城市污泥堆肥对栽培基质保水能力和有效关效养分的影响

盆栽试验表明,城市污泥堆肥不仅可以明显提高栽培基质的有效氮、磷含量,而且可以增强栽培基质的保水性能和植物的抗旱能力,但是栽培基质的萎焉点也随着其用量的增加而增高,因此,从保证植物水分供应的角度考虑,虽然可以大量地使用城市污泥堆肥,但是其用量并不是越多越好;当用量超过75％时,继续增加城市污泥堆肥的比例,则植物的吸水能力反而会略有下降,从养分供应和保水性能等角度综合考虑,采用经过堆肥处理的城市污泥作为植物栽培基质,是城市污泥资源化和无害化的可行途径。     

城市污泥堆肥对栽培基质保水能力和有效养分的影响

盆栽试验表明 ,城市污泥堆肥不仅可以明显提高栽培基质的有效氮、磷含量 ,而且可以增强栽培基质的保水性能和植物的抗旱能力 ,但是栽培基质的萎焉点也随着其用量的增加而增高。因此 ,从保证植物水分供应的角度考虑 ,虽然可以大量地使用城市污泥堆肥 ,但是其用量并不是越多越好 ;当用量超过 75 %时 ,继续增加城市污泥堆肥的比例 ,则植物的吸水能力反而会略有下降。从养分供应和保水性能等角度综合考虑 ,采用经过堆肥化处理的城市污泥作为植物栽培基质 ,是城市污泥资源化和无害化的可行途径     

污泥堆肥混合基质对香彩雀生长开花的影响及植物适应性评价

采用盆栽试验,研究了以城市污泥堆肥为主要原料的基质对观花植物香彩雀(Angelonia salicariifolia Humb.)生长和开花特性的影响,并采用熵权系数与TOPSIS集成评价法综合评价了不同基质对香彩雀的生长适应性。结果表明,经过60 d高温好氧堆制的污泥堆肥,以不同体积比与泥炭、河沙混配成的栽培基质容重和EC值比研究区的林地赤红壤低,pH值和养分含量更高。污泥堆肥混合基质栽培的香彩雀营养生长和生殖生长均优于土壤栽培,其中株高比后者增加29%~61%,分枝数增加27%~67%,鲜重增加17%~88%,干重增加4%~50%,开花时间提前2~16 d,花朵数增加49%~220%,花期延长8~22 d,花朵畸形率降低1%~5%,对氮、磷、钾的吸收能力显著提高。试验中各种污泥堆肥混合基质均适合香彩雀生长,熵权系数与TOPSIS集成评价结果显示,在所研究的污泥堆肥基质中,污泥堆肥:泥炭:河沙体积比为5∶3∶2的基质植物适应性最强,纯污泥堆肥植物适应性相对较差,但优于土壤。将污泥堆肥作为基质主要成分用于花卉生产,既可提高花卉质量,降低成本,又能消耗大量污泥,是城市污泥资源化处置和利用的重要方向。     

城市垃圾堆肥及其复合肥对黑麦草草坪质量的影响

为加速城市生活垃圾堆肥农业资源化利用研究,避免重金属等有害物质进入食物链,利用盆栽试验,研究了垃圾堆肥及以其为原料研制而成的3种复合肥的不同施肥水平对土壤肥力,黑麦草生长及草坪质量的影响,以选取最佳的适合黑麦草生长的垃圾肥料及其施用量。共设空白、堆肥、化肥、复合肥1、复合肥2、复合肥3等6个处理,每个处理又分为高、中、低3种施肥水平,测试草坪生物指标的质量状况和土壤肥力。结果表明:与化肥比较,垃圾复合肥可以显著提高土壤有机质、全氮、碱解氮、全磷的含量。垃圾复合肥明显促进了黑麦草的茎与根系的生长,提高了生物量,改善了叶片的色泽和整齐度,提高了草坪的密度和质量;促进了黑麦草对氮的吸收,尤其是生长后期,叶片中氮和叶绿素的含量明显高于化肥与空白处理,且差异显著。草坪质量综合评价以垃圾复合肥1的中量施肥处理为最好,黑麦草分蘖最高,地上生物量适度;除复合肥的高量施肥处理外,复合肥1的中量施肥处理茎叶中氮素和叶绿素含量最高,草坪品质最高。     

