Phosphorus release potential and pollution characteristics of sediment in downstream Nansi Lake, China

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Phosphorus release potential and pollution characteristics of sediment in downstream Nansi Lake, China

Zhijian LI^1,2, Qinyan YUE¹(

), Baoyu GAO¹, Yanwen WANG¹, Qing LIU³

1. Shandong Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, China; 2. School of Light Chemistry and Environment Engineering, Shandong Polytechnic University, Jinan 250353, China; 3. Weishan Environment Protection Bureau, Weishan 277600, China

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Abstract

The research aimed to evaluate present and potential phosphorous pollution due to high sedimentary phosphorus load and release from sediment, when external phosphorus was reduced in downstream Nansi Lake. Pollution load of the sediment and overlying water was investigated. Kinetics and isotherms of adsorption/release of sedimentary phosphorus were studied to determine equilibrium phosphate concentration (EPC₀) and release potential. Kinetics of phosphorus adsorption on sediment and release from sediment were well described by both the pseudo-first-order rate equation and the pseudo-second-order rate equation, but more appropriate to the pseudo-second-order rate equation with the adsorption/release capacity more close to the measured values, suggesting that the processes were chemically rate controlled and dependent on adsorption capacity. Soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP) sorption isotherms on sediment were best fitted by the modified Langmuir model indicating a monolayer adsorption. By comparing EPC₀ and SRP of water, the status (adsorption, releasing or in equilibrium) of sediment phosphorus could be determined. The sediments at site S1, S3, S4, S5, and S7 where the EPC₀s were greater than the SRPs, had a potential to release phosphorus into the water column. However, those sediments at S9, S10, and S12, where the EPC₀s were approximately equal to the SRPs, were in impermanent equilibrium with overlying water in status of phosphorus, the sediments can be likely to release phosphorus to the water column once the equilibrium was broken. Therefore, sedimentary phosphorus can be a secondary pollution source in downstream Nansi Lake.

Keywords Nansi Lake sediment phosphorus release potential equilibrium phosphate concentration

Corresponding Author(s): YUE Qinyan,Email:qyyue@sdu.edu.cn, marine1001@gmail.com

Issue Date: 01 April 2012

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Zhijian LI,Qinyan YUE,Baoyu GAO, et al. Phosphorus release potential and pollution characteristics of sediment in downstream Nansi Lake, China[J]. Front Envir Sci Eng, 0, (): 162-170.

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Fig.1 Sketch of sediment and water sampling sites

Tab.1 Chemical and physical characteristics of overlying water in downstream Nansi Lake

Tab.2 Total phosphorus level in surface sediment and overlying water in downstream Nansi Lake

Fig.2 Phosphorus adsorption and release kinetics on the sediment

Tab.3 Adsorption and release kinetics constants with kinetics models (≤0.05)

Fig.3 Adsorption isotherm curve fitting by modified Langmuir model

Tab.4 Adsorption isotherm parameters fitting by modified Langmuir, Freundlich, and liner model (≤0.05)

Fig.4 Relationship between SRP and EPC at 12 sample sites

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