Relationship between soil and groundwater salinity in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

Banks, Parker; Banks, J. C.

doi:10.1007/s10661-019-7865-6

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“…Sulfate is a ubiquitous waterborne contaminant that contributes to water salinity worldwide, and which also affects the quality of safe drinking water (500 mg/L EPA limit) [1]. Elevated sulfate has been identified as a water security issue for agricultural irrigation or livestock operations in the province of Saskatchewan that is located in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin, due to geological weathering and/or anthropogenic activities such as mining [2][3][4]. A poignant example of sulfate contamination with wide environmental ramifications can be highlighted in case of the Florida Everglades ecosystem through agricultural fertilizer run-off events, where methyl mercury production was linked to elevated sulfate in aquifers [5].…”

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A Fixed-Bed Column with an Agro-Waste Biomass Composite for Controlled Separation of Sulfate from Aqueous Media

2023

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An agro-waste composite with a pelletized form was prepared and characterized via IR and 13C solids NMR spectroscopy. Thermal gravimetry analysis (TGA) was used to study the weight loss profiles, while SEM images provided insight on the biocomposite morphology, along with characterization of the sulfate adsorption properties under equilibrium and dynamic conditions. The sulfate monolayer adsorption capacity (qe = 23 mg/g) of the prepared agro-waste pellets was estimated from the adsorption isotherm results by employing the Langmuir model, and comparable fitting results were obtained by the Freundlich model. The dynamic adsorption properties were investigated via adsorption studies with a fixed bed column at pH 5.2. The effects of various parameters, including flow rate, bed height and initial concentrations of sulfate, were evaluated to estimate the optimal conditions for the separation of sulfate. The experimental data of the breakthrough curves were analyzed using the Thomas and Yoon–Nelson models, which provided satisfactory best-fits for the fixed bed kinetic adsorption results. The predicted adsorption capacities for all samples according to the Thomas model concur with the experimental values. The optimum conditions reported herein afford the highest dynamic adsorption capacity (30 mg/g) as follows: 1100 mg/L initial sulfate concentration, 30 cm bed height and 5 mL/min flow rate. The breakthrough time was measured to be 550 min. This study contributes to a strategy for controlled separation of sulfate using a sustainable biocomposite material that is suitable for fixed-bed column point-of-use water treatment systems.

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confidence: 99%