1、Air Quality EngineeringIntroduction,andA Case Study(Acidic Deposition)AirQualityEngineering:Whatisit?Goal:Controlairpollutantemissionssothatimpactsonhumanhealth,structuresandcrops,aesthetics,ecosystemhealth,andtheatmosphere/climatesystemareminimized,orareacceptable.AirQualityEngineering:Whatisit?Com
2、ponents:Scientificunderstandingoftheatmosphere:Whatdeterminesaircomposition?Howdopollutantsmove,react?UnderstandingofthesourcesofairpollutionPollutantsources:who,where,controloptions.Naturalprocessesthatinteract.Applicationofcontroltechniques.AcidRain:History1872:RobertAngusSmith,“AirandRain:TheBegi
3、nningsofaChemicalClimatology”:Usedtheterm“AcidRain”StudiedraincompositionaroundManchester,England:“thatwithcarbonateorammoniainthefieldsatadistance,thatwithsulfateofammoniainthesuburbsandthatwithsulphuricacidoracidsulphate,inthetown.”History:Isitstillaproblem?CoalcontainsSS+O2-SO2.“Smog”(SMoke+fOG):
4、SO2andparticles:London,1952:4000deaths.London,1962:700deaths.Denora,Pennsylvania,1948:20deaths.U.S.,1996,15,000-45,000prematuredeaths.ToreduceSO2concentrations:Reduceemissions,orDiluteanddispersetheemissions.Solution:TallStacksSmelteratSudbury,Ontario1/2kmsmokestackDilutionistheSolutiontoPollutionMa
5、p of Rainfall pHEffectsonStreams&LakesBulgeretal.,Univ.Virginia,ReportforTroutUnlimited,June,1998.Buffer Capacity of Virginia Watersheds50ueq/L20-50ueq/L0-20ueq/L0ueq/LEffectsonStatuesU.S.GeologicalSurveyEmissionSourcesSources:Mostfromutilities,industrialboilers.NationalScienceandTechnologyCouncil,N
6、ationalAcidPrecipitationAssessmentProgramBiennialReporttoCongress:AnIntegratedAssessment,May1998.Emission Control OptionsChangethefuel:CoalScontentrangesfrom3%.OilScontent3millioncubicfeet/minuteLimestoneScrubberAirPollutionControl:ADesignApproach,CooperandAlley,1994.Note size of carsSpray:H2O+CaCO3
7、Reactions:AbsorbSO2,SO2+CaCO3-CaSO3+CO2Issues:MasstransferChemistryMaterialbalanceEnergybalanceRegulationstoReduceEmissionsTwo Options:“CommandandControl:”SetemissionlimitsforeachplantEmission Trading:Selectedin1990CleanAirActamendments.Plantsreceive“allowances”thatcanbetraded.Shouldbemoreefficient(
8、/ton)MethodsUsedRainfall:ChangeinH+J.Lynchetal.,USGS,Open-FileReport96-0346,TrendsinPrecipitationChemistryintheUnitedStates,1983-94LearnMore:Facultyandinstructors(Civ.&Env.Eng.):Prof.RichardHonrathProf.KurtPatersonProf.JudithPerlingerCourses(Civ.&Env.Eng.)CE4505:AirQualityScienceandEngineeringCE550
9、6:AirQualityModelingCE5505:AtmosphericChemistryCE5590:AppliedBoundaryLayerMeteorologyRelatedCoursesandProgramsRemoteSensingInstitute.AtmosphericScience:Meteorology,atmos.physics:Physics,GeologicalEng.&Sciences.Atmosphere/biosphereinteractions:Forestryhttp:/www.bluffton.edu/sullivanm/spain/segovia/aq
10、ueduct/aqueduct.htmlContributingauthorsincludeProf.D.W.HandOfferingsatMTUTopicFacultyCoursesWaterTreatmentDr.D.HandCE4507-WastewaterCollection&WaterDistributionDr.N.HutzlerCE4508Water&WastewaterTreatmentandDesignCE4509EnvironmentalProcessSimulationCE5501EnvironmentalProcessEngineeringCE5503Physical-
11、chemicalTreatmentProcessesWaterResourcesDr.D.WatkinsCE3620WaterResourcesEngineeringDr.B.BarkdollCE4610SystemsAnalysisCE4620OpenChannelFlowCE4630HydraulicStructuresGeoHydrologyDr.J.GierkeGE3850-GeohydrologyDr.A.MayerGE4800GroundwaterEngineeringWaterQualityDr.M.AuerCE4505SurfaceWaterQualityEngineering
12、Dr.N.UrbanCE5504SurfaceWaterQualityModelingCE5508BiogeochemistryEngineeringofunitprocesses,pipes,pumps,distributionsystems,EmploymentOpportunities:MunicipalitiesConsultingfirms(largeandsmall)Large,watertreatmentandsupplyfirmsInternationalAidagenciesGraduateschool,researchAWWAGovernmentAffairsWhatWat
13、erUtilitiesCanDotoMinimizePublicExposuretoCryptosporidiuminDrinkingWaterByproduct of water-disinfection process found to be highly toxicJim Barlow,Life Sciences Editor217-333-5802;jebarlowuiuc.edu9/14/04CHAMPAIGN,Ill.Arecentlydiscovereddisinfectionbyproduct(DBP)foundinU.S.drinkingwatertreatedwithchl
