UV Sterilization of Seawater Effluent for Containment of Non-indigenous Marine Species and Pathogens

加州戴维斯大学已获得资金，在博德加海洋实验室（BML）建立一个微过滤/紫外线（UV）灭菌系统，用于选择退出研究设施的海水废水流。该项目还将翻新现有建筑，并结合新的灭菌系统，将最大限度地提高空间效率和研究能力。该系统是最先进的海水排放消毒系统，是加州州目前允许的唯一型号，并取代了对邻近的国家海洋保护区和两个国家海洋保护区构成潜在风险的过时氯化系统。它的特点是占地面积小得多，技术进步，这将使其他效率在BML实现，包括增加处理能力和持有设施。最近关于海洋生态系统状况的国家报告卡呼吁研究气候变化、入侵物种和新出现的疾病对海洋环境的影响。该奖项是对现有NSF资助的最先进的气候变化设施的及时利用，该设施旨在研究海洋，河口和淡水物种，包括非本地和幼虫生物。因此，BML将成为一个非常独特的设施，供研究人员利用，为新时代的环境研究对非土著/入侵物种和新兴的海洋病原体。这一奖项的智力价值将是创新和多样化的研究访问科学家和研究生和本科生谁将得到支持，提高能力，调查引进/入侵物种和病原体是新出现的疾病和不断变化的生物多样性的基础。BML以其对河口和海洋环境中引入和入侵物种的研究而闻名于世。自1966年建成以来，加州大学戴维斯分校博德加海洋实验室（BML; http：//www.bml.ucdavis.edu/）一直是从旧金山弗朗西斯科到角竞技场的研究和教育活动的门户。该设施位于旧金山弗朗西斯科以北60英里处，为来自世界各地的研究人员和班级提供后勤支持和服务，以探索独特的沿海环境。研究非本地/入侵物种和病原体以了解适应和传播机制的能力是解决我们面临的复杂环境挑战的关键。该项目更广泛的影响将是对国家健康、繁荣和福利的研究所带来的好处。具体而言，这些设施将吸引新的跨学科合作，提高设施处理入侵物种和疾病问题的能力，加强对新科学家的培训，并推进海洋实验室设施的设计和性能。这些研究的结果将对国家环境健康、福利和安全产生影响。

The University of California Davis has been awarded funds to establish a micro-filtration/ultraviolet light (UV) sterilization system at Bodega Marine Laboratory (BML) for select seawater effluent streams exiting the research facility. The project will also renovate an existing building and coupled with the new sterilization system space efficiency and research capability will be maximized. The system is a state-of-the-art disinfection system for seawater discharge, the only model currently allowed by the State of California and replaces a dated chlorination system representing a potential risk to the adjacent State Marine Protected Area and two National Marine Sanctuaries. It features a much smaller footprint and technological advances that will enable other efficiencies to be realized at BML, including increased treatment capacity and holding facilities. Recent national report cards on the state of ocean ecosystems call for research on the effects of climate change, invasive species, and emerging diseases on marine environments. This award is a timely leverage of an existing NSF-funded state-of-the-art climate change facility designed for research with marine, estuarine, and freshwater species, including non-native and larval organisms. Thus BML will become a highly unique facility for researchers to utilize for the new era of environmental research on non-indigenous/invasive species and emerging marine pathogens.The intellectual merit of this award will be the innovative and diverse research of the visiting scientists and graduate and undergraduate students who will be supported by the increased ability to investigate introduced/invasive species and pathogens that are the basis for emerging diseases and changing biodiversity in general. BML is internationally known for its research on introduced and invasive species in estuaries and marine environments. Since its construction in 1966, the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory (BML; http://www.bml.ucdavis.edu/) has served as a gateway for research and educational activities from San Francisco Bay to Point Arena. Located 60 miles north of San Francisco, the facility provides logistic support and services to researchers and classes that come from all over the world to explore the unique coastal environments. The ability to study non-indigenous/invasive species and pathogens in order to understand mechanisms of adaptation and transmission is key to solving the complex environmental challenge before us. The broader impact of the project will be the benefits of the resulting research on national health, prosperity and welfare. Specifically the facilities will attract new interdisciplinary collaborations, increase facility capacity to address invasive species and disease issues, enhance training of new scientists, and advance marine laboratory facility design and performance. The results from such studies will have implications for national environmental health, welfare, and security.