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Water Sci Technol

Title:		The role of sludge conditioning and dewatering in the fate of nonylphenol in sludge-amended soils
Author(s):		Kouloumbos VN; Schaffer A; Corvini PF;
Address:		"RWTH Aachen University, Institute for Environmental Research - Chair for Environmental Biology and Chemodynamics, Worringerweg 1, D 52074, Aachen, Germany. v_kouloumpos@bio5.rwth-aachen.de"
Journal Title:		Water Sci Technol
Year:		2008
Volume:		57
Issue:		3
Page Number:		329 - 335
DOI:		10.2166/wst.2008.014
ISSN/ISBN:		0273-1223 (Print) 0273-1223 (Linking)
Abstract:		"One of the main concerns associated with the recycling of biosolids to arable land is their contamination by organic pollutants, like endocrine disruptors. Conditioning and dewatering are usually the last steps of the sewage sludge treatment, before its further utilization. The choice of the specific conditioning/dewatering method may have an effect, not only on the amount of residues in the biosolids, but also on the fate of these compounds in amended soils. Anaerobically digested wastewater sludge was conditioned at lab-scale by means of physical and chemical methods and subsequently dewatered by centrifugation. The produced biosolids plus non-conditioned and non-dewatered sludges were amended separately to soil and spiked with 14C radiolabelled single isomer of nonylphenol. The persistence and leaching potential of nonylphenol after an incubation period of three months were correlated to the sludge treatment method. In comparison to non-conditioned sludge, 54% and 72% higher amount of pollutant residues were extractable when freeze-thawed and limed sludge, respectively, were used. Conditioning of sludge with cationic polymer decreased the leaching potential of nonylphenol in sludge-amended soils, while liming increased it. Fractions of the model compound recovered as extractable and bound residues were analyzed in order to interpret nonylphenol fate"
Keywords:		Carbon Radioisotopes Environmental Pollutants/*chemistry Minerals/chemistry Phenols/*chemistry Refuse Disposal/*methods Risk Assessment Sewage/*chemistry *Soil Volatilization Water/*analysis/*chemistry;
Notes:		"MedlineKouloumbos, V N Schaffer, A Corvini, P F-X eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2008/03/01 Water Sci Technol. 2008; 57(3):329-35. doi: 10.2166/wst.2008.014"