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Even though solid backfill mining can address some environmental issues of coal mining (like surface subsidence and gangue storage), on the other hand the long exposure of gangue to rain or other surficial water will also result in the leaching of heavy metal ions, which in turn will pose the threat of potential pollution to groundwater. In response to resolving the above-mentioned problem, this paper...
We quantitatively evaluated the future energy consumption of offi ce buildings for cooling and heating in Harbin, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, which represented different building climate zones in China. The results show that office buildings in different building climate zones have a decreasing trend of heating load and an increasing trend of cooling load. For the change of heating load, the...
The structural configuration of bioretention plays an important role in the consumption and purification of nitrogen pollutants in rainfall runoff. Three layered bioretention tanks – 7#, 9#, and 10# – with artificial packing layers of fly ash mixing sand, blast furnace slag, and planting soil, respectively, were selected for intermittent and continuous operational tests. All load-reduction rates of...
A nitritation-anammox single-stage autotrophic nitrogen-removal system was started and achieved stable, efficient operation. The startup process occurred in three stages: aerobic granulation, nitritation regulation, and autotrophic nitrogen removal. Granular sludge was successfully incubated after 57 d of acclimation. Through an operating strategy of gradual reduction in organic loading and an increase...
Although the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau (QTP) has experienced striking warming during the past century, information on how soil carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) pools of the alpine regions on the QTP respond to long-term warming is scarce. The aims of this study were to assess the response of soil organic C (SOC), total N (TN), labile C and N – including microbial biomass C (MBC) and N (MBN), inorganic N...
The acceleration of urbanization has resulted in the increase of urban surface runoff. Bio-swale is a promising stormwater control measure that has been proven to be hydrologically effective on urban surface runoff. Column studies were conducted to determine the optimal bio-swale composition. Results demonstrated that water reduction was proportional to inflow decrease. Columns that planted border...
The source and composition of dissolved organic matter (DOM) are important drivers of its biogeochemical role in aquatic environments. Different land use types may alter DOM amount and composition in freshwaters. Here, water samples were collected from the outlets of 16 subcatchments within mixed land use patterns in the South Tiaoxi River in Eastern China. Dissolved organic carbon (DOC), DOM absorption...
Lead (Pb) contamination of urban soil is a threat to human health, and reducing the risk of Pb-contaminated soil is a continuing international concern. Soil stabilization technique has been considered as apromising remediation technique to facilitate the immobilization of Pb in soil. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of different amendments, including H₃PO₄, Ca(H₂PO₄)₂, H₃PO₄+Ca(H₂PO₄)₂,...
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from municipal solid waste (MSW) management significantly contribute to high global warming potential (GWP). However, most studies have failed to facilitate identifying MSW management schemes capable of comprehensively meeting the goals from decision-makers at different hierarchical levels under uncertainties. This study develops an inexact bi-level linear programming...
A two-stage vertical-flow constructed wetland (VFCW) was built to advanced treatment of secondary effluent containing organic and inorganic nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) from a municipal sewage treatment plant in Beijing, China. The results showed that the VFCW effluent achieved 66-83% and 81-90% removal for COD and TP, respectively. Meanwhile, NH₄⁺-N and TN were almost completely removed during...
This study proposes an integrated method that simulates and optimizes groundwater design and management in combination with goal programming, which establishes the equilibrium between technical and environmental constraints in a pump-and-treat system. This method is applied to a petroleum-contaminated site in Western Canada to identify optimal remediation strategies given a set of remediation scenarios...
An analysis is made on the past and future trends of wastewater treatment in Beijing. Over the past several decades, great efforts have been made by Beijing to improve the urban wastewater treatment technology, reclaim municipal wastewater, and promote water reclamation and reuse. Until now, the utilization volume of reclaimed water has been increasing continuously. Generally, there are four categories...
The Changjiang Delta Region is a rapidly urbanizing area in China. But this area still reveals different anthropogenic activities and urbanization levels. River sediments from urban, suburban, and rural areas were studied to characterize potentially harmful elements (PHEs) and their ecological risks. Chemical compositions of sediments were analyzed, which revealed pronounced differences in three areas...
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