title: Soil reclamation by municipal sewage compost: Heavy metals migration study.
abstract: This paper describes sorption and transport phenomena of selected heavy metals (e.g., Pb, Zn, Ni and Cu) in the superficial layer of soil and sewage sludge compost. The main aim of the study was the investigation of possibility of heavy metals contamination in soil profile reclaimed by sewage sludge compost. The column leaching test as well as the sequential Tessier extraction procedure were applied to investigate the mitigation of heavy metals. The results revealed that distribution of metals in specific Tessier fractions was the major factor influencing their transport in the investigated soils profiles. Moreover, sorption capacity of the soil sample studied was substantially greater to prevent transportation of metals into the lower horizons and groundwater.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalytics, Nicholas Copernicus University, Torun, Poland. pinez@chem.uni.torum.pl
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kowalkowski
authors.forename: Bogusław
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Buszewski
mesh_terms: D052918:Environmental Restoration and Remediation / Q000379:methods*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000737:chemistry*; D012722:Sewage; D012987:Soil; D012989:Soil Pollutants / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D019216:Metals, Heavy; D012722:Sewage; D012987:Soil; D012989:Soil Pollutants