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Reforested soil under drip irrigation with treated wastewater from poultry slaughterhouse

Solo reflorestado sob irrigação por gotejamento com efluentes tratados de abatedouro de aves

ABSTRACT

The disposal of treated effluents on soil is the main final use of wastewater in Brazil. Although this practice can promote improvements of some soil attributes, there is a need for monitoring in order to ensure that potential environmental impacts are not harmful. Thus, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of treated effluent from a poultry slaughterhouse on the chemical attributes of an Oxisols, in Matelândia-PR, Brazil under drip irrigation. The soil attributes P, K, Fe, Cu, Zn, Mn, pH in CaCl2, H + Al, Al, Ca, Mg, cation exchange capacity (CEC), and percent base saturation (V) were evaluated under four effluent application rates, 0, 100, 200 and 300 m³ ha-1 d-1 with treated effluents on three successive sampling dates. As main results it was observed that high irrigation rates increased soil phosphorus and potassium concentrations. In addition, an association between the increase of soil potential acidity and exchangeable acidity was detected, although pH did not vary significantly either between treatments or between sampling dates.

Key words:
forestry production; Eucalyptus; Oxisols

RESUMO

A disposição de efluentes tratados sobre o solo pode ser considerada o principal destino final de águas residuárias no Brasil. Embora possa promover melhorias em relação a alguns atributos do solo, esta prática precisa ser monitorada para garantir que os impactos ambientais não sejam negativos. Assim, objetivou-se com este trabalho avaliar os efeitos da disposição, por gotejamento, do efluente tratado de um abatedouro de aves sobre os atributos químicos de um Latossolo, em Matelândia, PR. Os atributos do solo: P, K, Fe, Cu, Zn, Mn, pH em CaCl2, H + Al, Al, Ca, Mg, capacidade de troca catiônica (CTC), saturação por bases foram avaliados sob quatro taxas de irrigação, 0, 100, 200 e 300 m³ ha-1 d-1, com efluentes tratados em três datas sucessivas de amostragem. Como principais resultados observou-se que as altas taxas de aplicação do efluente praticadas, influenciaram no incremento das concentrações de fósforo e potássio no solo. Além disso, pôde-se observar uma relação entre o aumento da acidez potencial e acidez trocável, mesmo que o pH não tenha variado tanto nem entre os tratamentos nem entre as ocasiões de coletas de dados.

Palavras-chave:
produção florestal; Eucalyptus; Latossolo

Introduction

With a production exceeding 13 million tons in 2017, Brazil has been now becoming the second main producer of poultry in the world, standing only behind the United States of America, with a production of approximately 19 million tons (USDA, 2018USDA - United States Department of Agriculture. Production supply and distribution. Available on: <Available on: https://apps.fas.usda.gov/psdonline/app/index.html#/app/adv >. Accessed on: Mar. 2018.
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).

This prominent position in the world market implies concerns about the sustainability of the business, especially regarding water consumption and wastewater disposal. The main post-treatment disposal alternative of this effluent in Brazil is the application into the soil. This practice may also be contemplated as a secondary treatment (Bustillo-Lecompte & Mehrvar, 2015Bustillo-Lecompte, C. F.; Mehrvar, M. Slaughterhouse wastewater characteristics, treatment, and management in the meat processing industry: A review on trends and advances. Journal of Environmental Management, v.161, p.287-302, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.07.008
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). However, considering the high disposal rates practiced by the slaughterhouses, especially in reforested areas, the need for research about the effects of this effluent on soil becomes evident. Several studies about wastewater effects on soil properties under forest (Guo & Sims, 2000Guo, L. B.; Sims, R. E. H. Effect of meatworks effluent irrigation on soil, tree biomass production and nutrient uptake in Eucalyptus globulus seedlings in growth cabinets. Bioresource Technology, v.72, p.243-251, 2000. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0960-8524(99)00115-7
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) and even on irrigated forest systems (Hermes et al., 2015Hermes, E.; Vilas Boas, A. M. de; Rodrigues, L. N.; Melo, E. L.; Gonçalves, M. P.; Lins, M. A.; Berger, J. S. Process capacity index in drip irrigation with cassava wastewater processing. African Journal of Agricultural Research, v.10, p.1427-1433, 2015. https://doi.org/10.5897/AJAR2015.9610
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; Morais, 2017Morais, J. Uniformidade de irrigação por gotejamento usando efluente tratado de abatedouro de aves. Cascavel: UNIOESTE, 2017. 87p. Dissertação Mestrado ) have been performed until now. However, further research is needed to assess the most appropriate rates of effluent application and the effects of commonly employed rates on soil attributes.

Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate the effects of the disposal of treated effluents from poultry slaughterhouse on the chemical attributes of a reforested soil.

Material and Methods

The experiment was carried out in reforestation areas of an industrial poultry slaughtering unit (IPSU), in the municipality of Matelândia, Paraná state, Brazil, at latitude 25º 12.1577' S and longitude 53º 57.1925' W.

The IPSU slaughters and processes 340,000 chickens d-1. A current production of approximately 7,500 m³ of effluent d-1 is generated, resulting from about 23 L of effluent chicken-1. These effluents are treated in three stages: a) preliminary treatment, with separation of gross solids; b) primary treatment with removal of suspended solids and c) oils and fat removal by a dissolved air flotation machine and biological treatment in an aerated reactor with secondary decanters, which constitute the activated sludge system. The treated effluent is disposed in the reforestation areas of IPSU.

Every week the physico-chemical characteristics of this effluent were analysed. Table 1 shows the mean values of the variables monitored during the experimental period reported here. Besides that, the amounts of Sn, Zn, Pb, Cd, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ag, Hg, Cr, K, Ni, Se and Co were determined by Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy, method 3111A, described by APHA (1995APHA - American Public Health Association. Standard methods for the examination of water and wastewater. 19.ed. Washington: APHA/ AWWA/ WPCF, 1995. 1496p.). The concentrations of these elements in the effluent were below the limit of detection. The pH, chemical oxygen demand (COD), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), Kjeldahl total nitrogen (KTN), total suspended solids, electrical conductivity, total phosphorus and oils and greases were determined, respectively by the methods: Potentiometric - 4500-H+, Colorimetric-5220 D, Titulometric - 4500 N, Gravimetric 2540D, Condutivimetric - 2510B, Hexane Extractable Gravimetric Method - 5520B, described by APHA (1995).

Table 1
Mean values and standard deviation of selected physico-chemical variables of the industrial poultry slaughtering unit (IPSU) treated effluent, as well as the respective rates applied by each treatment

Sixteen experimental plots were established, with an average area of 296.8 m² within a field of approximately 98 ha, planted with clonal seedlings of Eucalyptus urophylla, on Oxisols. Four treatments were applied to these plots in a completely randomized design, with irrigation rates of 0, 100, 200 and 300 m³ ha-1 d-1 with treated effluent and four repetitions. The rate of 100 m³ ha-1 d-1 was approved by the responsible environmental agency, for application of this effluent at the study site, and defined based on an infiltration test using the concentric ring method. The rates of 200 and 300 m³ ha-1 d-1 were defined based on industrial demands, projected for the next years.

The irrigated plots were monitored daily for water flow and pressure, using individual flow meters and manometers for each one of them. Thus, the drip irrigation system was installed with individual controllers in each plot. The details of the irrigation system have been described by Morais (2017Morais, J. Uniformidade de irrigação por gotejamento usando efluente tratado de abatedouro de aves. Cascavel: UNIOESTE, 2017. 87p. Dissertação Mestrado ).

Soil samples were collected at the 0 to 0.20 m depth, on three moments: before beginning of irrigation, and then after 6 and 15 months with irrigation. On each date, five samples were collected per plot, and each sample was composed of six subsamples. In each sample, the following attributes were evaluated: P, K, Fe, Cu, Zn, Mn (extracted by Mehlich solution), pH in CaCl2, H + Al (pH 7.5), Al, Ca, Mg (extracted by 1 M KCl) cation exchange capacity (CEC), and percent base saturation (V), as well as the micronutrients Fe, Mn, Zn and Cu, according to the methodology described by EMBRAPA (1997EMBRAPA - Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária. Manual de métodos de análises de solo. 2.ed. Rio de Janeiro: Embrapa Solos, 1997. 212p. ).

The differences between samples of the treatments studied and the successive collection moments were compared by Tukey tests at p ≤ 0.05 significance level. In addition, adjustment of exponential equations relating the soil attributes and irrigation rates.

