Treating municipal wastewater through a vegetation filter with a short-rotation poplar species

Miguel, Ángel de; Meffe, Raffaella; Leal, M. de L. da S.; González-Naranjo, V.; Martínez-Hernández, Virtudes; Lillo, Javier; Martín, Isabel López; Salas, Juan José Sendra; Bustamante, Irene de

doi:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.09.059

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“…Therefore, it is necessary to define the limitations in order to guarantee the sustainability of these crops [40]. Many of these aspects can probably be dealt with through the use of biotechnology to achieve improvements, or by using circular economy techniques such as wastewater reuse [41][42][43].…”

Section: Short Rotation Forest Crops For the Production Of Biomass: The Populus Genusmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Besides not having to use traditional fertilizers, these materials are purified and/or reused and the plantations thus act as phytoremediators [187]. All these alternative fertilization techniques have also been tested in poplar SRC plantations in Spain in recent years, although all in experimental plantations [42,188,189].…”

Section: Fertilizationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Other associated ecosystem benefits include an increased biodiversity (phytodiversity and zoological diversity) [32,331], erosion control and soil conservation [332], improvements in the water quality [333], and the role of the crop in phytoremediation [334][335][336]. In the case of Spain, the potential of the genus in the phytoremediation of soils has been evaluated through examples of the restoration of coal mining areas in northern Spain [131,337,338], or water phytodepuration [42,187,216,339]. Research has also focused on nutrient fluxes, evaluating the role of annual leaf litter in soil fertility throughout the rotation [340]; the quantification of accumulated carbon in both above-and below-ground fractions (reaching values of around 6.5 Mg C ha −1 year −1 in the above-ground woody biomass, around 1.0 Mg C ha −1 year −1 in the below-ground biomass [262], and around 2.5 Mg C ha −1 year −1 in the case of the litter [341]), as well as the economic implications of CO 2 capture [342].…”

Section: Sustainability and Ecosystem Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Different options aimed at minimizing or achieving more efficient irrigation in Mediterranean environments have been mentioned in Section 3.3.4. The application of wastewater in poplar plantations not only constitutes an attractive method for producing biomass through the regeneration of wastewater, but also implies a reduction or suspension of fertilizer application [42,187,188]. Hence, this approach not only provides a sustainable way to minimize water use, but also takes advantage of the ability of these plantations as vegetation filters.…”

Section: Sustainability and Ecosystem Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Poplar Short Rotation Coppice Plantations under Mediterranean Conditions: The Case of Spain

Oliveira

Pérez-Cruzado

Cañellas

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Forests

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Developing a circular bioeconomy based on the sustainable use of biological resources, such as biomass, seems to be the best way of responding to the challenges associated with global change. Among the many sources, short rotation forest crops are an essential instrument for obtaining quality biomass with a predictable periodicity and yield, according to the areas of cultivation. This review aims to provide an overview of available knowledge on short rotation coppice Populus spp. plantations under Mediterranean conditions and specifically in Spain, in order to identify not only the status, but also the future prospects, for this type of biomass production. The analysis of available information was conducted by taking into consideration the following aspects: Genetic plant material; plantation design, including densities, rotation lengths and the number of rotations, and mixtures; management activities, including irrigation, fertilization, and weed control; yield prediction; biomass characterization; and finally, an evaluation of the sustainability of the plantation and ecosystem services provided. Despite advances, there is still much to be done if these plantations are to become a commercial reality in some Mediterranean areas. To achieve this aim, different aspects need to be reconsidered, such as irrigation, bearing in mind that water restrictions represent a real threat; the specific adaptation of genetic material to these conditions, in order to obtain a greater efficiency in resource use, as well as a greater resistance to pests and diseases or tolerance to abiotic stresses such as drought and salinity; rationalizing fertilization; quantifying and valuing the ecosystem services; the advance of more reliable predictive models based on ecophysiology; the specific characterization of biomass for its final use (bioenergy/bioproducts); technological improvements in management and harvesting; and finally, improving the critical aspects detected in environmental, energy, and economic analyses to achieve profitable and sustainable plantations under Mediterranean conditions.

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Section: Short Rotation Forest Crops For the Production Of Biomass: The Populus Genusmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Fertilizationmentioning

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Section: Sustainability and Ecosystem Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Sustainability and Ecosystem Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Poplar Short Rotation Coppice Plantations under Mediterranean Conditions: The Case of Spain

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“…Additionally, plants uptake of assimilable forms of nitrogen (NO 3 -) and phosphorus (PO 4 -) from wastewater have an impact on decrease of concentration of these pollutants in the effl uent. It was pointed out in the research conducted on system described by authors Kuczewski 2008, Pawęska andMalczewska 2009) as well as in literature reports (Guidi et al 2015, Miguel et al 2014) that objects on which poplars or other selected plants were used as well as soil and microfl ora, are characterized by high reduction of pollutants dissolved in wastewater..…”

Section: Methodology and Research Facilitymentioning

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Changes in increment of trees diameters on plant-soil treatment system after long-term irrigation with domestic sewage

Pawęska

Kuczewski

2016

Archives of Environmental Protection

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Abstract:Carbon dioxide sequestration and its long-term immobilisation in biomass is recently an extremely signifi cant problem. Its greatest reserves occur in forests growing all over the globe. A human being, through their conscious action, ought to affect, among other things, the amount of carbon dioxide discharged into the atmosphere and its rational management. Here, quite a good solution seems to be the immobilisation of CO 2 in biomass of plants, and in particular, in trees, characterised by their longevity, which are used most frequently for that purpose.Such carbon dioxide management allows for its several-decade immobilisation within living plants, while a further processing of wood mass allows for halting it for consecutive years in products manufactured. Additionally, in the case when within a selected land planted with trees the effl uent irrigation is being carried out, simultaneous sewage treatment is also an advantage. By using plants characterised by intense increment in biomass within facilities, also biogens occurring in effl uents may be effectively removed.In the analysed case, sewage treatment consisted in entry of household sewage into a prepared surface which was previously subject to mechanical purifi cation. All the sections were sown with grass mixture and plantings of poplar were used. Observations were made during the period of 17 years. The effl uents entered onto the surface of the sections and the effl uents outfl owing from the facility were subject to a physicochemical analysis in order to determine the operational effi ciency of a plant -soil treatment system. Also, a threefold inventory of a forest stand was made in order to determine the increment in trees.The last inventory was made in 2014. Based on dendrological characteristics, the average volume of wood mass obtained from the land irrigated with effl uents was assessed.A rational management of effl uents on the grounds without any central drainage allows for a parallel solution to some problems. First of all, purifi cation of effl uents in a natural environment by closing the matter cycle, and additionally contributing to the limitation of carbon dioxide emission by its halting in plant biomass.

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Current and Future Opportunities for Forest Land Application Systems of Wastewater

Nichols

2016

Phytoremediation

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Treating municipal wastewater through a vegetation filter with a short-rotation poplar species

Cited by 30 publications

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Poplar Short Rotation Coppice Plantations under Mediterranean Conditions: The Case of Spain

Poplar Short Rotation Coppice Plantations under Mediterranean Conditions: The Case of Spain

Changes in increment of trees diameters on plant-soil treatment system after long-term irrigation with domestic sewage

Current and Future Opportunities for Forest Land Application Systems of Wastewater

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