Leaching of PCBs and Nutrients from Soil Fertilized with Municipal Sewage Sludge

Although sewage sludge is a rich source of nutrients for arable farming and soil improvement, it can also be a source of pollutants. The effects of the land application of sludge on the PCB and nutrient content of leachate were investigated using cylindrical 650 mm length columns filled with poor qu...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Urbaniak, Magdalena, Gągała, Ilona, Szewczyk, Mariusz, Bednarek, Agnieszka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2016
Materias:
Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4942498/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27107587
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00128-016-1802-y
_version_ 1782442420120584192
author Urbaniak, Magdalena
Gągała, Ilona
Szewczyk, Mariusz
Bednarek, Agnieszka
author_facet Urbaniak, Magdalena
Gągała, Ilona
Szewczyk, Mariusz
Bednarek, Agnieszka
author_sort Urbaniak, Magdalena
collection PubMed
description Although sewage sludge is a rich source of nutrients for arable farming and soil improvement, it can also be a source of pollutants. The effects of the land application of sludge on the PCB and nutrient content of leachate were investigated using cylindrical 650 mm length columns filled with poor quality soil. Treatments included no fertilization (control), fertilization using a 62.5 t/ha dose (O50) of sewage sludge from the largest Polish Wastewater Treatment Plant, in Lodz, and a 62.5 t/ha dose of sewage sludge mixed with CaO (O50Ca). The leaching of sludge-borne PCBs and nutrients was simulated by the application of distilled water in a quantity reflecting the annual rainfall of 562.5 mm. The obtained results demonstrate that application of sewage sludge and water simulated leaching of the most mobile chemical compounds, nitrate for example, whereas the addition of CaO decreased the average PCB and phosphorus concentrations in comparison to the control and O50 samples. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s00128-016-1802-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-4942498
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2016
publisher Springer US
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-49424982016-07-26 Leaching of PCBs and Nutrients from Soil Fertilized with Municipal Sewage Sludge Urbaniak, Magdalena Gągała, Ilona Szewczyk, Mariusz Bednarek, Agnieszka Bull Environ Contam Toxicol Article Although sewage sludge is a rich source of nutrients for arable farming and soil improvement, it can also be a source of pollutants. The effects of the land application of sludge on the PCB and nutrient content of leachate were investigated using cylindrical 650 mm length columns filled with poor quality soil. Treatments included no fertilization (control), fertilization using a 62.5 t/ha dose (O50) of sewage sludge from the largest Polish Wastewater Treatment Plant, in Lodz, and a 62.5 t/ha dose of sewage sludge mixed with CaO (O50Ca). The leaching of sludge-borne PCBs and nutrients was simulated by the application of distilled water in a quantity reflecting the annual rainfall of 562.5 mm. The obtained results demonstrate that application of sewage sludge and water simulated leaching of the most mobile chemical compounds, nitrate for example, whereas the addition of CaO decreased the average PCB and phosphorus concentrations in comparison to the control and O50 samples. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s00128-016-1802-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Springer US 2016-04-23 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4942498/ /pubmed/27107587 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00128-016-1802-y Text en © The Author(s) 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
spellingShingle Article
Urbaniak, Magdalena
Gągała, Ilona
Szewczyk, Mariusz
Bednarek, Agnieszka
Leaching of PCBs and Nutrients from Soil Fertilized with Municipal Sewage Sludge
title Leaching of PCBs and Nutrients from Soil Fertilized with Municipal Sewage Sludge
title_full Leaching of PCBs and Nutrients from Soil Fertilized with Municipal Sewage Sludge
title_fullStr Leaching of PCBs and Nutrients from Soil Fertilized with Municipal Sewage Sludge
title_full_unstemmed Leaching of PCBs and Nutrients from Soil Fertilized with Municipal Sewage Sludge
title_short Leaching of PCBs and Nutrients from Soil Fertilized with Municipal Sewage Sludge
title_sort leaching of pcbs and nutrients from soil fertilized with municipal sewage sludge
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4942498/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27107587
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00128-016-1802-y
work_keys_str_mv AT urbaniakmagdalena leachingofpcbsandnutrientsfromsoilfertilizedwithmunicipalsewagesludge
AT gagałailona leachingofpcbsandnutrientsfromsoilfertilizedwithmunicipalsewagesludge
AT szewczykmariusz leachingofpcbsandnutrientsfromsoilfertilizedwithmunicipalsewagesludge
AT bednarekagnieszka leachingofpcbsandnutrientsfromsoilfertilizedwithmunicipalsewagesludge

Ejemplares similares