted source water in the water supply plant P located in J City in the Yangtze Delta Region. The results show that 19.2% of the permanganate index, 10.4% of total organic carbon, and 23.0% of UV254 were removed by the advanced treatment of O3-BAC. Eight types of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH), 16 types of organochlorinated pesticides (OCPs), and five types of haloacetic acids (HAAs) were detected in the source water. The total concentrations were 53.9-100.0, 6.5-41.8, and 2.5×103-1.1×104 ng·L-1, respectively. The advanced O3-BAC treatment removed 32.5% of PAHs and 25.9% of OCPs, greatly improving the effluent of the conventional water supply process. However, HAAs were mainly removed with the conventional process, with a removal rate of 33.8%-87.0%. After the advanced treatment with O3-BAC, the amount of chloroacetic acid slightly decreased, while the concentration of bromoacetic acid slightly increased.

[VOCs Emission Inventory of Anthropogenic Sources in Jiaxing].

The anthropogenic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emissions inventory in Jiaxing for 2015 was established by collecting comprehensive activity data of anthropogenic sources and adopting scientific and reasonable estimation methods and emissions factors. Results showed that the total VOCs emissions in Jiaxing for 2015 amounted to 10.21×104 t, of which 78.15%, 12.08%, 5.83%, 3.24%, 0.26%, and 0.44% was contributed by industrial sources, vehicles, domestic sources, oil storage and transport, waste disposal, and burning of agricultural crop residues, respectively. Packaging and printing industries, the surface coating industry, the dyeing industry, chemical materials manufacturers, and the petrochemical industry are the most important VOCs-emitting industries. Haining, Tongxiang, and Pinghu were the three cities with the highest emissions amounts, which contributed 50% of the total VOCs emissions. The average emissions intensity of VOCs in Jingkai, Haining, and Nanhu exceeded 30 t·km-2.

[Performance of Nanofiltration for Improving the Drinking Water Quality in a Water Supply Plant with Micropolluted Water Resource].

Four nanofiltration membranes connected in series were used for improving the drinking water quality in a water supply plant in south China with micropolluted water resource. The performance of the nanofiltration for improving the drinking water quality was investigated. The results showed that nanofiltration was efficient for removal of both traditional water pollution indicators and organic toxicants. More than 95% of TOC and UV254 were removed from the effluent of the traditional water purification process in the water supply plant. The NF effluent had a TOC of no higher than 0.3 mg·L-1 and a UV254 of below 0.005 cm-1. The removal rates of haloacetic formation potential,trihalomathanes formation potential, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon(PAHs)and organochlorinated pesticides(OCPs)were 62%, 85%, 50% and 95%, respectively. Genotoxicity of the NF effluent was undetectable in the umu-SOS test. Moreover, no significant difference was observed in the organic pollutants removal of haloacetic formation potential,trihalomathanes formation potential and OCPs among the four NF membranes but in the removal of PAHs with relatively smaller molecular weight. Nanofiltration showed higher removal rate of high-molecular-weight organic matters over low-molecular-weight organic matters. By comparison, only 17% of PAHs, 62% of OCPs and 80% of genotoxicity were removed by advanced treatment of ozone (O3) followed by treatment with biological activated carbon (BAC) in this water plant, indicating that nanofiltration was better for removal of organic pollutants.

[AOX Pollution in Wastewater Treatment Process of Dyeing and Dyestuff Chemical Industries].

Selecting six large-scale dyeing factories and four large-scale dyestuff chemical factories in the well-developed Yangtze River Delta region, this study aimed to investigate the AOX pollution status in the raw wastewater as well as in the activated sludge treatment system. The components of AOX were characterized by GC-MS. Results showed that AOX concentration was low in wastewater from the six dyeing enterprises, ranging 0. 15-1. 62 mg.L-1 in the raw wastewater and 0. 06-1. 30 mg.L-1 in the biologically treated effluent. All the biologically treated effluent met the emission limits of 8 mg.L-1 in the Discharge Standard of Water Pollutants for Dyeing and Finishing of Textile Industry. Sludge in five factories with AOX was below 621 mg.kg-1, only one factory was with high AOX concentration of 3 280 mg.kg-1. By comparison, AOX concentration greatly varied between the wastewater from dyestuff chemical factories, was 1. 70 mg.L-1 to 78. 72 mg.L-1 in the raw wastewater and was 1. 88 mg.L-1 to 33. 11 mg.L-1 in the biologically treated effluent. AOX concentration in the activated sludge was as high as 960-2,297 mg.kg-1. Chlorobenzenes, chloronitrobenzenes, chloroanilines, chlorine nitroanilines and halophenols were typical TOX components detectable in the dyestuff chemical wastewater. Halophenols and chlorine nitroanilines could be efficiently removed. Single chloroanilines and single chloronitrobenzenes seemed to be easier removable than polychlorinated anilines and polychlorinated nitrobenzenes. Polychlorinated benzenes were also easily removal but the products chlorobenzene was hard to remove.

