Can Poverty be Alleviated in China?

The 2000s witnessed the third poverty alleviation wave in China. Compared with its predecessors, the third wave distinguished itself by new interventions and redefined standards for the National Poor Counties. This paper evaluates the effectiveness of the new program using a data set consisting of 1,411 of China's western and central counties from 2000 to 2010. It combines the propensity score matching method with the difference‐in‐differences approach, which helps to avoid selection bias and track the policy impact on variables of interest at each time point. It is found that the non‐western local governments tended to manipulate data on income and output growth to maintain the special transfer payments disbursed exclusively to the National Poor Counties. It is also shown that the program failed to improve the infrastructure and sanitary conditions in general.     

Water infrastructure in China: the importance of full project life-cycle cost analysis in addressing water challenges

To address serious wastewater challenges, the government of China is investing in the rapid building of new treatment plants across the country. However, current practice often favours both cost- and energy-inefficient designs and implementation, especially in smaller cities and towns. Combining a full life cycle costing (LCC) approach with financing innovations and the identification and implementation of new technologies can reduce such inefficiencies by 50% or more. One general and two wastewater-specific case studies of new approaches to efficient infrastructure design are discussed.     

印染废水高效净化技术研究与示范

针对印染废水水质水量变化大、可生化性差、COD和色度去除不稳定和脱氮效率低等问题,采用高效厌氧处理、生物强化处理以及深度处理技术路线,开发了折流式厌氧水解(ABR水解)-A/O(PACT)-深度处理工艺,建立了中试研究基地和示范工程,根据处理规模为2万m3/d的示范工程处理效果,出水COD、总氮、氨氮、总磷和色度去除率分别为90.9%、78.5%、89.2%、92.2%和91.4%,出水水质可稳定达到《太湖地区城镇污水处理厂及重点工业行业主要水污染物排放限值》(DB 32/1072—2007),工程投资为1 650元/m3,直接运行费用1.7元/m3。     

Effects of hydraulic retention time,temperature, and effluent recycling on efficiency of anaerobic filter in treating rural domestic wastewater

With rural population expansion and improvement of the socio-economic standard of living, treatment of rural domestic wastewater has rapidly become a major aspect of environmental concern. Selection of a suitable method for treatment of rural domestic wastewater depends on its efficiency, simplicity, and cost-effectiveness. This study investigated the effects of hydraulic retention time(HRT), temperature, and effluent recycling on the treatment efficiency of an anaerobic filter(AF) reactor. The first round of experimental operations was run for three months with HRTs of one, two, and three days, temperatures of 18℃, 21℃, and 24℃, and no effluent recycling. The second round of experimental operations was conducted for another three months with HRTs of three and four days; temperatures of 30.67℃, 30.57℃, and 26.91℃; and three effluent recycling ratios of 1:1, 1:2, and 2:1. The first round of operations showed removal rates of 32% to 44% for COD, 30% to 35% for TN, 32% to 36% for +4NH-N, 19% to 23% for 3NO-N-, and 12% to 22% for TP. In the second round of operations, the removal rates varied from 75% to 81% for COD, 35% to 41% for TN, 31% to 39% for +4NH-N, 30% to 34% for 3NO-N-, and 41% to 48% for TP. The average gas production rates were 6.72 L/d and 7.26 L/d for the first and second rounds of operations, respectively. The gas production rate increased in the second round of operations as a result of applied effluent recycling. The best removal efficiency was obtained for an optimum HRT of three days, a temperature of 30℃, and an effluent recycling ratio of 2:1. The results show that the removal efficiency of the AF reactor was affected by HRT, temperature, and effluent recycling.     

Purification and utilization of garlic processing wastewater in lotus pond wetlands

Based on the experiments of utilization of garlic processing wastewater in a lotus pond, this study demonstrates that lotus pond wetlands have a remarkable ability to remove organic pollutants and decrease chemical oxygen demand(CODCr), biochemical oxygen demand(BOD5), and suspended substances(SS) in garlic processing wastewater. Results also show evident effects of lotus roots on absorption of NH3-N. The pH value in a lotus pond with wastewater discharged was relatively stable. The water quality in the lotus pond reached the class Ⅱ emission standard, according to the Integrated Wastewater Discharge Standard(GB8978-1996), seven days after pretreated garlic processing wastewater had been discharged into the lotus pond. Garlic processing wastewater irrigation does not produce pollution in the pond sediment and has no negative effect on the growth of lotus roots. Due to utilization of garlic processing wastewater, the output of lotus roots increased by 3.0% to 8.3%, and the quality of lotus roots was improved. Therefore, better purification and utilization results can be achieved.     

