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Metal Speciation in Sludges: a Tool to Evaluate Risks of Land Application and to Track Heavy Metals Contamination in Sewage Network

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Agricultural spreading of dewatered sewage sludge from wastewater treatment plants is economically pro table but care must be taken to ensure that there is neither degradation of the agronomic quality of the soils nor contamination of them in the long term, particularly by accumulation of heavy metals. To evaluate the variability of the sludge in a given geographical area, we studied the sludge coming from ve treatment plants in northern Algeria. We determined parameters that account for the agronomic quality of sludges and total content of Ag, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, Ti and Zn. We evaluated the bioavailability of theses metals by determining their speciation by sequential extraction, each metal being distributed among ve fractions: easily exchangeable, acido-soluble, bound to carbonates and partly to Fe-sulphides, bound to Fe-and Mn-oxides, bound to organic matter or sulphides, contained in poorly soluble minerals. We found that all the analysed sludges had satisfactory properties from an agronomic quality point of view. High total Ni content indicated that three sludges were not spreadable under French or Chinese regulations. Metal speciation, however, showed that Ni was contained in very poorly bioavailable fractions, and therefore presented a low risk in the soils concerned. In contrast, the total Cu was below the regulatory limit values, but contained in very bioavailable fractions with a risk of toxic effects by accumulation over less than 10 years. These results showed that regulations must take into account the bioavailability with regard to the characteristics of the soils on which sludge will be spread. Metal speciation in the sludge also made it possible to identify the zone of the sewerage network on which the sources of contamination must be sought and gave indications on the nature of these sources.

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hal-03620845 , version 1 (26-03-2022)

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Rabia Cherfouh, Yves Lucas, Arezki Derridj, Patricia Merdy. Metal Speciation in Sludges: a Tool to Evaluate Risks of Land Application and to Track Heavy Metals Contamination in Sewage Network. 2022. ⟨hal-03620845⟩
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