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Lecture notes on Environmental Chemistry by Prof. Zaini Ujang. [email protected]
Environmental ChemistryMenu 1: Introduction
(3 hr)
Dato’ Prof. Zaini UjangPh.D., PE (M), C.Eng.(UK), C.W.E.M. (UK), C.Sci. (UK)
Institute of Environmental & Water Resource ManagementUniversiti Teknologi Malaysia
Email: [email protected]://www.fkkksa.utm.my/staff/zaini
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Lecture notes on Environmental Chemistry by Prof. Zaini Ujang. [email protected]
Environmental ChemistryLecture outline
Pollution perspectiveMajor pollutantsEffects of pollutants on ecosystemsFate and behavior of chemicals in environmentEnvironmental toxicity testingEnvironmental monitoringInstrumentations
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Introduction
Environmental componentsGeosphere / lithosphereSolid earth, including soil, which supports most plant life
BiosphereLiving entities on Earth
HydrosphereEarth’s water
Atmosphere Thin layer of gases that cover Earth’s surface
ECOLOGY The study of ecosystem
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Ecosystem• Encompasses both living (biotic) and non-living
(abiotic) components of an area – a combination of the community and physical and chemical components of the local environment.
• The major feature of this ecological level is the strong interaction between the biotic and abiotic components
• Major processes:• Nutrient recycling• Energy flow
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Ecosystem processes
Energy flow:• Energy sources• Photosynthesis• Primary production• Secondary production
Natural process
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Major components & sub somponents
Environmental components
Hydrosphere (ocean, lake, river, groundwater)
Lithosphere (solid earth, soils)
Atmosphere
Living organisms (animal, plant, fungi, bacteria, virus)
Biotic
Dead organic matters
Abiotic
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Environmental components
Geosphere
Hydrosphere
Atmosphere
Biosphere
TECHNOLOGY
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Pollution Perspective
Multiple sources- Natural
-Volcano-Dust-CO2 from respiration and fire
- Man-madeUrbanisation and industrialisation enhanced pollutionDegradation of self-purification processes
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Pollution PerspectiveManufacturing processes- from problems maker to problem solver
Manufacturingprocess
ReactantsContaminants (impurities)
Reaction media (water, organic solvents)
Catalysts
Products &useful by-products
Discharges that mayrequire treatment
Reclaimedby-products
Wastewater Solids & sludges
Recycle
Atmospheric emissions
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Pollution PerspectivePaper production, usage and disposal
Wood fromforest
Pulp & papermanufacturing
Paper usages
Persistent organic
pollution
-Deforestration-Soil erosion
Solid waste
Environmental pollution generation
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Pollution PerspectiveBurning of paper and other organic materials
Global warming
Fire
Carcinogens
Asthma NO2
Heat CO2
Greenhouse effect
SO2 H2SO4
Acid rain
O2
H2O
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Pollution PerspectivePollution from water to air to soil to water to air to soil to …
Water pollutioncontrol
Sludge
Atmosphere Acid rain
Pollution of surface water
Soil pollution
HUMAN BEING
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Ecological systems, disturbances & pollutionConcept of toleranceEach species tolerate to a range of optimum for physicochemical factors:
temperaturepHlightnutrientsbiological factors (food, competitors and predators)
Each species is most successful in that area where ranges of optima for different factors overlap to the greatest degree
Each species within a community and habitat has different and unique niche
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Ecological systems, disturbances & pollution
Concept of disturbanceDiscrete, punctuated killing, displacement or damaging of one or more individuals or colonies that directly or indirectly creates an opportunity for new individuals to be become established (Sousa, 1984)
Causes a temporary or permanent shift in the community
Risk assessment can be used to identify the risk after disturbances
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Ecological systems, disturbances & pollution
Concept of pollutionAny change in the natural quality of the environment brought about by the following factors:
chemicalphysicalbiological
Normally, pollution causes by activities of man
Physical factorschange naturally in short term (flood, fire, storms, etc.)longer term change (e.g. climate change) man’s activities (building, drainage, forest clearence)
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Ecological systems, disturbances & pollution
Chemical factorsChanges through elevation of concentration of substances, e.g.
