World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2020
Evaluation of Amending Compacted Residential Soils with Compost on Nutrient Leaching
Publication: World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2020: Water Resources Planning and Management and Irrigation and Drainage
ABSTRACT
Currently, approximately 1,000 people per day move to Florida and based on 2035 demand, the Central Florida Water Initiative projects the resulting regional deficit will be 250 million gallons per day. New residential landscapes are often installed on compacted (bulk densities > 1.60 g/cm3), low-quality fill material with limited water holding capacity and nutrients. Incorporating organic amendments has been shown to mitigate compaction and improve soil quality. The goal of this study was to reduce landscape irrigation to new residential lawns and assess any water quality impacts of amending soils. This study was located in central Florida (Ocala) in the landscapes of 24 homes within an active adult community. Homes were constructed between 2017 and 2019. Data collection began during summer 2018 and will run through the end of 2020. Before landscape installation, one of three treatments [compacted (null), tilled, tilled with compost amendment] were applied just before empire zoysia turfgrass was installed. Soil moisture sensors were installed in 12 of the 24 homes to record volumetric water content within the top six inches. Lysimeters were installed in the backyards of all the homes to collect leachate to evaluate potential nutrient leachate to groundwater. Storm drains were instrumented with weir boxes, water level loggers, and autosamplers to measure and sample runoff. Water quality samples were analyzed for nitrogen species and phosphorus. Results from this study will be used to inform local government development and water resource policies.
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World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2020: Water Resources Planning and Management and Irrigation and Drainage
Pages: 78 - 90
Editors: Sajjad Ahmad, Ph.D., and Regan Murray, Ph.D.
ISBN (Online): 978-0-7844-8295-7
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Published online: May 14, 2020
Published in print: May 14, 2020
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