14、oraminesisthemosttoxiceverfound,saysascientistattheUniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-ChampaignWaterQualityNEW!4/09/01-CompassionateEnvironmentalistsWarnPresidentBush:TesttheWateratYourRanchSierraClubBlastsDecisiontoWithdrawProtectionsforDrinkingWaterArsenicinWaterCausesCancerMarch20,2001Walkerton crimina
15、l charges met with angerWALKERTON REPORTFullStory(Part2)FullStory(Part1)ExcerptsfromreportStatementbyMikeHarrisChronologyofEventsKeyPlayersCollectedWalkertonLettersWalkertonColumnsWALKERTON-Atanewsconferencemarkedbyangryoutburstsfromresidents,OntarioProvincialPoliceannouncedyesterdaytheyhavechargedt
16、hetwobrothersatthecentreoftheWalkertontaintedwatertragedy.StanKoebel,manageroftheWalkertonPublicUtilitiesCommissionwhentheE.colidisasterhitin2000,facessevencriminalcharges.Hisbrother,Frank,PUCforemanatthetime,facesfivecriminalcharges.Sevenpeoplediedandmorethan2,000weresickenedbyE.colicontaminationof
17、WalkertonswatersysteminMay2000.ExcerptedfromCanadaOnline(Canoe)http:/ ONTARIOS DRINKING WATER:TOWARD A WATERSHED-BASED SOURCE PROTECTION PLANNING FRAMEWORKAdvisory Committee on Watershed-based Source Protection PlanningFinal ReportApril 2003Surface Water Quality EngineeringSurface Water QualityEngin
18、eeringDefinition:the application of scientific principles to the study of water quality in rivers,lakes and reservoirs and to the development of engineered works for the protection,remediation,and restoration of those systems.TransportationPowerWater supplyWaste disposalRecreationAestheticsBeneficia
19、l UsesScientistsandengineersaretypicallysoughtforassistancewhenbeneficialusesareimpairedOxygenTurbidityPathogensToxicsTaste and OdorExotic SpeciespHColorBeneficial Use ImpairmentWhattypesofhumanactivitiesmightleadtothesebeneficialuseimpairments?Surface Water Quality:The Regulatory BasisClean Water A
20、ct of 1972 (since amended)NPDES:permitting system TMDLs:watershed loadsSafe Drinking Water Act of 1974(since amended)MCLs:1 and 2 for organics,metals,etc.SWTR:coliforms,protozoans,turbidity,DBPsLimnology:The Science of Surface WatersPlug Flow Reactor(rivers)Surface Water Quality ModelingReactor Anal
21、ogsCompletely MixedFlow Reactor(lakes)Watershed protectionPoint source controlsIn-lake control actionsAerationBiomanipulationDredgingSurface Water QualityManagementThesearesomeofthescientificandengineeringapproachesusedtomanagewaterquality.Case Study-Lake HuronCladophoraisagreenalgaewhichgrowsattach
22、edtosolidsubstrateinthenearshorewatersoftheGreatLakes.Excessivephosphorusdischargestothelakeshasledtonuisancegrowthsofthealga,leadingtobeachfrontdeposition,withsubsequentdecayandlossofbeneficialuses.WeworkedwithU.S.EPAtodeterminethelevelofphosphoruscontrolrequiredtoeliminatenuisancegrowthandimplemen
23、tedademonstrationprojectofP-removalattheHarborBeach,Michiganwastewatertreatmentplant.TheprojectledtoeliminationofnuisanceconditionsattheadjacentbeachareasonLakeHuron.Case Study-Green BayGreenBayishighlypollutedduetothedischargeofagriculturalrunoffandtreatedwasteeffluentsfrommunicipalandindustrialsou
24、rces.AmarkedgradientinwaterqualityexistsbetweenthemouthoftheFoxRiverandtheboundarywithLakeMichigannearEscanaba.UnderagrantfromU.S.EPA,wequantifiedpollutantinputstothebayandstudiedtheirsubsequentfateandtransport.Wedevelopedamathematicalmodelwhichdemonstratedtheresponseofwaterqualityconditionsinthemay
25、tochangesinthedischargeofpollutantsfromtheFoxRiver.Case Study-Onondaga LakeFormorethan100years,OnondagaLakehasreceivedthemunicipalandindustrialwastedischargesofthecityofSyracuse,NY.ThelakehasbeenidentifiedintheCongressionalRecordasthemostpollutedlakeintheU.S.Since1986,wehaveworkedwithUpstateFreshwat
26、erInstituteinexploringoptionsforlakecleanup,includingadvancedtreatmentatthe125milliongallonperdaySyracuseMetropolitanTreatmentPlant(METRO)anddiversionoftheMETROeffluenttotheadjoiningSenecaRiver.Case Study-NYC ReservoirsTheNewYorkCitydrinkingwatersupplysystemiscomposedof19reservoirsandthreecontrolled
