Heavy Metals in Water Percolating Through Soil Fertilized with Biodegradable Waste Materials

Wierzbowska, Jadwiga; Sienkiewicz, S.; Krzebietke, S.; Bowszys, T.

doi:10.1007/s11270-016-3147-x

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“…Still, measured concentrations were below the limit of 50 µg L −1 of total Cr, which is a recommended value for fresh waters (World Health Organization, 2006). The values measured in both seasons were comparable to those found in a similar field experiment reported by Wierzbowska et al where values were also below 50 µg L −1 (Wierzbowska et al, 2016). In the pH range measured for both growing seasons, Cr(III) is expected to be the predominant form of Cr present in the soil solution (Bradl, 2004;Choppala et al, 2018).…”

Section: Influence Of Biogas Digestates Fertilization On Trace Metalssupporting

confidence: 89%

Recycling of Biogas Digestates in Crop Production—Soil and Plant Trace Metal Content and Variability

Dragicevic

Sogn

Eich‐Greatorex

2018

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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Production of biogas and utilization of the resulting digestates as fertilizers has been increasing in Europe in the last few decades. Depending on the feedstock used for the anaerobic digestion process, these organic fertilizers may be a source of different pollutants, such as trace metals. When applied to soils, digestates may influence the natural metal content and enhance the release of metals to the environment since they can be rich in different trace metals and are usually rich in dissolved organic matter. This study focused on investigating metal presence, seasonal variability of their soluble forms and crop uptake in a 2-year field experiment, using two different biogas digestates as fertilizers. The use of digestates as fertilizers was compared to cattle manure, mineral fertilizer and a control without fertilizer addition, with respect to the presence and distribution of the trace metals Cd, Cu, Zn, Ni, Cr, Mn, and Mo, as well as Al in the soil and plant. The results of the study showed that both biogas digestates have caused a 10-20% increase in the total soil concentration of Ni, Cd and Cr compared to control plots without fertilizer addition. Application of biogas digestates had only a minor effect on metal uptake in plants. Overall, the selected application rate of 100 kg/ha of plant available nitrogen has had little effect on plant metal uptake and crop quality and the use of biogas digestates was comparable to the use of animal manure.

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Section: Influence Of Biogas Digestates Fertilization On Trace Metalssupporting

confidence: 89%

Recycling of Biogas Digestates in Crop Production—Soil and Plant Trace Metal Content and Variability

Dragicevic

Sogn

Eich‐Greatorex

2018

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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“…For dissolved Pb, the urban waste treatments did not exhibit significantly higher concentrations than the unfertilized control (U). These results are in contradiction with the results obtained by Wierzbowska et al (2016), who found that Cr and Pb were elevated in water leaching from soil fertilized with urban waste fertilizers compared with a control. Furthermore, these researchers (Wierzbowska et al, 2016) generally found much higher concentrations of both Cr (36.7–96.5 μg L −1 ) and Pb (113.8–187.7 μg L −1 ) than were found in the present study.…”

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“…Much less emphasis has been put on the agricultural use of organic waste composts (Basta et al, 2005), although recently the leaching of metals from agricultural soil treated with different waste composts has been investigated in a study using lysimeters installed in the field (Cambier et al, 2014). Wierzbowska et al (2016) studied the leaching of heavy metals from soils that had been fertilized with either agricultural fertilizers or a range of biological waste materials using model lysimeters.…”

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Heavy Metal Leaching as Affected by Long‐Time Organic Waste Fertilizer Application

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The recycling of urban waste products as fertilizers in agriculture may introduce contaminants such as heavy metals into soil that may leach and contaminate groundwater. In the present study, we investigated the leaching of heavy metals from intact soil cores collected in the long-term agricultural field trial CRUCIAL. At the time of sampling, the equivalent of >100 yr of urban waste fertilizers following Danish legislation had been applied. The leaching of Cu was significantly increased in the treatments receiving organic waste products compared with the unfertilized control but remained below the permissible level following Danish drinking water guidelines. The leaching of Cu was controlled primarily by the topsoil Cu content and by the leaching of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) but at the same time significantly correlated with leaching of colloids in soils that had not received fertilizer or had received an organic fertilizer with a low concentration of Cu. The leaching of Zn, Cd, and Co was not significantly increased in urban waste-fertilized treatments. The leaching of Mo was elevated in accelerated waste treatments (both agricultural and urban), and the leaching of Mo was linked to the leaching of DOC. Since leaching of Cr and Pb was strongly linked to the level of colloid leaching, leaching of these metals was reduced in the urban waste treatments. Overall, the results presented should not raise concern regarding the agricultural use of urban waste products in agriculture as long as the relevant guidelines are followed.

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“…However, due to the positive balance of these elements in soil, long-term use of sewage sludge may be problematic, especially when soil acidity increases, in the consequence of which the mobility of elements and their leachability rise (Sevel et al 2014 ). In a study conducted by Wierzbowska et al ( 2016 ), soil fertilization with organic waste did not pollute leachate water with Mn and Zn, while content of other metals rose to a level typical of unsatisfactory or even poor quality water. The content of Cu and Ni in leachate water depended on the quantities of other metals imported to soil with organic materials, for example, content of Cu and Ni decreased as the content of C-org.…”

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Determination of heavy metals and their availability to plants in soil fertilized with different waste substances

Wierzbowska

Kováčik

Sienkiewicz

et al. 2018

Environ Monit Assess

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Field trials were conducted in 2004–2015, in Bałcyny, on haplic Luvisol formed out of light boulder clay. The experiment consisted of the following treatments: control (no fertilization), NPK, manure (FYM), dried pelleted sewage sludge (DPSS), composted sewage sludge (CSS), compost made from municipal sewage sludge and straw (SSCS), compost Dano made from unsorted household waste (CUHW), and compost produced from urban green waste (CUGW). Over a period of 12 years, 30 t DM/ha of each manure and composts were used, that is, 10 t DM/ha in each rotation of a crop rotation sequence. Nitrogen fertilization was kept on the same level on all experimental plots. Soil samples from the 0- to 20-cm horizon were collected after the third rotation crop, which was winter wheat harvested in 2015. It has been demonstrated that CUHW raised the soil total Cu content the highest, while the soil content of Zn was elevated the most by DPSS. The content of the remaining heavy metals (Pb, Ni, Cr, Mn, and Fe) increased as well, but to a lesser extent. The soil abundance of phytoavailable forms of copper improved even greater (from 75% when fertilized with CUGW or CSS, up to 124% when treated with CUHW). Soil content of soluble forms of such metals as Zn, Pb, Cr, Mn, and Fe changed less. The content of all analyzed heavy metals in soil (a form approximating the total content) was significantly positively correlated with the content of organic carbon (C-org.). This is the evidence for stronger adsorption of the above elements in soil richer in organic matter. On the other hand, the content of available forms of heavy metals depended more on the soil pH than on its content of C-org.

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Heavy Metals in Water Percolating Through Soil Fertilized with Biodegradable Waste Materials

Cited by 10 publications

References 24 publications

Recycling of Biogas Digestates in Crop Production—Soil and Plant Trace Metal Content and Variability

Recycling of Biogas Digestates in Crop Production—Soil and Plant Trace Metal Content and Variability

Heavy Metal Leaching as Affected by Long‐Time Organic Waste Fertilizer Application

Determination of heavy metals and their availability to plants in soil fertilized with different waste substances

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