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Título: | Nutrient retention efficiency in streams receiving inputs from wastewater treatment plants |
Autor: | Martí, Eugènia ; Aumatell, J.; Godé, Ll.; Poch, M.; Sabater, Francesc CSIC ORCID | Palabras clave: | DIN, dissolved inorganic nitrogen ACA, Catalan Water Treatment Agency DOC, dissolved organic carbon WWTP, wastewater treatment plant |
Fecha de publicación: | 2-oct-2002 | Editor: | Crop Science Society of America | Citación: | Journal of Environmental Quality 33(1) : 285-293 (2002) | Resumen: | We tested the effect of nutrient inputs from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) on stream nutrient retention efficiency by examining the longitudinal patterns of ammonium, nitrate, and phosphate concentrations downstream of WWTP effluents in 15 streams throughout Catalonia (Spain). We hypothesized that large nutrient loadings would saturate stream communities, lowering nutrient retention efficiency (i.e., nutrient retention relative to nutrient flux) relative to less polluted streams. Longitudinal variation in ambient nutrient concentration reflected the net result of physical, chemical, or biological uptake and release processes. Therefore, gradual increases in nutrient concentration indicate that the stream acts as a net source of nutrients to downstream environments, whereas gradual declines indicate that the stream acts as a net sink. In those streams where gradual declines in nutrient concentration were observed, we calculated the nutrient uptake length as an indicator of the stream nutrient retention efficiency. No significant decline was found in dilution-corrected concentrations of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) and phosphate in 40 and 45% of streams, respectively. In the remaining streams, uptake length (estimated based on the decline of nutrient concentrations at ambient levels) ranged from 0.14 to 29 km (DIN), and from 0.14 to 14 km (phosphate). Overall, these values are longer (lower retention efficiency) than those from nonpolluted streams of similar size, supporting our hypothesis, and suggest that high nutrient loads affect fluvial ecosystem function. This study demonstrates that the efficiency of stream ecosystems to remove nutrients has limitations because it can be significantly altered by the quantity and quality of the receiving water. | Descripción: | 9 Páginas ; 5 Tablas ; 2 Figuras | Versión del editor: | http://dx.doi.org/10.2134/jeq2004.2850 | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/37349 | DOI: | 10.2134/jeq2004.2850 | ISSN: | 0047-2425 |
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