27、lakeslocatedinsoutheasternupstateNewYork.Thesystemhasausablecapacityof580billiongallonsandsuppliesanaverageof1.4billiongallonsperdayto9millionpeople.Since1992,wehavebeenworkingwiththeNYCDepartmentofEnvironmentalProtectiontoassureahighqualitysourcewaterdespiteincreasinglanduseandpollutionpressuresint
28、hewatershed.Case Study-Lake SuperiorLakeSuperioristhelargestlakeintheworldbysurfaceareaandthemostpristineoftheGreatLakes.Itisalsotheleastwellknownofthesepreciousresources.Becauseofitsrelativelyundevelopedwatershed,mostpollutantsreachthelakefromtheatmosphere.UndergrantsfromtheNationalScienceFoundatio
29、nandtheMichiganGreatLakesProtectionFund,wehavebeenworkingtobetterunderstandhowpollutantsreachingthelakearetransportedfromsitetositeandcycledwithinthefoodweb.CaseStudy:LakeSempach,SwitzerlandLakeSempachisadeep,pre-alpinelakeintheheartoflushfarmlandsinSwitzerland.Agriculturalrunoffandsewageinputscause
30、dsevereeutrophicationofthelake.Buildingtertiarysewagetreatmentplantswasnotenoughtosolvetheproblem,andin-laketreatment(aeration)alsowasineffective.ThissituationhasledtheSwissgovernmenttopasslegislationstatingthatfarmerscannotapplymorefertilizertothelandthanthelandcanabsorb.Westudiedtheprocessesinthes
31、edimentsthatpromotedinternalrecyclingofnutrientsandexacerbatedtheeutrophicationproblem.CaseStudy:LittleRockLake,WILittleRockLake,nearRhinelander,WI,isaseepagelakesituatedinglacialoutwashsands.Suchlakeshaveverylittlecapacitytoneutralizeacidrain.Thislakewasdividedintwowithanartificialcurtain,andonehal
32、fwasexperimentallyacidifiedforsixyearsandthenallowedtorecoverinordertostudytheeffectsofacidrainonlakes.Westudiedtheprocessesinthelakethatneutralizeacidinputsandthatdeterminetherateatwhichthislakeisacidified.CaseStudy:TorchLake,MITorchLakeisaSuperfundsiteontheKeweenawPeninsulathathad20%ofitsvolumefil
33、ledwithminetailings(stampsands).Tracemetalshaveleachedfromthesemineresiduesandreachedtoxicconcentrationsparticularlyinthesediments.TheU.S.EPAelectednottoremediatethelakebecauseoftheexpenseinvolved.However,ourworkhasshownthatthetimerequiredforthelaketorecoveronitsownisafewhundredyears.Seniordesigncla
34、sseshaveexaminedthefeasibilityofcappingthesedimentsofthelaketohastenitsrecovery.CaseStudy:TorchLake,MITorchLakeisaSuperfundsiteontheKeweenawPeninsulathathad20%ofitsvolumefilledwithminetailings(stampsands).Tracemetalshaveleachedfromthesemineresiduesandreachedtoxicconcentrationsparticularlyinthesedime
35、nts.TheU.S.EPAelectednottoremediatethelakebecauseoftheexpenseinvolved.However,ourworkhasshownthatthetimerequiredforthelaketorecoveronitsownisafewhundredyears.Seniordesignclasseshaveexaminedthefeasibilityofcappingthesedimentsofthelaketohastenitsrecovery.CE3610-HydrologyCE4505-Surface Water Quality En
36、gineeringCE5504-Surface Water Quality ModelingCE5508-BiogeochemistryBL4451-Aquatic EcologyFW4220-WetlandsCourseworkStudentshavetheoptionofbuildingaconcentrationinsurfacewaterqualityaspartoftheB.S.inEnvironmentalEngineeringatMichiganTech.Government(NYC DEP,MPCA,U.S.EPA)Industry(Detroit Edison,Kodak,G
37、M)Consulting(Limno-Tech,Hydroqual,Earthtech)Graduate Study&Research(MTU,UFI,NOAA)EmploymentCheckoutthewebpagesoftheseorganizationsforprofessionalopportunities.WHATISUNIQUE?Theproblem(s):20%ofworldspopulationlackssafedrinkingwater;Majorrivers(Nile,YellowR.,ColoradoR.)rundrybeforereachingtheocean;Wate
38、rtablesdroppinginmajorfoodproducingregions(U.S.GreatPlain,Chinesenorthernplain,India);Lackofwaterismajorconstrainttoindustrialandsocioeconomicgrowth(China,India,Indonesia);By2025twothirds(2/3)ofworldpopulationwillliveinwater-stressedregions.SUSTAINABILTYPreservelimitedwatersupplies;Watershedorsourceprotection;Airpollutantsmoveintoaquaticsystems;Groundwaterpollutantsaffectsurfacewaters;Interconnections;Populationgrowth;Lifestyles,culture;Science,engineering,policy;Economics,socialscience,
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