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Ortmeyer F, Guerreiro MA, Begerow D, Banning A. Modified microbiology through enhanced denitrification by addition of various organic substances-temperature effect. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:60282-60293. [PMID: 37022539 PMCID: PMC10163118 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-26784-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Accepted: 03/29/2023] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Worldwide, the environmental nitrate (NO3-) problem is increasingly coming into focus. These increases in NO3- concentration result mainly from agricultural inputs and are further exacerbated by decreasing and finite geogenic NO3- degradation capacity in aquifers. Thus, treatment methods are becoming more and more important. In this study, the effects of enhanced denitrification with addition of organic carbon (C) on thereby autochthonous occurring microbiology and compared at room temperature as well as 10 °C were investigated. Incubation of bacteria and fungi was carried out using natural sediments without degradation capacity and groundwater with high NO3- concentrations. Addition of the four applied substrates (acetate, glucose, ascorbic acid, and ethanol) results in major differences in microbial community. Cooling to 10 °C changes the microbiology again. Relative abundances of bacteria are strongly influenced by temperature, which is probably the explanation for different denitrification rates. Fungi are much more sensitive to the milieu change with organic C. Different fungi taxa preferentially occur at one of the two temperature approaches. Major modifications of the microbial community are mainly observed whose denitrification rates strongly depend on the temperature effect. Therefore, we assume a temperature optimum of enhanced denitrification specific to each substrate, which is influenced by the microbiology.
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- Felix Ortmeyer
- Hydrogeology Department, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany.
- Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, Øster Voldgade 10, 1350 Copenhagen and Universitetsbyen 81, 8000, Aarhus, Denmark.
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- Department of Evolution of Plants and Fungi, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany
- Environmental Genomics, Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel, Am Botanischen Garten 1-9, 24118, Kiel, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, August-Thienemann-Str. 2, 24306, Plön, Germany
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- Department of Evolution of Plants and Fungi, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany
- University of Hamburg, Institute of Plant Sciences and Microbiology, Ohnhorststr. 18, 22609, Hamburg, Germany
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- School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, T23 N73K, Ireland
- University College Cork, Environmental Research Institute, Lee Road, Cork, T23 XE10, Ireland
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Zhao B, Sun Z, Liu Y. An overview of in-situ remediation for nitrate in groundwater. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 804:149981. [PMID: 34517309 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2021] [Revised: 08/19/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Faced with the increasing nitrate pollution in groundwater, in-situ remediation has been widely studied and applied on field-scale as an efficient, economical and less disturbing remediation technology. In this review, we discussed various in-situ remediation for nitrate in groundwater and elaborate on biostimulation, phytoremediation, electrokinetic remediation, permeable reactive barrier and combined remediation. This review described principles of each in-situ remediation, application, the latest progress, problems and challenges on field-scale. Factors affecting the efficiency of in-situ remediation for nitrate in groundwater are also summarized. Finally, this review presented the prospect of in-situ remediation for nitrate pollution in groundwater. The objective of this review is to examine the state of knowledge on in-situ remediation for nitrate in groundwater and critically evaluate factors which affect the up-scaling of laboratory and bench-scale research to field-scale application. This helps to better understand the control mechanisms of various in-situ remediation for nitrate pollution in groundwater and the design options available for application to the field-scale.
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- Bei Zhao
- China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Resources and Environment, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Resources and Environment, East China University of Technology, Nanchang 330013, China
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Canelles A, Rodríguez-Escales P, Modrzyński JJ, Albers C, Sanchez-Vila X. Impact of compost reactive layer on hydraulic transport and C & N cycles: Biogeochemical modeling of infiltration column experiments. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 770:145490. [PMID: 33736357 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Revised: 12/29/2020] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) is a key strategy to increase freshwater resources in many regions facing water scarcity. MAR issues are related to both quantity and quality of the infiltrating water. In most countries, very high quality of the infiltrating water is required, to limit the impact on the aquifer geochemistry. In this paper, the possibility of injecting water of lower quality in the aquifer and letting the biogeochemical reactions take place in order to enhance its quality is explored. Here, we present the fate of nutrients (C, N) in the biogeochemical system of a reactive barrier formed by mixture of different proportions of sand and compost, supplied with treated wastewater to mimic MAR. An integrated conceptual model involving the nutrient cycles and biomass dynamics (auto- and heterotrophic) was developed, and then tested with a number of solute transport experiments in columns with different compost fraction in the column filling. The model incorporated both saturation and inhibition processes (regarding the nutrients and their byproducts) to provide a comprehensive picture of the nutrient dynamics within the column. The model developed (three if considering the 3 column setups) allowed to discriminate the processes that govern the fate of nutrients in relation with the compost enhancing long-term nutrient degradation, yet hindering hydraulic parameters that affect infiltration rates.
