Enhancing Nitrate Removal With Industrial Wine Residue: Insights From Laboratory Batch and Column Experiments Using Chemical, Isotopic and Numerical Modeling Tools

Abstract Agricultural run‐off exposes recipient water bodies to nitrate (NO3−) pollution. Biological denitrification is a suitable method for removing NO3− in water resources that can be induced by the use of industrial organic liquid waste as an electron donor source. In light of this, batch and co...

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Main Authors: Alex Abu, Raúl Carrey, Dídac Navarro‐Ciurana, Rosanna Margalef‐Marti, Albert Soler, Neus Otero, Jesús Causapé, Cristina Domènech
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description Abstract Agricultural run‐off exposes recipient water bodies to nitrate (NO3−) pollution. Biological denitrification is a suitable method for removing NO3− in water resources that can be induced by the use of industrial organic liquid waste as an electron donor source. In light of this, batch and column laboratory experiments were performed to assess the potential of two industrial wine residues (lías and vínico) to induce biological denitrification of NO3− contaminated water from a constructed wetland and to evaluate the efficiency of these treatments using chemical and isotopic tools. In batch experiments (performed at a C/N ratio of 1.25), vínico was not efficient enough in removing N species, attenuating only 35% NO3− and was not used in column experiments. In similar experimental conditions, lías completely removed N species from water in both batch and column experiments. The calculated isotope fractionation (ε15NNO3 and ε18ONO3) was the same in both batch and column experiments biostimulated with lías and differed from those for vínico. The isotopic data confirmed that denitrification was the principal NO3− attenuation pathway in all the experiments. The isotopic fractionation can be later applied to field studies to quantify the efficiency of biologically enhanced denitrification. A numerical geochemical model that accounts for the changes in nitrate, nitrite concentration and isotopic composition due to the degradation of lías and vínico, including transport in the case of the column experiment, was performed to simulate the experimental results and can be up‐scaled in field treatments.
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spelling doaj-art-629931a6f0e245d7aefd45a46d34ece42025-08-20T03:22:21ZengWileyWater Resources Research0043-13971944-79732024-05-01605n/an/a10.1029/2023WR035547Enhancing Nitrate Removal With Industrial Wine Residue: Insights From Laboratory Batch and Column Experiments Using Chemical, Isotopic and Numerical Modeling ToolsAlex Abu0Raúl Carrey1Dídac Navarro‐Ciurana2Rosanna Margalef‐Marti3Albert Soler4Neus Otero5Jesús Causapé6Cristina Domènech7Grup MAiMA Mineralogia Aplicada Geoquímica i Hidrogeologia—MAGH Departament de Mineralogia Petrologia i Geologia Aplicada Facultat de Ciències de La Terra Universitat de Barcelona (UB) Barcelona SpainInstitut de Recerca de l’Aigua (IdRA) Universitat de Barcelona (UB) Barcelona SpainGrup MAiMA Mineralogia Aplicada Geoquímica i Hidrogeologia—MAGH Departament de Mineralogia Petrologia i Geologia Aplicada Facultat de Ciències de La Terra Universitat de Barcelona (UB) Barcelona SpainGrup MAiMA Mineralogia Aplicada Geoquímica i Hidrogeologia—MAGH Departament de Mineralogia Petrologia i Geologia Aplicada Facultat de Ciències de La Terra Universitat de Barcelona (UB) Barcelona SpainGrup MAiMA Mineralogia Aplicada Geoquímica i Hidrogeologia—MAGH Departament de Mineralogia Petrologia i Geologia Aplicada Facultat de Ciències de La Terra Universitat de Barcelona (UB) Barcelona SpainGrup MAiMA Mineralogia Aplicada Geoquímica i Hidrogeologia—MAGH Departament de Mineralogia Petrologia i Geologia Aplicada Facultat de Ciències de La Terra Universitat de Barcelona (UB) Barcelona SpainGeological and Mining Institute of Spain—IGME Zaragoza SpainGrup MAiMA Mineralogia Aplicada Geoquímica i Hidrogeologia—MAGH Departament de Mineralogia Petrologia i Geologia Aplicada Facultat de Ciències de La Terra Universitat de Barcelona (UB) Barcelona SpainAbstract Agricultural run‐off exposes recipient water bodies to nitrate (NO3−) pollution. Biological denitrification is a suitable method for removing NO3− in water resources that can be induced by the use of industrial organic liquid waste as an electron donor source. In light of this, batch and column laboratory experiments were performed to assess the potential of two industrial wine residues (lías and vínico) to induce biological denitrification of NO3− contaminated water from a constructed wetland and to evaluate the efficiency of these treatments using chemical and isotopic tools. In batch experiments (performed at a C/N ratio of 1.25), vínico was not efficient enough in removing N species, attenuating only 35% NO3− and was not used in column experiments. In similar experimental conditions, lías completely removed N species from water in both batch and column experiments. The calculated isotope fractionation (ε15NNO3 and ε18ONO3) was the same in both batch and column experiments biostimulated with lías and differed from those for vínico. The isotopic data confirmed that denitrification was the principal NO3− attenuation pathway in all the experiments. The isotopic fractionation can be later applied to field studies to quantify the efficiency of biologically enhanced denitrification. A numerical geochemical model that accounts for the changes in nitrate, nitrite concentration and isotopic composition due to the degradation of lías and vínico, including transport in the case of the column experiment, was performed to simulate the experimental results and can be up‐scaled in field treatments.https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR035547isotope fractionationnitrate pollutionreactive transport modelbiological denitrificationbioremediation
spellingShingle Alex Abu
Raúl Carrey
Dídac Navarro‐Ciurana
Rosanna Margalef‐Marti
Albert Soler
Neus Otero
Jesús Causapé
Cristina Domènech
Enhancing Nitrate Removal With Industrial Wine Residue: Insights From Laboratory Batch and Column Experiments Using Chemical, Isotopic and Numerical Modeling Tools
Water Resources Research
isotope fractionation
nitrate pollution
reactive transport model
biological denitrification
bioremediation
title Enhancing Nitrate Removal With Industrial Wine Residue: Insights From Laboratory Batch and Column Experiments Using Chemical, Isotopic and Numerical Modeling Tools
title_full Enhancing Nitrate Removal With Industrial Wine Residue: Insights From Laboratory Batch and Column Experiments Using Chemical, Isotopic and Numerical Modeling Tools
title_fullStr Enhancing Nitrate Removal With Industrial Wine Residue: Insights From Laboratory Batch and Column Experiments Using Chemical, Isotopic and Numerical Modeling Tools
title_full_unstemmed Enhancing Nitrate Removal With Industrial Wine Residue: Insights From Laboratory Batch and Column Experiments Using Chemical, Isotopic and Numerical Modeling Tools
title_short Enhancing Nitrate Removal With Industrial Wine Residue: Insights From Laboratory Batch and Column Experiments Using Chemical, Isotopic and Numerical Modeling Tools
title_sort enhancing nitrate removal with industrial wine residue insights from laboratory batch and column experiments using chemical isotopic and numerical modeling tools
topic isotope fractionation
nitrate pollution
reactive transport model
biological denitrification
bioremediation
url https://doi.org/10.1029/2023WR035547
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