nutrients eutrophicationtoxic substances health riskorganics reduce quality of raw water supply
Biological factorsBiological processes like predation or grazing, non-predatory effectslike digging and man-induced events like tree felling, hunting etc.
reduce species niche ecological imbalancecutting trees reduce oxygen generation capability
Note:Eutrophication: Enrichment of nutrients in water bodies
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Ecological systems, disturbances & pollution
Most pollution, disturbances can be recovered
The ability to recover and rate of recovery are dependent on the regime of disturbance:
Nature of disturbancesSize of the disturbed areaMagnitude and duration of the event (intensity of disturbing force)Timing and frequency of the disturbancePredictability of the disturbanceTurnover rate (average time required to disturb the entire area)
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Major pollutantsWater, Atmosphere, Soil
Sulphur dioxideNitrogen oxides and nitrateSewageAgricultural wasteWarfarePesticides
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Centralized (and combined) WWTP
Partly treated industrial WW
Non-treated industrial WW
Municipal WW
StormwaterPublic sewer
Urban runoff
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Sewage in rural and remote areas
Kitchen BathroomsToilets
Storm drainSeptic tanks
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Major pollutants Water, Atmosphere, Soil
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Major pollutants Water, Atmosphere, Soil
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Major pollutants Water, Atmosphere, Soil
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Number of water pollution sources by sector to Malaysian rivers (DOE, 2001)
Sewage plants (6,693)Manufacturing industries (5,086)Pig farming (909)Agro-based industry (472)
Sewage
manufacturingagro-industrypiggery
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Status of river basin water quality (DOE, 2002)
05
101520253035404550
BOD Am-N SS
cleanslight pollutedpolluted
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BOD loading by major sources, 1997-2001
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
agromanufacpigsewage
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Water pollution in perspective …
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Water pollution in perspective …
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Interim River Water ClassesClasses
Parameters I II III IV VAm-Nitrogen 0.1 0.3 0.9 2.7 >2.7BOD 1 3 6 12 >12COD 10 25 50 100 >100DO 7 5 - 7 3 - 5 <3 <1pH 6.5 - 8.5 6 - 9 5 – 9 5 – 9 -Color (TCU) 15 150 - - -TDS 500 1000 - 4000 -TSS 25 50 150 300 >300FC(per 100ml) 10 100 5000 5000 -TC(per 100ml) 100 5000 20,000 50,000 >50,000
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Pollution Distribution in Segget Catchment, JBLocations Contributors Loading (Ton/d) Percentage (%)
Industries 0 0Sewage 0.9 26
Non Pollution Sources
0.4 11
Industries 0 0Sewage 1.5 43
Non Pollution Sources
0.7 20
Total 3.5 100
Estuary
Before Rubbish Trap
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Effects of pollutants on ecosystem
Introduction to food websSome specific examplesRisk versus benefitsDevelopment of safer chemicals
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Effects of pollutants on ecosystemIntroduction to food webs
Food chains are dependent upon primary producers which input energy
Primary energy input is derived from photosynthesis (CO2converted to complex carbohydrates utilising sun’s energy:
CO2 + H2O CH2O + O2
The problem: energy transfer is not efficient (energy loss as heat)
sunlight
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Effects of pollutants on ecosystemIntroduction to food webs
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Effects of pollutants on ecosystemFirst law of thermodynamics
Energy can be transferred from one type to another but cannot be created or destroyed
C6H12O6 + 6O2 → 6H2O + 6CO2 + Energy
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Effects of pollutants on ecosystemSecond law of thermodynamics
No process involving an energy transformation will spontaneously occur unless there is a degradation of the energy from a concentrated form into a dispersed form
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Effects of pollutants on ecosystemSchematic representation of interrelationship between 2 food chains
SandpiperFox
Ptarmigan Insects
Thundra vegetation
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Effects of pollutants on ecosystemComplex food web showing the trophic levels
Snowy owl