Results and Discussion

None of the studied soil attributes had significant differences between treatments, at 0.05 significance level, using the Tukey test, neither at 6 nor at 15 months after irrigation, when compared to the data obtained in the pre-irrigation test. However, these results allowed verifying the temporal evolution of the attributes studied, as well as the effect of irrigation rates.

Forest soils irrigated with treated effluents at high rates, as it is the case in this work, were expected to show evident differences between treatments in the short term. This was not always the case as shown in Figure 1, where it can be observed that several soil attributes, but not all of them, showed a trend as a function of the imposed effluent application rates.

Figure 1
Temporal evolution of forest soil attributes: (A) P, (B) Organic matter, (C) pH in CaCl2, (D) H + Al, (E) Al3+, (F) K+, (G) Ca2+, (H) Mg2+, (I) Sum of bases (SB), (J) Cation exchange capacity (CEC), (K) Base saturation (V) and (L) Al%, in plots submitted to 0 (T0), 100 (T1), 200 (T2), 300 (T3) m³ ha-1 d-1, before beginning of irrigation and after six and 15 months of irrigation

In the case of P (Figure 1A) a clear trend towards increasing accumulation with increasing irrigation dose can be observed at 15 months of irrigation. This is due to the fact that P is a stable nutrient with low solubility, and it tends to accumulate in the soil surface, even when its source is wastewater, with low concentrations. Therefore, the use of these effluents for irrigation can be valuable to plants, with low environmental risk, even if applied continuously for long terms (Degens et al., 2000Degens, B. P.; Schipper, L. A.; Claydon, J. J.; Russell, J. M.; Yeates, G. W. Irrigation of an allophanic soil with dairy factory effluent for 22 years: Responses of nutrient storage and soil biota. Australian Journal of Soil Research, v.38, p.25-36, 2000. https://doi.org/10.1071/SR99063
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).

After 15 months of irrigation, the phosphorus contents in the soil samples were 4.3, 13.2, 21.8 and 34.7 kg of P ha-1, for treatments T0, T1, T2 and T3, respectively, showing an increasing trend in the concentration of this nutrient with increasing effluent application rates. If the nutritional requirements of the genus Eucalyptus are considered, whose average value is around 44 kg P ha-1 (Silveira & Gava, 2014), it brings about that the application of the effluent at T3 rate could be advantageous for maintenance of the phosphorus stock in the soil, even with a surplus after harvesting.

Except for the control treatment T0, without effluent, a significant increase in the soil phosphorus stock was observed from the beginning of the experiment until six months under irrigation, but this was followed by a decrease in these stocks between the 6th and 15th months under irrigation (Figure 1A). This behavior can be explained by the high nutritional requirements of eucalyptus at this particular vegetative stage, which reach their apex between 12 and 24 months, when the treetop closure happens (Laclau et al., 2010Laclau, J. P.; Ranger, J.; Gonçalves, J. L. M. de; Maquère, V.; Krusche, A. V.; M’bou, A. T.; Nnouvellon, Y.; Saint-André, L.; Bouillet, J. P.; Piccolo, M. C. de; Deleporte, P. Biogeochemical cycles of nutrients in tropical Eucalyptus plantations: Main features shown by intensive monitoring in Congo and Brazil. Forest Ecology and Management , v.259, p.1771-1785, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2009.06.010
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).

Soil pH (Figure 1C) decreased in the four treatments, as well as potential acidity (Figure 1D), although the reduction was rather small (Table 2). This fact may be associated with an increase in exchangeable Al3+ (Figure 1E), which is explained by the fact that phosphorus from wastewater is usually partially bound to organic components and therefore cannot form complexes with Fe or Al ions (Jiménez-Cisneros, 1995Jiménez-Cisneros, B. Wastewater reuse to increase soil productivity. Water Science and Technology, v.32, p.173-180, 1995. https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.1995.0484
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). Guo & Sims (2000Guo, L. B.; Sims, R. E. H. Effect of meatworks effluent irrigation on soil, tree biomass production and nutrient uptake in Eucalyptus globulus seedlings in growth cabinets. Bioresource Technology, v.72, p.243-251, 2000. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0960-8524(99)00115-7
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, 2003) observed similar results regarding pH behavior in areas irrigated with slaughterhouse effluent. The authors associated the reduction of pH with the production of acids associated to nitrification, and the produced organic acids increased the decomposition of forest litter and biological activity.