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- Arnau Canelles
- Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Jordi Girona 1-3, 08034 Barcelona, Spain; Associated Unit: Hydrogeology Group (UPC-CSIC), Spain.
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- Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Jordi Girona 1-3, 08034 Barcelona, Spain; Associated Unit: Hydrogeology Group (UPC-CSIC), Spain
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- Department of Geochemistry, Geological Survey of Denmark & Greenland (GEUS), Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Geochemistry, Geological Survey of Denmark & Greenland (GEUS), Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Jordi Girona 1-3, 08034 Barcelona, Spain; Associated Unit: Hydrogeology Group (UPC-CSIC), Spain
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Zhong H, Cheng Y, Ahmad Z, Shao Y, Zhang H, Lu Q, Shim H. Solid-phase denitrification for water remediation: processes, limitations, and new aspects. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2020; 40:1113-1130. [DOI: 10.1080/07388551.2020.1805720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Hua Zhong
- Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Macau, Macau, China
- State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Macau, Macau, China
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Macau, Macau, China
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Wang Y, Zeng Q, Zou S, Hu C, Chen F, Zhang Y, Rittmann BE. Bioavailable electron donors from ultrasound-treated biomass for stimulating denitrification. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2019; 250:109533. [PMID: 31551199 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2019] [Revised: 09/01/2019] [Accepted: 09/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Finding low-cost electron donors to drive denitrification is an important target for many municipal wastewater treatment plants (MWTPs). Excess sludge (biomass) potentially is a low-cost electron donor generated internally to the MWTP, but it has to be made more bioavailable. Aerobic and anoxic biomasses were treated with ultrasound, and their supernatants were used as electron donors for stimulating denitrification. The supernatant from ultrasound-treated anoxic biomass achieved 54% faster nitrate-N removal than did supernatant from the treated aerobic biomass, and the supernatant of untreated biomass was ineffective as an electron donor. UV illumination of the supernatants further enhanced the rates, with increments of 19% and 14%, respectively for the aerobic and anoxic supernatants. Sodium acetate at a range of initial concentrations was compared as a readily bioavailable electron donor to gauge the acceleration impact of the supernatants as equivalent bioavailable chemical oxygen demand (COD). The total chemical oxygen demand (TCOD) of the supernatant harvested from anoxic biomass without UV illumination was 76% bioavailable, while its bioavailable TCOD was 78% after UV illumination. For the supernatant from the aerobic biomass, the bioavailable fractions were, respectively, 56% and 58% without and with UV illumination. The greatest impact for converting excess biomass into a source of bioavailable electron donor to drive denitrification came from ultrasound treatment of the biomass, which disrupted the biomass to form particulate chemical oxygen demand (PCOD) that was bioavailable. PCOD was at least 51% bioavailable, and it contributed no less than 82% of the bioavailable COD.
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- Youke Wang
- Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Environmental and Geographical Science, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 200234, PR China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Environmental and Geographical Science, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 200234, PR China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Environmental and Geographical Science, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 200234, PR China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Environmental and Geographical Science, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 200234, PR China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Environmental and Geographical Science, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 200234, PR China.
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Environmental and Geographical Science, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 200234, PR China.
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- Biodesign Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ85287-5701, USA
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Margalef-Marti R, Carrey R, Viladés M, Jubany I, Vilanova E, Grau R, Soler A, Otero N. Use of nitrogen and oxygen isotopes of dissolved nitrate to trace field-scale induced denitrification efficiency throughout an in-situ groundwater remediation strategy. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 686:709-718. [PMID: 31195279 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2019] [Revised: 05/31/2019] [Accepted: 06/01/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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In the framework of the Life+ InSiTrate project, a pilot-plant was established to demonstrate the viability of inducing in-situ heterotrophic denitrification to remediate nitrate (NO3-)-polluted groundwater. Two injection wells supplied acetic acid by pulses to an alluvial aquifer for 22months. The monitoring was performed by regular sampling at three piezometers and two wells located downstream. In the present work, the pilot-plant monitoring samples were used to test the usefulness of the isotopic tools to evaluate the efficiency of the treatment. The laboratory microcosm experiments determined an isotopic fractionation (ε) for N-NO3- of -12.6‰ and for O-NO3- of -13.3‰. These ε15NNO3/N2 and ε18ONO3/N2 values were modelled by using a Rayleigh distillation equation to estimate the percentage of the induced denitrification at the pilot-plant while avoiding a possible interference from dilution due to non-polluted water inputs. In some of the field samples, the induced NO3- reduction was higher than 50% with respect to the background concentration. The field samples showed a reduced slope between δ18O-NO3- and δ15N-NO3- (0.7) compared to the laboratory experiments (1.1). This finding was attributed to the reoxidation of NO2- to NO3- during the treatment. The NO3- isotopic characterization also permitted the recognition of a mixture between the denitrified and partially or non-denitrified groundwater in one of the sampling points. Therefore, the isotopic tools demonstrated usefulness in assessing the implementation of the field-scale induced denitrification strategy.
