The 1988–92 Drought in its Historical Perspective

During the period 1988–92, the south and east of England were subjected to drought conditions. Data from 10 catchments and three groundwater level records were analysed using runoff and groundwater deficit indices to place the drought in its historical perspective. In parts of eastern England the drought was the most extreme – in terms of runoff deficit – for at least 150 years. It was less notable in other parts of southern England, but still extreme.     

Contamination of the Chalk Aquifer by Chlorinated Solvents: A Case Study of the Luton and Dunstable Area

A detailed investigation of contamination by chlorinated solvents of the Chalk Aquifer underlying the towns of Luton and Dunstable was undertaken to assess the extent, causes and mechanisms of pollution. The research programme incorporated land-use surveys, regional groundwater surveys, monitoring of groundwater abstraction points and aquifer profiling by means of the drilling of observation boreholes, the analysis of the recovered core material and the depth sampling of these and other boreholes.
Low-level solvent contamination of the Chalk Aquifer was found to be widespread with 'hotspots'of higher concentrations. At the drilling sites, both the saturated and unsaturated zones were contaminated with solvents, although free product was not observed. The presence of an additional contaminant, oil, at some sites was noted to influence the distribution of solvents within the aquifer.
Clean-up of the aquifer is not a practical option, and treatment of the groundwater at the abstraction points has been adopted.     

上海某枢纽基坑工程浅层承压水回灌试验分析

随着上海城市建设进程的不断推进,深大基坑大量涌现,同时因城市立体空间设施的密集化,使得基坑周边环境趋于复杂,在此背景下因浅层承压水降水而引起的工程性地面沉降事故不断发生,给社会带来了巨大的经济损失。地下水人工回灌是控制因降水引起的工程性地面沉降的方法之一,目前地下水人工回灌系统主要应用于深层承压水的回灌。本文通过上海某地第一承压含水层的回灌试验,研究分析了浅层承压含水层回灌井的结构、回灌过程中地下水的流态变化规律、水土应力变化及对控制地面沉降作用的效率,证明了浅层承压水回灌在基坑环境保护中的可行性。试验研究对基坑建设中的地下水浅层承压水回灌系统的设计和施工有重要的指导意义。     

A Simple Method for Estimating Mean Annual Groundwater Recharge for Drift-Free Areas of the Chalk and Permo-Triassic Sandstone Aquifers in the UK

At present, several methods for estimating groundwater recharge are in use in the UK, resulting in a range of estimates of groundwater recharge in any one area. However, there is a need for a robust national methodology with a firm scientific basis. As a first stage, a simple method has been developed to allow the rapid estimation of the mean annual groundwater recharge on drift-free areas of the major aquifers of England and Wales.
A simple soil-moisture model, with inputs of daily rainfall and potential evaporation, has been used to produce a series of nomographs. These can be used to estimate (a) mean annual groundwater recharge from data which are readily available, (b) annual values of rainfall, and (c) MORECS potential evaporation for grass. These estimates are aggregated to give the total for the area by including information on the land cover.     

承压-潜水含水层完整反滤回灌井的稳定流计算

反滤回灌井是地下水库中一种有效的回灌设施,它由回灌井和井口的反滤层组成。完整反滤回灌井井流运动由反滤层的竖向流和完整井的水平流组合而成,文中提出了承压-潜水含水层中完整反滤回灌井稳定流的计算方法,结合实例说明了反滤回灌井的回灌量大大低于普通回灌井的回灌量,并分析了反滤层、井损、回灌堵塞和影响半径等因素对回灌量的影响。     

Maintaining Groundwater Supplies during Drought Conditions in the Brighton Area

The very low level of recharge to the chalk of the South Downs, which provide Brighton with its water supply, has meant that the groundwater levels are very low. Despite this, no restrictions have been necessary since February 1991. This is perhaps due to the instigation of public information campaigns, together with media coverage of the drought, as well as a successful programme of leakage control. This paper looks at how the growth of public water supply has been accommodated operationally while ensuring that groundwater quality is maintained. Options for the future expansion of supply, and their cost-effectiveness, are also considered.     

The role of benthic films in the oxygen balance in an East Devon river

A portable respirometer has been used to measure oxygen uptake and production rates, by fixed and suspended organisms in an East Devon river which receives papermill effluent. Benthic respiration dominates the oxygen balance in the stretch most affected by the effluent and increases the effective BOD decomposition rate by a factor of up to 12: Values of decomposition rate of 3.5–4.5 (day⁻¹) have been measured in the stream.     

