| Title | Stabilization of carbon through co-addition of water treatment residuals with anaerobic digested sludge in a coarse textured soil |
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| ID_Doc | 14027 |
| Authors | Lukashe, NS; Stone, W; Pereira, R; Trojahn, S; Hardie, AG; Johnson, KL; Clarke, CE |
| Title | Stabilization of carbon through co-addition of water treatment residuals with anaerobic digested sludge in a coarse textured soil |
| Year | 2024 |
| Published | |
| Abstract | Coarse textured soils have low potential to store carbon (C) due to lack of mineral oxides and have low clay content to protect C from biodegradation and leaching. This study evaluated the potential of stabilizing C by adding metal oxyhydroxide-rich water treatment residuals (WTRs) to an aeolian pure sand (<5% clay) topsoil amended with anaerobic digestate (AD) sludge. The AD sludge was applied at 5% (w/w) with aluminum based WTR (Al-WTR) and iron based WTR (Fe-WTR) co-applied at 1:1 and 2:1 WTR:AD (w/w) ratios and incubated at room temperature for 132 days. The cumulative mineralized C was normalized to the total organic C of the treatments. Co-addition with Al-WTR showed to be more effective in stabilizing C through decreased cumulative mineralized C by 48% and 57% in 1Al-WTR:1AD and 2Al-WTR:1AD, respectively, compared to AD sludge sole amendment. Co-application with Al-WTR also decreased permanganate oxidizable C by 37% and dissolved organic C by 51%. Co-application with Fe-WTR did not decrease the concentration of these labile C pools to the same extent, possibly due to the selective use of Fe-WTRs to treat organic-rich raw water. This makes it less effective in stabilizing C in a pure sand relative to Al-WTR due to chemical instability of the Fe-organic complexes. The Al-WTR provides a promising co-amendment to increase C sequestration in pure sands when co-applied with biosolids. The co-amendment approach will not only facilitate C sequestration but also contributes to waste management, aligning to the objectives of a circular economy. |
| https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121904 |
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