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- Rosanna Margalef-Marti
- Grup MAiMA, SGR Mineralogia Aplicada, Geoquímica i Geomicrobiologia, Departament de Mineralogia, Petrologia i Geologia Aplicada, Facultat de Ciències de la Terra, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain.
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- Grup MAiMA, SGR Mineralogia Aplicada, Geoquímica i Geomicrobiologia, Departament de Mineralogia, Petrologia i Geologia Aplicada, Facultat de Ciències de la Terra, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain
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- Sustainability Department, Fundació CTM Centre Tecnològic, Spain
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- Sustainability Area, Eurecat, Centre Tecnològic de Catalunya, Spain
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- Grup MAiMA, SGR Mineralogia Aplicada, Geoquímica i Geomicrobiologia, Departament de Mineralogia, Petrologia i Geologia Aplicada, Facultat de Ciències de la Terra, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain
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- Grup MAiMA, SGR Mineralogia Aplicada, Geoquímica i Geomicrobiologia, Departament de Mineralogia, Petrologia i Geologia Aplicada, Facultat de Ciències de la Terra, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain; Serra Húnter Fellow, Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain
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Margalef-Marti R, Carrey R, Soler A, Otero N. Evaluating the potential use of a dairy industry residue to induce denitrification in polluted water bodies: A flow-through experiment. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2019; 245:86-94. [PMID: 31150913 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.03.086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2019] [Revised: 03/15/2019] [Accepted: 03/16/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Improving the effectiveness and economics of strategies to remediate groundwater nitrate pollution is a matter of concern. In this context, the addition of whey into aquifers could provide a feasible solution to attenuate nitrate contamination by inducing heterotrophic denitrification, while recycling an industry residue. Before its application, the efficacy of the treatment must be studied at laboratory-scale to optimize the application strategy in order to avoid the generation of harmful intermediate compounds. To do this, a flow-through denitrification experiment using whey as organic C source was performed, and different C/N ratios and injection periodicities were tested. The collected samples were analyzed to determine the chemical and isotopic composition of N and C compounds. The results proved that whey could promote denitrification. Nitrate was completely removed when using either a 3.0 or 2.0 C/N ratio. However, daily injection with C/N ratios from 1.25 to 1.5 seemed advantageous, since this strategy decreased nitrate concentration to values below the threshold for water consumption while avoiding nitrite accumulation and whey release with the outflow. The isotopic results confirmed that nitrate attenuation was due to denitrification and that the production of DIC was related to bacterial whey oxidation. Furthermore, the isotopic data suggested that when denitrification was not complete, the outflow could present a mix of denitrified and nondenitrified water. The calculated isotopic fractionation values (ε15NNO3/N2 and ε18ONO3/N2) might be applied in the future to quantify the efficiency of the bioremediation treatments by whey application at field-scale.
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- Rosanna Margalef-Marti
- Grup MAiMA, SGR Mineralogia Aplicada, Geoquímica I Geomicrobiologia, Departament de Mineralogia, Petrologia I Geologia Aplicada, Facultat de Ciències de la Terra, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain.
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- Grup MAiMA, SGR Mineralogia Aplicada, Geoquímica I Geomicrobiologia, Departament de Mineralogia, Petrologia I Geologia Aplicada, Facultat de Ciències de la Terra, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain
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- Grup MAiMA, SGR Mineralogia Aplicada, Geoquímica I Geomicrobiologia, Departament de Mineralogia, Petrologia I Geologia Aplicada, Facultat de Ciències de la Terra, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain
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- Grup MAiMA, SGR Mineralogia Aplicada, Geoquímica I Geomicrobiologia, Departament de Mineralogia, Petrologia I Geologia Aplicada, Facultat de Ciències de la Terra, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain; Serra Húnter Fellowship, Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain
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