京福高速公路徐州东绕城强夯地基试验研究

在地下水位较高的情况下 ,对液化土夹软土的地基 ,采用强夯处理 ,如注意排水 ,基本上能消除地基的液化势     

Natural organic matter (NOM) removal and structural changes in the bacterial community during artificial groundwater recharge with humic lake water

This study evaluated the removal of natural organic matter (NOM) and structural changes in the microbial community during infiltration of humic lake water at three artificial groundwater recharge (AGR) sites in Finland. The three sites were at waterworks in H?meenlinna, Jyv?skyl? and Tuusula, sites A, B and C, respectively. Site A used groundwater recharge by both basin and sprinkling infiltration, site B used only sprinkling infiltration, and site C used only basin infiltration. Reductions of total organic carbon at sites A, B and C were 91%, 84% and 74%, respectively, in the winter, and 88%, 77% and 73%, respectively, in the summer. The Finnish national recommended value of 2 mg/l for TOC was achieved at all sites and the TOC of natural groundwater at site C was much lower, at 0.6 mg/l. Large molecular fractions of NOM were removed more efficiently than the smaller ones. Total amount of DAPI-stained cells decreased during infiltration at sites A, B and C in winter by 94%, 94% and 75% and in summer by 96%, 97% and 94%, respectively. Bacterial communities in raw waters and extracted groundwaters were diverse with changes occurring during infiltration, which was shown by DNA extraction followed by PCR of 16S rRNA genes and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) fingerprinting. While the natural groundwater microbial community was diverse, it was different from that of the extracted groundwater in the AGR area. Simultaneous organic carbon removal and the decrease of bacterial counts during infiltration indicated biodegradation. In addition, the changing DGGE profiles during the process of infiltration, demonstrated that changing environmental conditions were reflected by changes in bacterial community composition.     

The role of organic matter in the removal of emerging trace organic chemicals during managed aquifer recharge

This study explored the effect of different bulk organic carbon matrices on the fate of trace organic chemicals (TOrC) during managed aquifer recharge (MAR). Infiltration through porous media was simulated in biologically active column experiments under aerobic and anoxic recharge conditions. Wastewater effluent derived organic carbon types, differing in hydrophobicity and biodegradability (i. e., hydrophobic acids, hydrophilic carbon, organic colloids), were used as feed substrates in the column experiments. These carbon substrates while fed at the same concentration differed in their ability to support soil biomass growth during porous media infiltration. Removal of degradable TOrC (with the exception of diclofenac and propyphenazone) was equal or better under aerobic versus anoxic porous media infiltration conditions. During the initial phase of infiltration, the presence of biodegradable organic carbon (BDOC) enhanced the decay of degradable TOrC by promoting soil biomass growth, suggesting that BDOC served as a co-substrate in a co-metabolic transformation of these contaminants. However, unexpected high removal efficiencies were observed for all degradable TOrC in the presence of low BDOC concentrations under well adopted oligotrophic conditions. It is hypothesized that removal under these conditions is caused by a specialized microbial community growing on refractory carbon substrates such as hydrophobic acids. Findings of this study reveal that the concentration and character of bulk organic carbon present in effluents affect the degradation efficiency for TOrC during recharge operation. Specifically aerobic, oligotrophic microbiological soil environments present favorable conditions for the transformation of TOrC, including rather recalcitrant compounds such as chlorinated flame retardants.     

多层含水层中同井回灌地下水源热泵特性分析

在适当简化了多层含水层和抽灌同井的基础上,分析了多层含水层中同井回灌地下水源热泵水力和热力特性。随着中间含水层竖向渗透系数的增加,抽、回水口降深绝对值减小,抽水和回灌相对容易;中间弱透水层厚度减小时,抽、回水口降深绝对值有所降低,但降低不明显;抽水流量增加,抽、回水口降深绝对值基本呈线性增加,从而增加抽水和回灌压力。中间弱透水层的存在,显著地降低了抽水温度降,大大增加了含水层热影响范围,即使弱透水层很薄,也能起到很好阻隔作用,在这种条件下井的出水温度对于流量的加大不敏感。因此在抽水和回灌允许的情况下,可以加大抽水流量,使井承担更大的负荷。     

City make-overs: The place marketing of melbourne during the kennett years, 1992-99

Over the past two decades, the emergence of a new global economic order has triggered an intensification of competition between cities for footloose investment capital and tourism. Some have proven to be more successful than others at this form of civic boosterism through the adoption of place promotion and place marketing. Unfortunately, most research on this contemporary urban phenomenon has focused on Northern Europe and the United States, not Australia. To redress this imbalance, this paper examines why intercity competition has intensified, outlining the main features of place promotion and marketing and then examining how the Kennett Coalition government place-marketed Melbourne and Victoria within the Asia-Pacific Rim region. It attempts to assess whether the place marketing campaign succeeded and highlights a number of limitations with this mode of urban analysis.     

大跃进时期的《建筑学报》封面与社会主义想像

以《建筑学报》封面为切入点,指出我们对大跃进时期建筑认识的局限性,并试图通过对其中有关人民公社的内容的思考扩充这一认识,揭示意识形态和制度所具有的创造力及其现实意义.