Impact of chemical amendment of dairy cattle slurry on phosphorus, suspended sediment and metal loss to runoff from a grassland soil

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• 作者：R.B.  ; Brennanp>ap> ; O.  ; Fentonp>bp> ; J.  ; Grantp>cp> ; M.G.  ; Healyp>ap>p> ;   ; p>p>mark.healy@nuigalway.iep>
• 关键词：Runoff ; Dairy ; Slurry ; Management ; Chemical amendment
• 刊名：Science of the Total Environment
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：1 November 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：409
• 期：23
• 页码：5111-5118
• 全文大小：660 K

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Emerging remediation technologies such as chemical amendment of dairy cattle slurry have the potential to reduce phosphorus (P) solubility and consequently reduce P losses arising from land application of dairy cattle slurry. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of chemical amendment of slurry to reduce incidental losses of P and suspended sediment (SS) from grassland following application of dairy cattle slurry and to examine the effect of amendments on metal concentrations in runoff water. Intact grassed-soil samples were placed in two laboratory runoff boxes, each 200-cm-long by 22.5-cm-wide by 5-cm-deep, before being amended with dairy cattle slurry (the study control) and slurry amended with either: (i) alum, comprising 8 % aluminium oxide (Al₂O₃) (1.11:1 aluminium (Al):total phosphorus (TP) of slurry) (ii) poly-aluminium chloride hydroxide (PAC) comprising 10 % Al₂O₃ (0.93:1 Al:TP) (iii) analytical grade ferric chloride (FeCl₂) (2:1 Fe:TP), (iv) and lime (Ca(OH)₂) (10:1 Ca:TP). When compared with the study control, PAC was the most effective amendment, reducing dissolved reactive phosphorus (DRP) by up to 86 % while alum was most effective in reducing SS (88 % ), TP (94 % ), particulate phosphorus (PP) (95 % ), total dissolved phosphorus (TDP) (81 % ), and dissolved unreactive phosphorus (DUP) (86 % ). Chemical amendment of slurry did not appear to significantly increase losses of Al and Fe compared to the study control, while all amendments increased Ca loss compared to control and grass-only treatment. While chemical amendments were effective, the reductions in incidental P losses observed in this study were similar to those observed in other studies where the time from slurry application to the first rainfall event was increased. Timing of slurry application may therefore be a much more feasible way to reduce incidental P losses. Future work must examine the long-term effects of amendments on P loss to runoff and not only incidental losses.