Sulfide production kinetics and model of stormwater retention ponds

2018 ◽  
Vol 77 (10) ◽  
pp. 2377-2387 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. M. D'Aoust ◽  
F. R. Pick ◽  
R. Wang ◽  
A. Poulain ◽  
C. Rennie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Role ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Pond Water ◽  
Sediment Oxygen Demand ◽  
Sulfide Concentration ◽  
Retention Ponds ◽  
Production Of Hydrogen ◽  
Sulfide Production ◽  
Stormwater Retention

Abstract Stormwater retention ponds can play a critical role in mitigating the detrimental effects of urbanization on receiving waters that result from increases in polluted runoff. However, the benthic oxygen demand of stormwater facilities may cause significant hypoxia and trigger the production of hydrogen sulfide (H2S). This process is not well-documented and further research is needed to characterize benthic processes in stormwater retention ponds in order to improve their design and operation. In this study, sediment oxygen demand (SOD), sediment ammonia release (SAR) and sediment sulfide production (SSP) kinetics were characterized in situ and in the laboratory. In situ SOD and SSP data were utilized to develop a stormwater retention pond water sulfide concentration model which demonstrates strong correlation with sulfide concentrations observed in situ (r = 0.724, N = 91, p < 0.001) and in laboratory experiments (r = 0.691, N = 38, p < 0.001). At 4 °C, in situ rates of SOD, SAR and SSP were higher than those measured in laboratory. Sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) represented 4.99% of the bacteria present in the top 30 cm of the pond sediment, with Desulfobulbaceae spp., Desulfobacteraceae spp. and Desulfococcus spp. being the dominant SRB taxa identified.

scholarly journals Sorption and Degradation Potential of Pharmaceuticals in Sediments from a Stormwater Retention Pond

Water ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fan Liu ◽  
Asbjørn Nielsen ◽  
Jes Vollertsen
Keyword(s):  
Half Life ◽  
Pond Water ◽  
Organic Micropollutants ◽  
Partitioning Coefficient ◽  
Retention Pond ◽  
Retention Ponds ◽  
Water Partitioning ◽  
Stormwater Retention ◽  
Sorption Potential

Stormwater retention ponds commonly receive some wastewater through misconnections, sewer leaks, and sewer overloads, all of which leads to unintended loads of organic micropollutants, including pharmaceuticals. This study explores the role of pond sediment in removing pharmaceuticals (naproxen, carbamazepine, sulfamethoxazole, furosemide, and fenofibrate). It quantifies their sorption potential to the sediments and how it depends on pH. Then it addresses the degradability of the pharmaceuticals in microcosms holding sediment beds and pond water. The sediment-water partitioning coefficient of fenofibrate varied little with pH and was the highest (average log Kd: 4.42 L kg−1). Sulfamethoxazole had the lowest (average log Kd: 0.80 L kg−1), varying unsystematically with pH. The coefficients of naproxen, furosemide and carbamazepine were in between. The degradation by the sediments was most pronounced for sulfamethoxazole, followed by naproxen, fenofibrate, furosemide, and carbamazepine. The first three were all removed from the water phase with half-life of 2–8 days. Over the 38 days the experiment lasted, they were all degraded to near completion. The latter two were more resistant, with half-lives between 1 and 2 months. Overall, the study indicated that stormwater retention ponds have the potential to remove some but not all pharmaceuticals contained in wastewater contributions.

An in situ sediment oxygen demand sampler

1983 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 603-605 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce E. Markert ◽  
Michael G. Tesmer ◽  
Peter E. Parker
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Sediment Oxygen Demand

scholarly journals A reactivity continuum of particulate organic matter in a global ocean biogeochemical model

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivier Aumont ◽  
Marco van Hulten ◽  
Matthieu Roy-Barman ◽  
Jean-Claude Dutay ◽  
Christian Ethé ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Laboratory Experiments ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Sediment Oxygen Demand ◽  
Global Ocean ◽  
Biogeochemical Model ◽  
Mesopelagic Zone ◽  
Ocean Biogeochemical Model ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Reactivity Continuum