Table 2
Changes of chemical soil attributes from samples collected before and after 15 months of irrigation with treated effluent from poultry slaughterhouse

The organic matter (Figure 1B) contents of T1 and T3 treatments (Table 2) showed a low variation after 15 months of irrigation. However, for T0 and T2 treatments there were increases of 42 and 35%, respectively. Therefore, effluent application may or may not be associated to increasing organic matter contents. The incorporation of organic matter may be more closely related to higher litter production than to irrigation, as organic matter increases are due to the availability of water and nutrients (Guo & Sims, 2000Guo, L. B.; Sims, R. E. H. Effect of meatworks effluent irrigation on soil, tree biomass production and nutrient uptake in Eucalyptus globulus seedlings in growth cabinets. Bioresource Technology, v.72, p.243-251, 2000. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0960-8524(99)00115-7
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).

Concentrations of K (Figure 1F) increased by 36 and 20% for treatments T2 and T3 (Table 2), respectively, whereas, in the other two treatments, a reduction in concentrations was observed. It can be assumed that these reductions in soil K concentrations in the control treatment (T0) and in the treatment with a lower effluent application rate (T1) are directly linked to nutrient uptake by trees, since K is one of the elements that most accumulated in Eucalyptus, although it is also well-known that the maximum consumption of this element occurs between 24 and 36 months after planting (Bellote & Ferreira, 1993Bellote, A. F. J.; Ferreira, C. A. Nutrientes minerais e crescimento de árvores adubadas de Eucalyptus grandis, na região do cerrado, no Estado de São Paulo. Boletim Pesquisa Florestal, v.26/27, p.17-65, 1993.; Bassaco et al., 2018Bassaco, M. V. M.; Motta, A. C. V.; Pauletti, V.; Prior, S. A.; Nisgoski, S.; Ferreira, C. F. Nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium requirements for Eucalyptus urograndis plantations in Southern Brazil. New Forests, v.49, p.681-697, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11056-018-9658-0
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).

The higher levels of soil K observed in treatments T2 and T3 can be a good indicator of the effects of effluent disposal, considering that this nutrient can improve water relations in the leaves, control of stomatal movements and leaf gas exchanges, enhancing transpiration in areas with greater amount of available water (Battie-Laclau et al., 2016Battie-Laclau, P.; Delgado-Rojas, J. S.; Christina, M.; Nouvellon, Y.; Bouillet, J. P.; Piccolo, M. de C.; Moreira, M. Z.; Gonçalves, J. L. de M.; Roupsard, O.; Laclau, J. P. Potassium fertilization increases water-use efficiency for stem biomass production without affecting intrinsic water-use efficiency in Eucalyptus grandis plantations. Forest Ecology and Management, v.364, p.77-89, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2016.01.004
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).

These results did not allow identifying patterns in the relationships between irrigation rates and soil contents (Figure 1) for exchangeable Ca (Figure 1G), Mg (Figure 1H), as well as for CEC (Figure 1J) and SB (Figure 1I), although the differences in the values of these attributes show similar trends for a given treatment. In the case of percent base saturation (Figure 1K), it is possible to identify, after 15 months of effluent disposal, a negative interrelationship with the effluent application rates, so that the higher the rate, the lower the percent saturation values; this is clearly related to increasing values of exchangeable Al (Figure 1L) with increasing irrigation doses (Table 3). Aluminum is one of the main factors inhibiting plant growth in acid soils. If the pH decreases below 5.0, Al is solubilized in phytotoxic form mainly as the free Al3+ ion, which can cause inhibition of root growth in Eucalyptus spp. and callus formation at its tips (Kinraide, 1991Kinraide, T. B. Identity of the rhizotoxic aluminum species. Plant and Soil, v.134, p.167-178, 1991. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00010729
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).

Table 3
Results of micronutrient and total aluminum analyses of soil samples collected after 15 months of irrigation with treated effluent from poultry slaughterhouse

The concentrations of Cu (Figure 2A), Fe (Figure 2B), Mn (Figure 2C) and Zn (Figure 2D) decreased over the 15-month time interval studied (Table 3), both in the irrigated plots and in the control treatment, T0. Therefore, this reduction in soil micronutrients content is not directly related to effluent application, but it is associated either with the consumption or with displacement to the subsurface layers of the soil (Li & Shuman, 1996Li, Z.; Shuman, L. M. Heavy metal movement in metal-contamined soil profiles. Soil Science, v.161, p.656-666, 1996. https://doi.org/10.1097/00010694-199610000-00003
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).