生活垃圾堆肥基质草坪建植体系接种草坪土壤线虫多样性特征

通过城市生活垃圾堆肥基质草坪建植体系接种草坪土壤线虫,研究了线虫数量、科属分类、营养类群等线虫多样性变化.结果表明,接种草坪土壤线虫 4 个月后,垃圾堆肥基质中共鉴定出线虫4科7属,包括植物寄生性线虫、食真菌线虫和食细菌线虫3个营养类群;垃圾堆肥基质草坪建植体系中线虫总数明显少于土壤基质.在接种草坪线虫的土壤基质草坪建植体系中,植物寄生线虫为优势营养类群,盘旋线虫属仍为优势属,相对多度达到83.3%,显著高于本底土壤45.1%.在接种草坪土壤线虫的垃圾堆肥基质草坪建植体系中,土壤本底中处于优势属的植物寄生类线虫如盘旋线虫属和螺旋线虫属基本消失了,表明垃圾堆肥基质对植物寄生类群的生长与繁殖表现出明显的抑制作用,优势属也发生了很大变化,食细菌类群的头叶属和丽突属成为优势属,相对多度分别为67.0%和14.0%.因此,从草坪土壤线虫危害角度来说,以垃圾堆肥作为草坪基质将会为草坪植物生长创造良好的基质环境.     

草坪植物对生活垃圾堆肥基质的生理生态响应

以生活垃圾堆肥和土壤(对照)为基质,采用不同播种方式进行草坪建植,研究了堆肥基质对草坪植物光合特性和保护酶系统的影响.结果表明:堆肥能明显地提高草坪植物的净光合速率,第一峰值出现在9:00,在单播方式下,堆肥基质黑麦草、高羊茅分别比各自对照高出12.7%、11.4%;黑麦草与早熟禾混播、高羊茅与早熟禾混播分别比对照高出33.0%、29.6%.堆肥基质黑麦草单播、黑麦草与早熟禾混播表现出比对照较低的日平均蒸腾速率和较高的水分利用效率;而高羊茅单播、高羊茅与早熟禾混播,则呈现比对照较高的日平均蒸腾速率和相似的水分利用效率.以垃圾堆肥为草坪基质,黑麦草表现出高光合、低蒸腾的节水对策;而高羊茅则表现出高光合、高蒸腾的代谢特点.另外,堆肥基质也显著地提高了草坪植物叶片叶绿素含量,单播黑麦草和高羊茅叶片的叶绿素含量显著高于对照(P<0.05).堆肥基质还能显著增强草坪植物叶片POD、SOD和CAT活性,与对照相比差异均达到显著(P<0.05)或极显著水平(P<0.01),表明堆肥基质中草坪植物的抗逆境能力显著增强.     

连续施用无害化污泥堆肥对沙质潮土活性有机氮组分的影响

以河南省沙质潮土为研究对象,通过2012-2016年田间连续定位试验,在小麦-玉米轮作制度下,研究单施化肥(CK)、添加污泥堆肥(CS)15 t·hm^-2(CS₁)、30 t·hm^-2(CS₂)和45 t·hm^-2(CS₃)对土壤活性氮各组分及其分配比例的影响.结果表明: 连续施用污泥堆肥能够显著提高土壤含水率,降低土壤pH,提高土壤有机碳、全氮和速效养分含量,其中全氮(TN)含量显著增加了93.1%～284.3%;施用污泥堆肥45 t·hm^-2显著提高了土壤轻组有机氮(LFON)、颗粒有机氮(PON)和微生物生物量氮(MBN).污泥堆肥促进了颗粒态有机氮(PON/TN)和微生物生物量氮(MBN/TN)分配,在CS₂处理下分别显著提高了12.3%和539.9%,而降低了土壤轻组有机氮(LFON/TN)和溶解性有机氮(DON/TN)分配,分别降低了17.3%～40.1%和38.5%～71.3%.总体上,活性氮组分对TN的贡献为:PON>LFON>DON>MBN.主成分分析表明,CS₂和CS₃处理下活性氮含量及其分配比例载荷值较高;冗余分析表明,土壤理化指标(pH除外)和生物学指标与活性氮含量及其分配比例呈正相关.污泥堆肥可提供大量稳定性有机物质,影响土壤物理、化学和生物学特性,促进土壤氮素向活性氮的形式转化,当污泥堆肥施用量达30、45 t·hm^-2时培肥效果显著,可用作沙质潮土的改良材料.     

