The oxygen and chlorophyll a contents. pH, temperature and transparency were studied in Lake Rzuno in the period from June 1998 - September I 999. This lake has a very strong thermal stratification and weaker oxygenic stratification. The degree of surface water saturation with oxygen was rather small (max. 136%) but the oxygen conditions in the whole Lake Rzuno were good because the total lack of oxygen is noted only in summer and only below 20 m depth. Whereas during autumn and spring circulation the oxygen concentration reaches 5 mg O, drn' al the bottom. The correlation between visibility of Secchi disc and chlorophyll a concentration featured high correlation indicator (r = -0.87). The awerage water transparency, low oxygen deficit and small changes in water reaction show that this lake has moderate eutrophic character.

Assessments of odour nuisance are made using one of the psychophysical laws: logarithmic Weber- Fechner law or power law by Stevens. The object of the work was to determine whether one of the laws exhibits advantage over the other. To evaluate the two laws series of odorimetric measurements of aqueous solutions of acetic acid were made. Values of Pearson' correlation coefficient were calculated for relationship of the odour intensity (I) versus logarithm of the acetic acid concentration in air (Iog., C [mg/rrr'I) as well as for the relationship of logarithm of the odour intensity (log,0/) versus logarithm of the acetic acid concentration in air (log., C [rng/nr'[). Both laws are fulfilled equally well in a range of investigated concentrations of acetic acid.

Leaded and unleaded petrol samples as well as diesel oil samples were analysed lo determine Cd. Cr. Cu, Ni, Pb, Zn and As concentrations. In order lo obtain low detection limits new method of samples preparation was used. The fuel samples were dissolved in hydroraffinate which was the crude oil fraction obtained as a result of atmospheric distillation in the range of I 50---250°C. The obtained data on the metal concentrations in the investigated fuels allow determining the following emission factors of traffic fuels consumption processes [mg/kg fuel]: leaded and unleaded petrol - Cr - 0,5; Cu - 0,3; Ni - 0.5; Pb - 50 (leaded): Pb - 5 (unleaded); diesel fuel - Cd - 0,05: Cu - 0,3: Ni - 0.5. It was found in the investigations that traffic fuels consumption is not the source of Zn and As emission. The same refers to Cd emission in case of leaded and unleaded petrol consumption. On the basis of the identified emission factors Pb emission from traffic in Poland for years 1980---1999 as well as Cd, Cr, Cu and Ni emission for I 999 were assessed. The following emission in 1999 was determined as a result of the assessment [Mg]: Cd - 0,3: Cr - 2,9: Cu - 3,5 and Ni - 5,9. Emission of Pbu, was 237.6 Mg and Pb1.,w 79,2 Mg. These emissions were also compared with the total metal emissions in Poland.

PAHs belong to a group of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). The article is a survey of literature concerning the PAH content in uncooked as well as processed and cooked food. PAHs/POPs are very common cancerogenic and mutagenie pollutants. They can reach food through the consecutive links of the food chain. Hence they create a serious health hazard. The quoted literature indicates that these pollutants are very common in uncooked as we! processed and cooked food. PAHs occurring in plant matter are usually adsorbed on the surface of the leaves or roots. In some cases they also uptake to plants. Plant contamination is caused mainly by air deposition. As far as processed and cooked food is concerned the PAH content depends on its preparation. Extremely intense PAH contamination is in smoked fish and meat as well as products prepared over open name (e.g. barbecue). Cereal and vegetables are the main PAH sources in a human diet.

The paper characterizes the state of air pollution on the ground of Wroclaw in the period of 1990 to 1999. The base air contamination for Wroclaw: dust, SO2, NO,, F, Pb. Cd, B(a)P were analyzed, also the source of emission, monitoring and method of indicates were discussed. The investigations show significant decrease of the concentration: dust, SO,, the high level of the concentration of NO, and F with the increasing tendency at the end of the observation period and the insufficient monitoring of the particularly dangerous contamination for the health: Pb, Cd, B(a)P. The received results indicate the necessity of the reorganization of the existing air monitoring system with particular regard to communication contamination. In this work the new principle for the air quality control in Wroclaw has been proposed.

This paper presents the statistical modelling of the monitoring data on oxygen indicators in the Rega River, collected in years of 1992-97. In the first part, the six probability distributions are examined to fit the experimental data. The results indicate that the lognormal and Gamma distributions give an adequate description for all considered data series, as measured by P-P probability plots, and a Kolmogorov-Srnirnov goodness of fit test. In the second part, the detailed statistical analysis was performed based on lognormal distribution. This study showed that the approximation of monitoring data with the appropriate probability distribution could be very useful for evaluating of water quality.

Research results of fluorine accumulation in fallow deers bones in Western Pomerania were presented. Fluorine contents denotation was made by potentiometer method with ioneselective elektrode use. Dependence of fluorine accumulation on age and individual features of animals, regions properties of investigated area and distances from emission sources of fluorine compounds were examined. Dependences characteristic for probabilistic variables were obtained. For measurements results description were used neural networks MLP, RBP, GRNN.

The paper presents the results of studies on detection, occurrence and differentiation of the waterborne bacterial potential pathogens from Staphylococcus genus in the water of Wigry Lake watering places in north-eastern Poland. The samples of water were collected from June 1995 to September 1999 at one-month intervals, during bathing season. Eight sampling stations were selected in the most attended watering places of the lake, situated near landing stages, camping sites and holiday resorts were investigated. The watering places in the northern part of Lake Wigry (called Ploso Northern) showed the highest number of waterborne bacterial pathogens from Staphylococcus genus. The most numerous were species: Staphylocorcus capitis, Staphylococcus cohnii, Staphylococcus len/us and Staphylococcus xylosus. Pathogens from Staphylococcus aureus species identified in I 0% of water samples in the absence of faecal bacteria from Escherichia coli species (in 100 crn' of water). The Czarna Hańcza River, which brought a lot of purified sewage from Wastewater Treatment Plant in Suwałki to northern part of Wigry Lake has immense influence on the pollution of this part Wigry Lake.

Adsorption capacity of chitosan towards toxic p-nitrotoluenosulfonic acid (PNTS) was investigated in this study. An adsorption isotherm was determined at 293 K. The character of the process was specified. On the basis of calorimetric measurements the thermal power of the process was determined. The investigations revealed that chitosan was a good PNTS adsorbent, the adsorption of this compound had a character of chemisorption and took place on the adsorbent surface.

The results of experimental investigations on landfill gas separation on hollow fibres membranes made of poly (4 methylpentene-1) are presented. The effect of operating parameters on the performance and effectiveness of separation process has been described. Permeation process has been carried out in countercurrent flow for medium methane landfill gases. Obtained results have been analyzed in aspect to optimization process conditions.

The aim of this work was to compare nitrogen dioxide atmspheric pollution in some parts of Cracow and to indicate the area in which ambient air concentration of N02 may be the highest. The measurements of 24- hour N02 concentrarion were made by spectrophotometric method with passive sampling in 20 sites in the period of 2 years. The results were analysed by statistical methods, such as: analysis of variance and correlation. The 24-hour NO, concentration has significant spatial variation in the area of Cracow. The highest values were measured in the street canyons, the lowest in residential areas. The highest values of N02 concentration were observed during heating season. The results of passive method are comparable with the results of authomatic method and because of this both methods may be use together in monitoring networks.