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TECHNICAL REPORT
BIOREMEDIATION AND BIODEGRADATION

Bioremediation of Residual Fertilizer Nitrate

II. Soil Redox Potential and Soluble Iron as Indicators of Soil Health During Treatment

INRS-Santé, Université du Québec, 245 Boulevard Hymus, QC, Canada H9R 1G6

Corresponding author (darakhshan_ahmad{at}inrs-iaf.uquebec.ca)

Received for publication September 30, 1999. The prospect of using wastewater containing high loads of soluble organic matter (OM) for removing residual agricultural chemicals (fertilizer, pesticide, or herbicide) in farm soil, although promising, could have adverse effects on soil agricultural quality as a result of development of redoximorphic features in the soil profile. In this study, the effect of organic carbon supplement for bioremediation of residual fertilizer nitrate on soil properties, redox potential (Eh), pH, and metal ion mobilization was studied using sandy soils packed in columns. The study was included in a general project, described elsewhere (Ugwuegbu et al., 2000), undertaken to evaluate use of controlled water table management (WTM) systems to supply organic carbon for creating a reduced environment conducive to denitrification of residual fertilizer nitrate leaching from the farm to subsurface water. The columns were subjected to subirrigation with water containing soluble organic carbon in the form of glucose. The work was carried out in two experimental setups and the long-term effect of a range of glucose concentrations on the Eh, pH, and soluble levels of Fe and Mn was investigated. From the results obtained, it could be concluded that excessive organic carbon supplement to soil can have adverse effects on soil quality and that Eh and soluble Fe are the two most practical parameters for monitoring soil health during treatment of farm chemicals.

Abbreviations: Eh, redox potential • OM, organic matter • WTM, water table management

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