[A study on the veterinary antibiotics contamination in groundwater of Jiaxing].

Liquid chromatography and tandem mass (LC-MS/MS) followed with solid-phase extraction (SPE) was developed for simultaneously determining four classes (tetracyclines, quinolones, macrolides and sulfonamides) of ten commonly used veterinary antibiotics in groundwater of Jiaxing city, an important pig breeding base in the Yangtze River Delta region. Samples were taken from 10 typical rural river sections and 21 main urban river sections. Results revealed severe pollution existed in the rural river environment. The total concentration of ten antibiotics was as high as 65.6-467.0 ng x L(-1), among which tetracyclines and sulfonamides respectively ranged in 40.8-253.0 ng x L(-1) and undetected (nd)- 165.0 ng x L(-1), macrolides and quinolones respectively ranged in 3.1-14.68 ng x L(-1) and nd-14.54 ng x L(-1). By comparison, the pollution level in urban rivers was much lower. The total concentration of ten antibiotics ranged in 20.1 ng x L(-1) to 61.2 ng x L(-1), among with tetracyclines varied from undetected to 44.0 ng x L(-1), while sulfonamides, macrolides and quinolones were respectively below 2.7 ng x L(-1), 6.3 ng x L(-1) and 21.6 ng x L(-1).

[Study on chlorinated disinfection byproducts and the relevant health risk in tap water of J City].

J City lies in the downstream of Taihu Lake and its water source was micro-polluted by the well-developed industry and agriculture inside the city and in the upper stream. Tap water of J City is characterized as high concentrations of organics and ammonia nitrogen, and chlorinated disinfection byproducts (CDBPs), which has drawn many public concerns for the health risk. Tap water was sampled in May, August, October of 2012 and January of 2013. Four trihalomethanes (THMs) and five haloacetic acids (HAAs) were determined with the gas chromatography. Results revealed that THMs accounted for 88.1% of the sum of THMs and HAAs, with higher concentrations in May, August and January (39.34, 50.37 and 28.02 microg x L(-1), respectively) while obviously lower in October (19.19 microg x L(-1)), which were significantly higher than that of HAAs (2.58-4.02 microg x L(-1)). After boiled for three minutes, THMs were removed over 92.3% but HAAs were largely increased. The health risk of CDBPs was then calculated based on the health risk assessment model recommended by the USEPA. The health risk caused by carcinogenic CDBPs was within a range of 3.1 x 10(-6) - 7. 3 x 10(-6) in the tap water, all over the recommended level of 1 x 10(-6), but after boiled, the value significantly decreased to 7.9 x 10(-7), which is below the recommended level. The health risk caused by non-carcinogenic CDBPs absolutely increased from 2.1 x 10(-11) to 3.4 x 10(-9) after boiled, which is below the reference value of 10(-5).

[Mechanism of membrane fouling and filtration characteristics in a membrane bioreactor for industrial wastewater treatment].

The influence of mixed liquor suspended solids (MLSS), soluble microbial product (SMP), extracellular polymeric substance (EPS), colloidal particles and other factors contributed to membrane fouling was analyzed in this pilot test by membrane bioreactor (MBR) process for the leather printing and dyeing industrial park mixed wastewater treatment. The results showed that slight membrane fouling occurred after 120-day experiment with an observable increase in membrane resistance R20 from 1.5 x 10(12) m(-1) to 1.8 x 10(12) m(-1). Also, a linear correlation was found between the proportion of colloidal particles concentration in TOC of MBR former solution and membrane filtration resistance change. However, the change of MLSS, SMP, EPS and other factors was not correlated with the membrane filtration resistance change. Therefore, the colloidal particle was considered to be the main factor causing membrane fouling, which attached to the membrane surface and deposited to block the membrane pore.