Soil fertilization with microalgae biomass from municipal wastewater treatment causes no additional leaching of dissolved macronutrients and trace elements in a column experiment
Harald Weigand,
Hermann Velten,
Rolf‐Alexander Düring
et al.
Abstract:Microalgae are a promising bio‐fertilizer that can be cultivated in municipal wastewater, where the organisms perform water purification by incorporation of nutrients and contaminants. Before bio‐fertilization with wastewater‐grown microalgae can be put into practice, its impact on the leaching of macronutrients and trace elements needs to be evaluated. Here, we studied the leaching behavior of a microalgae‐fertilized soil against a control in column percolation setup. Microalgae were grown in real municipal w… Show more
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