Estimation of Groundwater Nitrate-N applying SCB Liquid Manure in Bio-Circulation Experimental Forest using GLEAMS Model

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eun Mi Hong ◽  
Jin-Yong Choi ◽  
Seung-Hwan Yoo ◽  
Won Ho Nam ◽  
In Gyu Choi
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1981 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.A. LOEWEN-RUDGERS ◽  
LARRY D. KING ◽  
L.R. WEBBER

Pulverized household refuse (C/N ratio of 60:1) was incubated with Guelph loam (refuse rate of 3.5 or 7%) and sufficient anaerobically digested liquid sewage sludge, liquid poultry manure or (NH4)2SO4 to result in an added waste C/N ratio of 45:1 to 15:1. Most decreases in dry weight occurred during the first 168 days, suggesting that the more readily decomposable organic materials were nearly decomposed by 168 days. Dry weight decreases suggested that rate of refuse decomposition was not influenced by amount of supplemental N or by N carrier, probably because the soil and/or the refuse supplied substantial N. Incubation of refuse and high-N waste with soil resulted in considerably lower nitrate levels than incubation of high-N waste with soil. Incubation of refuse with soil resulted in lower nitrate levels than incubation of soil alone. In most treatments including refuse, nitrate N decreased from 108 ppm to less than 10 ppm at 28 days, remained low until 168 days and then increased. At incubation termination (224 days), nitrate levels in most treatments including refuse were similar to or lower than that for the control (~130 ppm NO3−-N). However, nitrate N levels varied from 214 ppm to 534 ppm at 224 days for those treatments which included 3.5% refuse and the highest level of high-N waste. Decreases in total inorganic N increased with increasing amounts of inorganic N applied, suggesting that immobilization and/or losses through processes such as NH3 volatilization increased with amount of inorganic N applied. Results supported the conclusion derived from associated field and lysimeter studies that were reported elsewhere, that simultaneous land disposal of pulverized municipal refuse and high-N wastes such as liquid sewage sludge or liquid manure is feasible. However, the inorganic N supplying power of the soil should be determined before waste application so that waste levels can be adjusted to avoid large accumulations of nitrate.


2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 176-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Chris Wilson ◽  
Joseph P. Albano

Nitrate-nitrogen (N) losses in surface drainage and runoff water from ornamental plant production areas can be considerable. In N-limited watersheds, discharge of N from production areas can have negative impacts on nontarget aquatic systems. This study monitored nitrate-N concentrations in production area drainage water originating from a foliage plant production area. Concentrations in drainage water were monitored during the transition from 100% reliance on fertigation using urea and nitrate-based soluble formulations (SF) to a nitrate-based controlled-release formulation (CRF). During the SF use period, nitrate-N concentrations ranged from 0.5 to 322.0 mg·L−1 with a median concentration of 31.2 mg·L−1. Conversely, nitrate-N concentrations during the controlled-release fertilization program ranged from 0 to 147.9 mg·L−1 with a median concentration of 0.9 mg·L−1. This project demonstrates that nitrate-N concentrations in drainage water during the CRF program were reduced by 94% to 97% at the 10th through 95th percentiles relative to the SF fertilization program. Nitrate-N concentrations in drainage water from foliage plant production areas can be reduced by using CRF fertilizer formulations relative to SF formulations/fertigation. Similar results should be expected for other similar containerized crops. Managers located within N-limited watersheds facing N water quality regulations should consider the use of CRF fertilizer formulations as a potential tool (in addition to appropriate application rates and irrigation management) for reducing production impacts on water quality.