Shaggy-haired vole
Insects
Dwarf willow
Lemming
Migratorybirds
Trophic level1
2
3
4
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Effects of pollutants on ecosystem7 trophic levels showing examples of organisms
Trophic level Description Example
1 (P) Primary producer Spyrogyra, oak tree
2 (C1) Primary consumer (herbivores) Daphnia, elephant
3 (C2) Secondary consumer (carnivores) Water spider
4 (C3) Tertiary consumer Trout, wolf
5 (C4) Quarternary consumer Birds of prey
S Saprophytes Bacteria, fungi
D Decomposers Bacteria, earthworm
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Effects of pollutants on ecosystemThe use of dead organic matter
Dead organicmatter
Microorganimse.g. bacteria
Detritus feeding organismse.g. earthworm
Plants
Predatorse.g. Blackbird
Raptorse.g. Sparrow hawk
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Fate & behaviour of chemicals in environmentE.g. Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT)
Very hydrophobic molecule which acts by interfering with ion transport systems in neuronal cell membrane
Inhibits neurotransmission → kills animals at certain doseDDT (introduced in 1950s) is not species specific in its effectsDDT and related insecticides, endrin, dieldrin and aldrin are called ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES
DDT revolutionised farming practicesDDT was developed by Swiss entomologist – Paul MÜllerNobel Prize in 1948!Banned in the mid-1960s in most developed countries
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Fate & behavior of chemicals in environmentDDT in food chain in the USA
Diet DDT residues (ppm)
Water NA 0.0005Plankton NA 0.04Sheepshead minnow Plankton 0.94Pickeral Predatory fish 1.33Heron Small fish 3.57Herring gull Scavenger 6.00Osprey (eggs) Larger fish 13.8Merganser Fish 22.8Cormorant Larger fish 26.4
Woodwelll et al. (1967) Science, 156, 821
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Risk versus benefits …
Life is a risky business!Concept of risk is complex
RISK = HAZARD x CHANCE (OF EXPOSURE)
Hazard = intrinsic property of a substance or an activityOccupational Safety and Health ActRisk associated with exposure to chemicals is recentRisk and benefit is not similar to all
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Risk versus benefits …
Is recycle isthe solutionto sustainablewaste disposaland management?
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INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL & WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (IPASA)
Lecture notes on Environmental Chemistry by Prof. Zaini Ujang. [email protected]
Development of safer chemicalsOrganochlorines (OCs) are dangerous to environment because of its indiscriminate toxicity
Environmental friendly chemicals?E.g. pyrethroid insecticidesPyrethrum is a mixture of several pyrethroids present in powdered Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium, including pyrethrin, pyretol, pyrethrotoxic acid, pyrethrosin and chrysanthemine
Widely planted in KenyaPyrethroids act by modulating the gating characteristics of the sodium channel on neuronal membrane although the exact mechanism of theinteraction between pyrethorid molecule and membrane sodium channel is not fully understood
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INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL & WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (IPASA)
Lecture notes on Environmental Chemistry by Prof. Zaini Ujang. [email protected]
Development of safer chemicals
Chemicals and products areto be disposedat high cost, ordischarge to environmentwithout propertreatment at all
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INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL & WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (IPASA)
Lecture notes on Environmental Chemistry by Prof. Zaini Ujang. [email protected]
Environmental toxicity testingToxicity testing in perspective
Extrapolating the results of toxicity test in rats (& other animals to humans)
The best is to use human bodyEthical problems, especially in pharmaceutical industryScope and limitationsOestogenicity assayToxicity tests on animals and plantsEnvironmental impacts assessment
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INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL & WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (IPASA)
Lecture notes on Environmental Chemistry by Prof. Zaini Ujang. [email protected]
Environmental monitoringWhy monitor environmental contaminantsMethodsMeaning of analytical resultsAnalytical techniquesIdentification of environmental contaminantsInorganic contaminantsImmunoassays