Figure 2
Temporal evolution of forest soil attributes: Cu (A), Fe (B), Mn (C) and Zn (D) for forest soil submitted to 0 (T0), 100 (T1), 200 (T2) and 300 (T3) m3 ha-1 d-1 effluent application rates, before beginning of irrigation and after six and 15 months of irrigation

Another possibility could be the adsorption of metals onto manganese oxides, which have negatively charged surfaces at acidic pH, strongly adsorbing the metals (Stahl & James, 1991Stahl, R. S.; James, B. R. Zinc sorption by manganese-oxide-coated sand as a function of pH. Soil Science Society of America Journal, v.55, p.1291-1294, 1991. https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj1991.03615995005500050016x
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). Cu and Zn deficiencies are more frequent in clayey and reddish soils rich in Fe and Mn hydroxides and organic matter, which control the availability of these micronutrients in solution (Nascimento et al., 2002Nascimento, C. W. A.; Fontes, R. L. F.; Neves, L. C. L.; Melicio, A. C. F. D. Fracionamento, dessorção e extração química de zinco em Latossolos. Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo, v.26, p.599-606, 2002. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0100-06832002000300004
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).

Exponential equations were adjusted to describe the relationship between the concentrations of selected soil attributes and effluent application rates. Table 4 shows the results of these exponential regressions for soil attributes with determination coefficients (R²) higher than 0.7.

Table 4
Exponential equations adjusted for selected soil attributes studied as a function of effluent application rate with treated effluent from poultry slaughterhouse, at 15 months of drip irrigation

Although, there was no significant difference between the treatments, at 0.05 of significance in the Tukey test, after 15 months of irrigation, when compared to the data obtained in the pre-irrigation evaluation, it was observed a distancing of the treatment means, corresponding with treatments applied rates. This can be verified by the correlations obtained between the irrigation rates and the soil attributes presented in Table 4. The positive exponential relation to phosphorus in the soil is probably associated with its cumulative effect on the soil, since it is one of the components present in the effluent and presents low mobility in the soil. In relation to the acidity (potential, exchangeable acidity and Al%) that presented high positive correlations with effluent application rates and base saturation, with negative exponential relation, are associated to the organic acids produced as a function of litter decomposition, and consequently , with the competition of H + and Al3+ by active sites with Ca2+, Mg2+ and K+ (Malavolta et al., 1997Malavolta, E.; Vitti, G. C.; Oliveira, S. A. Avaliação do estado nutricional das plantas: Princípios e aplicações. 2.ed. Piracicaba: Editora Potafos, 1997. 319p.; Guo & Sims, 2003Guo, L. B.; Sims, R. E. H. Soil response to eucalypt tree planting and meatworks effluent irrigation in a short rotation forest regime in New Zealand. Bioresource Technology , v.87, p.341-347, 2003. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0960-8524(02)00231-6
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).

Conclusions

  1. The highest irrigation effluent application applied, namely 200 and 300 m³ ha-1 d-1, increased P and K concentrations in the soil. Moreover, there was a relationship between increasing potential acidity and exchangeable acidity with increasing effluent application rate.

  2. Concentrations of the studied micronutrients, Fe, Cu, Mn and Zn, decreased with time of effluent application for all treatments.

  3. The application of treated effluent from poultry slaughterhouse on forest soil, at rates varying from 100 to 300 m³ ha-1 d-1 for a 15-month period, caused no significant changes in the values of studied soil attributes when compared to control treatment, except P, H+Al, Al3+, K+ and V.

Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES, Brazil) for the financial support, and Cooperativa Lar Agroindustrial, AQUATERRASOL research group from the University of Coruña and the Laboratório de Química Ambiental e Instrumental of Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná (UNIOESTE), for the research support.

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Publication Dates

  • Publication in this collection
    01 July 2019
  • Date of issue
    June 2019

History

  • Received
    26 Sept 2018
  • Accepted
    09 Apr 2019
  • Published
    30 Apr 2019
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