Lysimeter Studies on Nitrogen Transport and Transformation as Affected by Contaminated Water Irrigation
Publication: Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Volume 13, Issue 5
Abstract
Contaminated river water irrigation was conducted in two couples of lysimeters with 1 and soil depths, respectively, to identify factors affecting transport and transformation of organic matters and nitrogen compounds. During of experimentation, of total nitrogen mineralized into inorganic nitrogen. The amounts of nitrification and denitrification were as high as 387.8 and , respectively. of leached into groundwater, which amounted to 78% of the initial . Therefore, denitrification and the leaching are the main processes for the loss of nitrogen in soil. Soil moisture was a primary factor affecting the transport and transformation of nitrogen (N) compounds. Lysimeter studies demonstrate that chemical oxygen demand (COD) and concentrations changed with spatial and temporal variations of the water content and the concentration of is highly positively correlated with COD. However, there is no significant correlation between soil moisture and , and the relationship between and is poor.
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Acknowledgments
The writers wish to express deep appreciation to all of the members of Chemical Analyses Laboratory and Hanwang Test Site in Hydrology Division of Xuzhou for their cooperation in laboratory and field experiments. The National Natural Science Foundation (No. 50579018) and The Ministry of Water Resources of China supported this research.
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Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Volume 13 • Issue 5 • May 2008
Pages: 341 - 346
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Received: Nov 13, 2006
Accepted: May 22, 2007
Published online: May 1, 2008
Published in print: May 2008
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