污泥与园林废弃物混合堆肥对波斯菊生长及重金属积累的影响

随着城镇人口增加和城市化的快速发展,每天产生大量的污泥和园林废弃物,而厌氧消化的污泥与园林废弃物的混合堆肥产品应用于林地土壤改良,是城市废弃物循环利用的一种经济有效的方式。本研究在北京平原造林区开展试验,探讨混合堆肥对波斯菊的生长及对重金属元素吸收的影响。结果表明:施用堆肥对土壤全氮和有机质含量无显著影响; Cu、Zn、Cd三种重金属元素在土壤中主要以残渣态的形态存在;施用堆肥提高了土壤Cu、Zn含量,但Zn总量未超过土壤环境质量标准(GB 15618—2018)中的土壤污染风险筛选值300 mg·kg-1,Cu在施肥量较高时超过土壤污染风险筛选值100 mg·kg-1;土壤背景值中Cd含量已经高于土壤污染风险管制值4.0 mg·kg-1,施用堆肥对Cd含量的影响无明显规律;波斯菊株高、生物量和花数均随着堆肥施用量的增加而增加;波斯菊对重金属元素的富集性表现为CuCdZn。本研究表明,北京平原造林区的人工林生态系统可以忍受一定浓度的污泥和园林废弃物混合堆肥,并利用其中的营养物质,提高土壤肥力,促进植物生长。     

草坪修复污泥中重金属的研究与应用

植物修复凭借低成本和环境友好的优点,在土壤修复中担任着至关重要的角色。将营养成分高且产量巨大的市政污泥用于园林栽培基质,不仅可以降低其处置成本,还可通过植物修复降低其重金属风险。本文对污泥中重金属的含量地域分布与形态特征、草坪草的生长特性及其对重金属的富集特征进行了论述,探讨了草坪富集重金属的影响因素,为污泥资源化以及后期草坪草修复土壤重金属提供技术支撑,对深入研究污泥中重金属修复及污泥的资源化利用具有指导意义。     

造纸污泥土地利用的资源价值与潜在风险

随着造纸工业的发展,造纸污泥产生的环境问题日益显露出来。造纸污泥含水量高达75％-80％,有机物含量高,易腐烂、有恶臭、不便于运输和施用,必须对污泥进行稳定化、无害化处理。造纸污泥经过堆肥无害化处理后可以作为一种价廉优质的有机肥料,造纸污泥不仅含有丰富的有机质,且含有N、P、K等其他营养元素,土地利用不会导致重金属、有机污染物、硝酸盐淋失等污染风险。大量的研究表明,施用造纸污泥及其堆肥,可以增加土壤的有机质含量,降低土壤容重,促进团粒结构形成,改善土壤结构,提高土壤孔隙度和保水、保肥能力,增强土壤酶活性。施用造纸污泥还可改善土壤的养分状况,且具有一定的增产效果和后效。造纸污泥经过堆肥后制成有机肥或有机复混肥是解决造纸污泥出路的主要途径。     

城市污泥复合肥的肥效及其对小麦重金属吸收的影响

通过盆栽和大田试验,初步探讨了污泥复合肥种植小麦的肥效及其对小麦重金属吸收的影响。试验结果表明,污泥复合肥对小麦的增产效果和土壤的增肥效果明显优于化肥,等同于市售复合肥,它能促进植株生长发育,提高小麦产量,对土壤速效养分的积累有明显的促进作用;污泥复合肥处理的小麦籽粒中重金属Cu、Zn、Pb、Cd的含量均在国家食品卫生标准范围内。     

Effect of sewage sludge treatment and additional aerobic post-stabilization revealed by infrared spectroscopy and multivariate data analysis

Sewage sludge samples representing different stages during waste water and sewage sludge treatment were collected at four Austrian municipal waste water treatment plants. Changes of sludge composition are reflected by a specific infrared spectroscopic pattern. Anaerobically digested sludge was subjected to aeration in lab-scale reactors in order to find out if post-aeration after anaerobic digestion provides enhanced organic matter degradation and stabilization. Spectral data were evaluated by means of multivariate statistics. Similar spectral characteristics of sludge degradation stages were visualized by principal component analysis. The effect of additional aerobic treatment of anaerobically stabilized sludge was revealed by discriminant analysis that distinguishes additionally aerated sludge from all the other degradation stages of sludge because of changes in the spectral pattern by increasing stabilization. Based on partial least squares regression (PLSR) a correlation coefficient of R² = 0.91 was found between spectral characteristics and the chemical oxygen demand (COD).     