Strategic Zoning for Urban Wastewater Reuse in China

It has been widely recognized that urban wastewater reuse is an alternative for water shortage problem. Although the improvement on urban wastewater reuse in China is quite significant, the further development still requires more strategic regulating and directing at the national level. However, due to the huge spatial differences in social–economic and resource conditions among different areas in China, it is difficult to apply a same policy framework to the whole country. In the paper, the mainland of China has been divided into 342 research regions and each region has one large-scale or medium-scale central city. The paper tried to answer the question how to select the development pattern of urban wastewater reuse for each region. Firstly, in order to evaluate the necessity and regional economic feasibility to develop urban wastewater reuse, an indicator system with three indexes at the upper level and seven indicators at the lower level was build up. And valuing method and the weight for each indicator was given. All the research regions covering the mainland of China has been scored with the indicator system. Secondly, the national strategic zoning has been done with the key method of cluster analysis. All regions have been sorted into five types of strategic development zones. Each zone has its own wastewater reuse development option such as Preferential Imperative Development, State Supporting Development, Self Supporting Development, Waiting for Development, and Non-Mandatory Development. Thirdly, the corresponding policy suggestion for each zone was given to the government. The possible updates between the different development patterns have been discussed as well.     

TNT炸药废水三维电解氧化实验研究

以不锈钢作为阳极的三维电解反应器对废水的实验研究表明:在最佳电解条件下(极板间距4 cm、电压15 V、pH为3,绝缘粒子与活性炭粒子质量比为0.3,电流强度0.15 A时),电解3 h后TNT和COD的去除率分别为93 %和78 %.并探讨了电化学氧化处理TNT废水的机理.     

厌氧-缺氧-ALMBR法处理焦化废水的试验研究

采用厌氧—缺氧—ALMBR工艺处理焦化废水。在充填了横断面具有蜂窝胞壁结构纤维滤料的厌氧池和缺氧池中收集池内出气作为气源回曝气池中,在缺氧的条件下形成气升循环。好氧池为气提升三相循环流化床结构的MBR(ALMBR),不设二沉池,MLSS高达11～12 g/L。连续3个月的试验表明,焦化废水进水COD_(Cr)1950 mg/L、NH_3—N 150 mg/L时,出水COD_(Cr) 144 mg/L、NH_3—N 9.8 mg/L。工艺具有良好的抗冲击负荷能力,能够维持较高的污泥浓度,运行稳定,操作简单且管理方便。装有蜂窝胞壁填料的缺氧池COD_(Cr)去除率明显高于装有软性纤维填料缺氧池。     

Management issues of the Lake Peipsi/Chudskoe region

Lake Peipsi is the fourth largest lake in Europe and the largest international lake in Europe. Lake Peipsi is shallow, eutrophic, biologically very productive and is bordered by many wetland areas along its coasts. Large peat deposits in the Lake Peipsi basin are protected under national legislation. The lake is most important as a resource for recreation and fisheries. The fish stock in Lake Peipsi is one of the richest in Europe. The most critical environmental issues for the Peipsi watershed are eutrophication and unregulated fishing in the lake. During the Soviet period, large collective farms dramatically accelerated eutrophication. Despite the drop in fertilizer use during the last 10 years and a decrease in the number of domestic animals in the watershed, the impact of the earlier agricultural pollution is still significant. Untreated sewage has also been dumped in the Narva River tributary as a result of an international dispute concerning water supply and wastewater treatment. People living in the Lake Peipsi region have faced traumatic changes as a result of the re‐establishment of the border between Russia and Estonia in 1992. The establishment of an international border on the waters of the lake has resulted in fishermen losing access to many of their traditional fishing areas. Political and economic transformations of the last 10 years have seriously interrupted information exchange between different institutions and organizations concerned with the health of the lake. The Centre for Transboundary Cooperation facilitates international communication and cooperation between the Estonian and Russian governments and promotes public participation in environmental, social and economic development and decision‐making. The centre is in the process of guiding the development of a watershed management plan for the Lake Peipsi watershed and a vision for watershed development that is truly sustainable.     

接触氧化-强化混凝法处理低温城镇污水

试验主要研究了低温条件下,接触氧化-强化混凝联合工艺对城镇污水的处理效果.结果表明;当进水平均温度低于12 ℃,CODCr 130～320 mg/L,氨氮20～45 mg/L,TP 2～4.5 mg/L时,其去除率分别可达到88%、70%、95%,出水可达到《城镇污水处理厂污染物排放标准》(GB18918-2002)一级B标准.强化混凝工艺能有效改善低温对接触氧化工艺造成的影响.