Occurrence and fate of nitrification and urease inhibitors in the aquatic environment
| Autor: | Heinz-Jürgen Brauch, Marco Scheurer, Carsten K. Schmidt, Frank Sacher |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Nitrogen
Microorganism chemistry.chemical_element Wastewater 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law Guanidines 01 natural sciences Mass Spectrometry Soil Bioreactors Environmental Chemistry Leaching (agriculture) Fertilizers Effluent 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Chemistry Hydrolysis Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Environmental engineering 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences General Medicine Triazoles Nitrification Urease Environmental chemistry 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Sewage treatment Oxidation-Reduction Surface water Water Pollutants Chemical Chromatography Liquid Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts. 18:999-1010 |
| ISSN: | 2050-7895 2050-7887 |
| DOI: | 10.1039/c6em00014b |
| Popis: | Nitrification and urease inhibitors (NUIs) decelerate the bacterial oxidation of nitrogen species by suppressing the activity of soil microorganisms. Thus, nitrogen losses can be limited and the efficiency of nitrogen fertilizers can be increased. After application NUI transfers to surface water may occur through leaching or surface run-off. In order to assess the occurrence of nitrification and urease inhibitors in the aquatic environment a multi-analyte high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry method was developed. 1H-1,2,4-Triazole and dicyandiamide (DCD) were detected for the first time in German surface waters. Only at a few sites 1H-1,2,4-triazole has been episodically detected with concentrations up to the μg L(-1)-range. DCD was ubiquitously present in German surface waters. An industrial site was identified as the point source of DCD being responsible for exceptionally high DCD concentrations of up to 7.2 mg L(-1) in close proximity to the point of discharge. Both compounds were also detected in at least one wastewater treatment plant effluent, but their concentrations in surface waters did not correlate with those of typical markers for domestic wastewater. Other NUIs were not detected in any of the samples. Laboratory-scale batch tests proved that 1H-1,2,4-triazole and DCD are not readily biodegradable, are not prone to hydrolysis and do not tend to adsorb onto soil particles. Ozonation and activated carbon filtration proved to be ineffective for their removal. |
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