1979 ◽  
Vol 71 (3) ◽  
pp. 461-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. W. Friedrich ◽  
L. E. Schrader ◽  
E. V. Nordheim
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1997 ◽  
Vol 35 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 351-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Rothmaier ◽  
A. Weidenmann ◽  
K. Botzenhart

Isolates (50) of E. coli obtained from liquid manure (20 bovine, 20 porcine) were genotyped using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD). Typing revealed 9 and 14 different strains in bovine and porcine liquid manure respectively with no strains in common. One porcine strain, showing a simple RAPD pattern, was subcultured and spread on a test field (1.5l/m2 at 1010 cfu/l) in a drinking water protection zone with loamy to sandy sediments in the Donauried area, Baden-Wurttemberg. Soil samples and groundwaters were collected at monthly intervals October 1994 – June 1995 during which 114 E. coli isolates were recovered. The first occurrence and maximum concentration of E. coli in soil samples taken from more than 20cm depth was in January 1995, declining rapidly with depth and time. All isolates from soil and only one from groundwater showed the RAPD pattern of the spread E. coli strain. The results could not demonstrate a severe negative impact of the spreading of liquid manure on the bacteriological quality of the groundwater in the given geological situation. The distinct strain patterns found in different kinds of liquid manure suggest that genotyping of E. coli by RAPD may be an adequate tool for tracing sources of faecal contamination.


2000 ◽  
Vol 28 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 147-152
Author(s):  
T. Szalai ◽  
F. H. Nyárai ◽  
S. Holló ◽  
M. Birkás

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. W. McDowell ◽  
Z. P. Simpson ◽  
A. G. Ausseil ◽  
Z. Etheridge ◽  
R. Law

AbstractUnderstanding the lag time between land management and impacts on riverine nitrate–nitrogen (N) loads is critical to understand when action to mitigate nitrate–N leaching losses from the soil profile may start improving water quality. These lags occur due to leaching of nitrate–N through the subsurface (soil and groundwater). Actions to mitigate nitrate–N losses have been mandated in New Zealand policy to start showing improvements in water quality within five years. We estimated annual rates of nitrate–N leaching and annual nitrate–N loads for 77 river catchments from 1990 to 2018. Lag times between these losses and riverine loads were determined for 34 catchments but could not be determined in other catchments because they exhibited little change in nitrate–N leaching losses or loads. Lag times varied from 1 to 12 years according to factors like catchment size (Strahler stream order and altitude) and slope. For eight catchments where additional isotope and modelling data were available, the mean transit time for surface water at baseflow to pass through the catchment was on average 2.1 years less than, and never greater than, the mean lag time for nitrate–N, inferring our lag time estimates were robust. The median lag time for nitrate–N across the 34 catchments was 4.5 years, meaning that nearly half of these catchments wouldn’t exhibit decreases in nitrate–N because of practice change within the five years outlined in policy.


1996 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. J. Zebarth ◽  
J. W. Paul ◽  
O. Schmidt ◽  
R. McDougall

Manure-N availability must be known in order to design application practices that maximize the nutrient value of the manure while minimizing adverse environmental impacts. This study determined the effect of time and rate of liquid manure application on silage corn yield and N utilization, and residual soil nitrate at harvest, in south coastal British Columbia. Liquid dairy or liquid hog manure was applied at target rates of 0, 175, 350 or 525 kg N ha−1, with or without addition of 100 kg N ha−1 as inorganic fertilizer, at two sites in each of 2 yr. Time of liquid-dairy-manure application was also tested at two sites in each of 2 yr with N-application treatments of: 600 kg N ha−1 as manure applied in spring; 600 kg N ha−1 as manure applied in fall; 300 kg N ha−1 as manure applied in each of spring and fall; 200 kg N ha−1 applied as inorganic fertilizer in spring; 300 kg N ha−1 as manure plus 100 kg N ha−1 as inorganic fertilizer applied in spring; and a control that received no applied N. Fall-applied manure did not increase corn yield or N uptake in the following growing season. At all sites, maximum yield was attained using manure only. Selection of proper spring application rates for manure and inorganic fertilizer were found to be equally important in minimizing residual soil nitrate at harvest. Apparent recovery of applied N in the crop ranged from 0 to 33% for manure and from 18 to 93% for inorganic fertilizer. Key words: N recovery, manure management


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