Abstract. The marine biological carbon pump is dominated by the vertical transfer of Particulate Organic Carbon (POC) from the surface ocean to its interior. The efficiency of this transfer plays an important role in controlling the amount of atmospheric carbon that is sequestered in the ocean. Furthermore, the abundance and composition of POC is critical for the removal of numerous trace elements by scavenging, a number of which such as iron are essential for the growth of marine organisms, including phytoplankton. Observations and laboratory experiments have shown that POC is composed of numerous organic compounds that can have very different reactivities. Yet, this variable reactivity of POC has never been extensively considered, especially in modeling studies. Here, we introduced in the global ocean biogeochemical model NEMO-PISCES a description of the variable composition of POC based on the theoretical Reactivity Continuum Model proposed by (Boudreau and Ruddick, 1991). Our model experiments show that accounting for a variable lability of POC increases POC concentrations in the ocean’s interior by one to two orders of magnitude. This increase is mainly the consequence of a better preservation of small particles that sink slowly from the surface. Comparison with observations is significantly improved both in abundance and in size distribution. Furthermore, the amount of carbon that reaches the sediments is increased by more than a factor of two, which is in better agreement with global estimates of the sediment oxygen demand. The impact on the major macro-nutrients (nitrate and phosphate) remains modest. However, iron (Fe) distribution is strongly altered, especially in the upper mesopelagic zone as a result of more intense scavenging: Vertical gradients in Fe are milder in the upper ocean which appears to be closer to observations. Thus, our study shows that the variable lability of POC can play a critical role in the marine biogeochemical cycles which advocates for more dedicated in situ and laboratory experiments.

Sediment Oxygen Demand: A Review of In Situ Methods

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 403-411
Author(s):  
Erin N. Coenen ◽  
Victoria G. Christensen ◽  
Lynn A. Bartsch ◽  
Rebecca M. Kreiling ◽  
William B. Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Sediment Oxygen Demand ◽  
In Situ Methods

Utilization of Oxygen Models in Environmental Impact Analysis

1977 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.J. Snodgrass ◽  
M.F. Holloran
Keyword(s):  
Impact Analysis ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Sediment Oxygen Demand ◽  
Order Kinetic ◽  
Temperature Model ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Order Kinetic Model ◽  
Anoxic Zones

Abstract A vertical one-dimensional temperature-oxygen model for reservoirs is used to estimate zones of stress on the aquatic environment of a series of reservoirs in Nova Scotia. Application to cold climates necessitated a few novel developments for the temperature model. The oxygen model whose sinks are water column decay and sediment oxygen demand (SOD) is calibrated using under ice measurements of oxygen stocks and laboratory and in situ measurements of a zero-order kinetic model for sediment oxygen demand. These extensive studies are complementary and indicate a winter SOD of 0.1 gm 02/m2/day and a higher summer value. High epilimnetic temperatures coupled with the predicted anoxic zones in lower waters cause a major stress upon fisheries potential. This model provides a tool for determining the effects of different reservoir management strategies upon water quality and for selecting among these strategies.

Emerging investigators series: hydrogen sulfide production in municipal stormwater retention ponds under ice covered conditions: a study of water quality and SRB populations

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 686-698 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick M. D'Aoust ◽  
Robert Delatolla ◽  
Alexandre Poulain ◽  
Galen Guo ◽  
Ru Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Hydrogen Sulfide ◽  
Stormwater Ponds ◽  
Retention Ponds ◽  
Sulfide Production ◽  
Hydrogen Sulfide Production ◽  
Stormwater Retention

Sulfide production in stormwater ponds is a result of increased ubiquitous SRB activity.

Relating oxygen demand to flow: development of an in situ sediment oxygen demand measurement device

2001 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 203-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Jubb ◽  
I. Guymer ◽  
G. Licht ◽  
J. Prochnow
Keyword(s):  
Previous Investigation ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Sediment Oxygen Demand ◽  
Velocity Shear ◽  
Dissolved Oxygen Concentration ◽  
Flow Development ◽  
Flow Speeds ◽  
Additional Demand ◽  
Bed Material

This paper describes the continuation of an investigation into the effects of increased flow on the dissolved oxygen concentration in the River Maun, UK. A previous investigation indicated that an oxygen demand additional to that in the water phase is observed during and directly after intermittent discharges. Simplified modelling of the river indicated that the additional oxygen demand was possibly linked to the disturbance of sediment during such events. A device has been developed which can be used in situ to measure the effect of flow velocity (shear stress) on the additional demand. Preliminary tests have shown that the inferred demand is significant. It is proposed that the in situ device now be used to measure the oxygen demand of the bed material at a number of locations and flow speeds and that a relationship between the additional demand and velocity be established, with the aim of incorporating such a relationship into a simplified model.

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