Impact of sludge deposition on biodiversity

Manzetti, Sergio; Spoel, David van der

doi:10.1007/s10646-015-1530-9

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“…In the scientific literature, no agreement can be found about the adverse effects caused by the land application of biosolids. According to the literature [34][35][36], the following aspects can be reported: (i) raising of the levels of persistent toxins in soil, vegetation, and wild life, (ii) potentially slow and long-termed biodiversity reduction through the fertilizing nutrient pollution operating on the vegetation, (iii) greenhouse gas emissions (e.g., CH 4 and N 2 O), and (iv) the release of odorous compounds.…”

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Legislation for the Reuse of Biosolids on Agricultural Land in Europe: Overview

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The issues concerning the management of sewage sludge produced in wastewater treatment plants are becoming more important in Europe due to: (i) the modification of sludge quality (biological and chemical sludge are often mixed with negative impacts on sludge management, especially for land application); (ii) the evolution of legislation (landfill disposal is banned in many European countries); and (iii) the technologies for energy and material recovery from sludge not being fully applied in all European Member States. Furthermore, Directive 2018/851/EC introduced the waste hierarchy that involved a new strategy with the prevention in waste production and the minimization of landfill disposal. In this context, biological sewage sludge can be treated in order to produce more stabilized residues: the biosolids. In some European countries, the reuse of biosolids as soil improver/fertilizer in arable crops represents the most used option. In order to control the quality of biosolids used for land application, every Member State has issued a national regulation based on the European directive. The aim of this work is to compare the different approaches provided by European Member States for the reuse of biosolids in agricultural soils. A focus on the regulation of countries that reuse significant amount of biosolids for land application was performed. Finally, a detailed study on Italian legislation both at national and regional levels is reported.

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Legislation for the Reuse of Biosolids on Agricultural Land in Europe: Overview

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“…Global continuous industrial development generated the environmental presence of a large variety of new chemicals applied in daily anthropic practices. These substances, organic and inorganic compounds, are considered to be a polluting factor and cause concern for society [1]. A number of families of compounds, such as pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs), flame retardants, nanoparticles or endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) among many substances, form this heterogeneous group, often referred as "emerging contaminants" (Figure 1).…”

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Liquid Phase Chromatographic Methods Applied to Determine Emerging Contaminants in Environmental Samples

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Petre

Galaon

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Emerging contaminants are a heterogeneous group of chemicals that include daily personal care products and pharmaceuticals (PPCPs), flame retardants, endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) and nanoparticles (NPs) present in environment which are unregulated. In this review, we present the methods of analysis conducted by INCD-ECOIND regarding some classes of emerging contaminants (neonicotinoid pesticides, beta-blocker drugs) that are not regulated by the legislation, in different types of environmental samples (wastewater, surface water). The present review presents the selective solid-phase extraction (SPE) methods used for isolation of the targeted compounds from aqueous matrices and also the main instrumental parameters of the separation and detection process. After extraction, the compounds were subjected to liquid phase chromatographic separation with mass spectrometric detection (UHPLC-MS/MS). Finally, the methods were applied in the determination of compounds from different categories of water, carrying out studies on the efficiency of elimination of compounds in several municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). In addition, the impact of the treatment plants on some receiving surface water used to obtain drinking water was studied.

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“…Although organic amendment applications to rangelands may provide benefits, applications can also pose risks to public health or the environment. For example, some amendments contain heavy metals such as nickel, lead, and cadmium, which may leach into soils and water supplies and accumulate in plants, animals, and humans (Goss, Tubeileh, & Goorahoo, ; Manzetti & van der Spoel, ). Amendment analyses prior to application can help to minimize this risk, and some governments have regulated heavy metal content of some types of land‐applied amendments (Hill, ; United States Environmental Protection Agency, ).…”

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Organic amendment additions to rangelands: A meta‐analysis of multiple ecosystem outcomes

Gravuer

Gennet

Throop

2019

Global Change Biology

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Interest in land application of organic amendments—such as biosolids, composts, and manures—is growing due to their potential to increase soil carbon and help mitigate climate change, as well as to support soil health and regenerative agriculture. While organic amendments are predominantly applied to croplands, their application is increasingly proposed on relatively arid rangelands that do not typically receive fertilizers or other inputs, creating unique concerns for outcomes such as native plant diversity and water quality. To maximize environmental benefits and minimize potential harms, we must understand how soil, water, and plant communities respond to particular amendments and site conditions. We conducted a global meta‐analysis of 92 studies in which organic amendments had been added to arid, semiarid, or Mediterranean rangelands. We found that organic amendments, on average, provide some environmental benefits (increased soil carbon, soil water holding capacity, aboveground net primary productivity, and plant tissue nitrogen; decreased runoff quantity), as well as some environmental harms (increased concentrations of soil lead, runoff nitrate, and runoff phosphorus; increased soil CO2 emissions). Published data were inadequate to fully assess impacts to native plant communities. In our models, adding higher amounts of amendment benefitted four outcomes and harmed two outcomes, whereas adding amendments with higher nitrogen concentrations benefitted two outcomes and harmed four outcomes. This suggests that trade‐offs among outcomes are inevitable; however, applying low‐N amendments was consistent with both maximizing benefits and minimizing harms. Short study time frames (median 1–2 years), limited geographic scope, and, for some outcomes, few published studies limit longer‐term inferences from these models. Nevertheless, they provide a starting point to develop site‐specific amendment application strategies aimed toward realizing the potential of this practice to contribute to climate change mitigation while minimizing negative impacts on other environmental goals.

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Impact of sludge deposition on biodiversity

Cited by 29 publications

References 177 publications

Legislation for the Reuse of Biosolids on Agricultural Land in Europe: Overview

Legislation for the Reuse of Biosolids on Agricultural Land in Europe: Overview

Liquid Phase Chromatographic Methods Applied to Determine Emerging Contaminants in Environmental Samples

Organic amendment additions to rangelands: A meta‐analysis of multiple ecosystem outcomes

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