城市污泥土地利用研究

通过培养试验、盆栽试验和田间试验系统地研究了污泥的组分特征、性质及其农地和城市园林绿化地利用对作物或绿化灌木、土壤肥力及其环境的影响,结果表明,污泥富含有机质和氮磷养分,且养分当季有效性介于化肥农家肥之间。施用污泥将明显提高土壤肥力,表现改善土壤物理性质;增加土壤肥机质和氮磷水平,并增加土壤生物活性,因此施用污泥的处理作物产量较高,并有利于后茬作物的稳健生长。但污泥施用也存在重金属、病原物等污染     

Estimation of phosphorus bioavailability from composted organic wastes

Sewage sludge derived from municipal sewage treatment plants is an important source of macronutrients, micronutrients and organic matter. For this reason composting of sewage sludge, along with combustion and co-combustion, is a new management priority in Poland. In this study six composts of different origin and composition were evaluated in terms of their abundance in phosphorus, because it is an essential nutrient for all living organisms. Analyses were conducted on the samples at the initial and at the maturation phase of composting. The bioavailability of phosphorus was estimated on the basis of amounts of the nutrient in isolated fractions using the sequential extraction method. First of all quantitative changes of the total nutrient content and its amounts in separated fractions were dependent on the mixture composition. Irrespective of compost type, 34.5–75.0% of the total amounts of phosphorus were found in hardly available combinations (Fr. III), while available phosphorus forms (Fr. I) accounted for only 6.6–21.6%. As a result of composting together different organic wastes an increase was observed both in the total content and the amounts of this nutrient in separated fractions. This phenomenon was observed particularly in composts with smaller levels of sewage sludge (30–40%), characterised by rapid organic matter decomposition, which was indicated by higher bioavailable amounts of phosphorus. Under such conditions the content of P ranged between 3.68 and 7.4 g kg^?1. In comparison to the labile pool of P obtained for matured composts C5 and C6 (65 and 75% of sewage sludge in their composition) amounting to 2.45–3.0 g kg^?1 the above values were considerable. Bioavailable phosphorus contents potentially introduced to soil with composts doses calculated at 170 kg total N/ha/yr ranged from 69.8 to 80.2 kg for compost with the lowest share of sewage sludge and from 11.2 to 20.7 kg for compost with the highest share of sewage sludge.     

Organic solid wastes from urban environment as iron sources for sorghum

Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) which is susceptible to Fe deficiency was grown in two different soils in a glasshouse with two different organic urban wastes (sewage sludge and dog manure) to ascertain their ability to supply Fe and other micronutrients to plants. One soil was calcareous with a history of Fe deficiency. Sewage sludge and dog manure at an application rate of 15,000 g/g to this soil effectively supplied Fe to plants. This effect was not present when the ash rather than the organic matter was used. Ferrous sulfate and Fe-EDDHA (Fe[ethylenediamine di-0-hydroxyphenylacetate]) likewise were not effective. Infrared spectra revealed differences in the fulvic acid for the two sources of solid wastes. The results imply that some sources of organic wastes may be useful in prevention or correction of Fe deficiency in calcareous soils.     

Nickel in soil and maize plants grown on an oxisol treated over a long time with sewage sludge

Abstract

The major limitation for the use of sewage sludge in agriculture is the risk of soil contamination with heavy metals, and their possible transference to man via the food chain. The objective of this study was to evaluate the content of nickel (Ni) in soil by the two methods of digestion (HNO₃ + H₂O₂ + HCl and HClO₄ + HF), and in different parts of maize plants grown on a tropical soil classified as Typic Eutrorthox, that had been treated with sewage sludge for nine consecutive years, and the effects on dry matter and grain production. The experiment was carried out under field conditions in Jaboticabal-SP, using a randomized block design with four treatments and five replicates. Treatments consisted of: 0.0 (control, mineral fertilization), 45.0, 90.0 and 127.5t ha^?1 sewage sludge (dry basis), accumulated during nine years. Sewage sludge was manually applied to the soil and incorporated at 0.1 m depth before sowing the maize. Soil Ni evaluated by Jackson’s method was 76.8% higher than evaluated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency method that digests the samples by heating with concentrated HNO³, H²O² and HCl. Sewage sludge rates did not affect Ni content in the soil. Ni was accumulated in leaf and stem but was not detected in grain. Sewage sludge and mineral fertilization applied to soil for a long time caused similar effects on dry matter and grain production.     

