Quali-quantitative considerations on low-flow well purging and sampling // Considerazioni quali-quantitative sullo spurgo e campionamento a basso flusso dei piezometri

This article deals with both the main advantages and issues related to groundwater purging and sampling that are usually carried out through the so-called low-flow methodology or with the method based on the purging of 3-5 well volumes, which is still widely used in environmental monitoring.A review of the recent literature concerning the technical characteristics, innovations and modelling related to low-flow sampling is presented.The aim is to provide to the reader a broad overview on this specific field application and offer a new vision, which considers two aspects:1. The qualitative aspect, relating to the representativeness of the sample taken through a correct purging of the monitoring well and the consequent correct interpretation of hydrochemical data;2. The quantitative aspect, related to the possibility of using water level data during purging and low-flow sampling operations to estimate the soil horizontal hydraulic conductivity, without further investigations. Low-flow sampling methodology can be very useful especially for alluvial aquifers, providing representative samples of groundwater and hydrodynamic characteristics of the aquifer, with reduced costs and times. These two aspects are both important in the context of an environmental monitoring plan fora potentially contaminated site

Karst spring recharge areas and discharge relationship by oxygen-18 and deuterium isotopes analyses. A case study in southern latium region, Italy

Karst aquifer recharge areas are usually difficult to identify because of the complexity of these aquifers' characteristics. On the other hand, their identification is very important in the aim of protecting the groundwater resources that these aquifers host. Regarding this topic, this paper presents an approach aimed at identifying karst aquifer recharge areas by the application of oxygen-18 and deuterium isotopes composition of groundwater coupled with hydrological features. Oxygen-18 and deuterium isotope composition of Capodacqua di Spigno Spring, in the South of the Latium Region, has been applied with rainfall and discharge values related to the feeding aquifer of this spring. As δ18O and δ2H values of groundwater samples are natural tracers of the recharge area's elevation, we propose a model, based on the distribution of the basin surfaces involved as recharge areas, in relation to elevations. The model estimates, for any discharge value, the percentage of the topographic area involved in the aquifer recharge. The setting up of this simulated distribution is supported by a Weibull cumulative probability function. The results show that the measured discharges increase as larger areas with lower elevations are involved in the recharge process

Hydraulic conductivity estimation using low-flow purging data elaboration in contaminated sites

Hydrogeological characterization is required when investigating contaminated sites, and hydraulic conductivity is an important parameter that needs to be estimated. Before groundwater sampling, well water level values are measured during low-flow purging to check the correct driving of the activity. However, these data are generally considered only as an indicator of an adequate well purging. In this paper, water levels and purging flow rates were considered to estimate hydraulic conductivity values in an alluvial aquifer, and the obtained results were compared with traditional hydraulic conductivity test results carried on in the same area. To test the applicability of this method, data coming from 59 wells located in the alluvial aquifer of Malagrotta waste disposal site, a large area of 160 ha near Rome, were analyzed and processed. Hydraulic conductivity values were estimated by applying the Dupuit's hypothesis for steady-state radial flow in an unconfined aquifer, as these are the hydraulic conditions in pumping wells for remediation purposes. This study aims to show that low-flow purging procedures in monitoring wells-carried out before sampling for groundwater characterization-represent an easy and inexpensive method for soil hydraulic conductivity estimation with good feasibility, if correctly carried on

Controle químico da brusone em arroz de terras altas: efeitos nos fungos não alvos do filoplano.

A brusone em arroz de terras altas causa danos significativos, necessitando de uma a duas aplicações de fungicidas, para o controle da doença. No entanto, o efeito de fungicidas sobre fungos não alvos do filoplano do arroz e benéficos são desconhecidos. Este trabalho objetivou avaliar o efeito de fungicidas no controle da brusone nas panículas, sobre fungos não alvos do filoplano de arroz, e estudar a antibiose de fungos não alvos para M. oryzae. Foi realizado um experimento em campo, utilizando-se duas cultivares (Primavera e Bonança), quatro fungicidas (trifloxistrobina + propiconazol, azoxistrobina, tebuconazol e triciclazol) e testemunha, com delineamento experimental em blocos ao acaso, em esquema de parcelas subdivididas, e quatro repetições. Foram avaliados a severidade da brusone nas panículas, o teor de clorofila nas folhas, o número de unidades formadoras de colônia cm-² de folha e a antibiose. A cultivar Primavera apresentou maior severidade de brusone nas panículas do que a Bonança. Os fungicidas azoxistrobina e trifloxistrobina + propiconazol diferiram significativamente da testemunha, com menores severidades de brusone nas panículas. O teor de clorofila não foi influenciado pelo tratamento com fungicida, mas houve diferença entre as cultivares. Os fungicidas tebuconazol, trifloxistrobina + propiconazol e azoxistrobina reduziram significativamente os fungos do filoplano, em relação à testemunha. O triciclazol proporcionou maior número de unidades formadoras de colônia cm-² de folha, não diferindo da testemunha. Dos quatro fungos testados, apenas Epicoccum sp. apresentou antagonismo para M. oryzae

Caracterização da virulência de Magnaporthe grisea em cultivares diferenciadoras japonesas e linhas quase-isogênicas das cultivares IAC-25 e de CO-39 de arroz.

O objetivo do presente trabalho foi caracterizar a virulência de populações de M. grisea provenientes das cultivares BRS Bonança e Primavera, utilizando as diferenciadoras japonesas e as NIL's das cultivares CO-39 e IAC-25

Sc substitution for Mg in MgB2: effects on Tc and Kohn anomaly

Here we report synthesis and characterization of Mg_{1-x}Sc_{x}B_{2} (0.12T_{c}>6 K. We find that the Sc doping moves the chemical potential through the 2D/3D electronic topological transition (ETT) in the sigma band where the ``shape resonance" of interband pairing occurs. In the 3D regime beyond the ETT we observe a hardening of the E_{2g} Raman mode with a significant line-width narrowing due to suppression of the Kohn anomaly over the range 0<q<2k_{F}.Comment: 8 pages, 4 EPS figures, to be published in Phys. Rev.