Performance of an under-loaded denitrifying bioreactor with biochar amendment.

Abstract:

:Denitrifying bioreactors are recently-established agricultural best management practices with growing acceptance in the US Midwest but less studied in other agriculturally significant regions, such as the US Mid-Atlantic. A bioreactor was installed in the Virginia Coastal Plain to evaluate performance in this geographically novel region facing challenges managing nutrient pollution. The 25.3 m3 woodchip bed amended with 10% biochar (v/v) intercepted subsurface drainage from 6.5 ha cultivated in soy. Influent and effluent nitrate-nitrogen (NO3-N) and total phosphorus (TP) concentrations and flowrate were monitored intensively during the second year of operation. Bed surface fluxes of greenhouse gases (GHGs) nitrous oxide (N2O), methane (CH4), and carbon dioxide (CO2) were measured periodically with the closed dynamic chamber technique. The bioreactor did not have a statistically or environmentally significant effect on TP export. Cumulative NO3-N removal efficiency (9.5%) and average removal rate (0.56 ± 0.25 g m-3 d-1) were low relative to Midwest tile bioreactors, but comparable to installations in the Maryland Coastal Plain. Underperformance was attributed mainly to low NO3-N loading (mean 9.4 ± 4.4 kg ha-1 yr-1), although intermittent flow, periods of low HRT, and low pH (mean 5.3) also likely contributed. N removal rates were correlated with influent NO3-N concentration and temperature, but decreased with hydraulic residence time, indicating that removal was often N-limited. GHG emissions were similar to other bioreactors and constructed wetlands and not considered environmentally concerning. This study suggests that expectations of NO3-N removal efficiency developed from bioreactors receiving moderate to high NO3-N loading with influent concentrations exceeding 10-20 mg L-1 are unlikely to be met by systems where N-limitation becomes significant.

journal_name

J Environ Manage

authors

Bock EM,Coleman BSL,Easton ZM

doi

10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.03.111

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2018-07-01 00:00:00

pages

447-455

eissn

0301-4797

issn

1095-8630

pii

S0301-4797(18)30345-1

journal_volume

217

pub_type

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