Distribution of heavy metals in a sewage oxidation pond and their adsorption in residual solid (sewage sludge ash)

Abstract

Electrometric studies were carried out on the interaction of heavy metal ions such as manganese, chromium, nickel, copper, zinc, cadmium and lead with the extracted organic matter, humic and fulvic acid from the sludge in a sewage oxidation pond. The distribution of heavy metals was between 60 and 97%, which is associated with the solid waste (sludge) of the oxidation pond. The adsorption/removal efficiency of metal ions onto the sludge ash was more than 90% and 97%, respectively, in the pure system. To obtain the ash, the sludge was burnt at 500°C, treated with nitric acid (1+1) to leach out all the metals and then filtered; the residue left on the filter paper was the pure ash. Both this and that coated with organic matter were studied. The adsorption isotherm for metals, humic/fulvic acids and metal-humic/fulvic acid complexes in the metal-free sludge ash and in the organic matter in the pure system were studied using the Freundlich relationship. Good agreement was found suggesting that sediment and humic/fulvic acids have an important role in the mobility, dispersion and sedimentation of metal ions in an aquatic environment. More of these heavy metals are removed in the pure system than in the natural system. This may be due to the lesser availability of humic and fulvic acids in the lagoons during the short detention time of sewage in suspension in the oxidation pond, whereas the sludge which has settled to the bottom of the pond for several years contains rich decomposed organic matter in the form of humic and fulvic acids containing heavy metals. Such pure systems could be useful for the effective removal of heavy metals.     

Molecular pathogen detection in biosolids with a focus on quantitative PCR using propidium monoazide for viable cell enumeration

Sewage sludge is the solid, organic material remaining after wastewater is treated and discharged from a wastewater treatment plant. Sludge is treated to stabilize the organic matter and reduce the amount of human pathogens. Once government regulations are met, including material quality standards (e.g., E. coli levels and heavy metal content) sludge is termed “biosolids”, which may be disposed of by land application according to regulations. Live-culture techniques have traditionally been used to enumerate select pathogens and/or indicator organisms to demonstrate compliance with regulatory requirements. However, these methods may result in underestimates of viable microorganisms due to several problems, including their inability to detect viable but non-culturable (VBNC) cells. Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) is currently under investigation as a fast, sensitive, and specific molecular tool for enumeration of pathogens in biosolids. Its main limitation is that it amplifies all target DNAs, including that from non-viable cells. This can be overcome by coupling qPCR with propidium monoazide (PMA), a microbial membrane-impermeant dye that binds to extracellular DNA and DNA in dead or membrane-compromised cells, inhibiting its amplification. PMA has successfully been used to monitor the presence of viable pathogens in several different matrices. In this review the use of PMA-qPCR is discussed as a suitable approach for viable microbial enumeration in biosolids. Recommendations for optimization of the method are made, with a focus on DNA extraction, dilution of sample turbidity, reagent concentration, and light exposure time.     

Molecular pathogen detection in biosolids with a focus on quantitative PCR using propidium monoazide for viable cell enumeration

Sewage sludge is the solid, organic material remaining after wastewater is treated and discharged from a wastewater treatment plant. Sludge is treated to stabilize the organic matter and reduce the amount of human pathogens. Once government regulations are met, including material quality standards (e.g., E. coli levels and heavy metal content) sludge is termed “biosolids”, which may be disposed of by land application according to regulations. Live-culture techniques have traditionally been used to enumerate select pathogens and/or indicator organisms to demonstrate compliance with regulatory requirements. However, these methods may result in underestimates of viable microorganisms due to several problems, including their inability to detect viable but non-culturable (VBNC) cells. Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) is currently under investigation as a fast, sensitive, and specific molecular tool for enumeration of pathogens in biosolids. Its main limitation is that it amplifies all target DNAs, including that from non-viable cells. This can be overcome by coupling qPCR with propidium monoazide (PMA), a microbial membrane-impermeant dye that binds to extracellular DNA and DNA in dead or membrane-compromised cells, inhibiting its amplification. PMA has successfully been used to monitor the presence of viable pathogens in several different matrices. In this review the use of PMA–qPCR is discussed as a suitable approach for viable microbial enumeration in biosolids. Recommendations for optimization of the method are made, with a focus on DNA extraction, dilution of sample turbidity, reagent concentration, and light exposure time.