Effect of biosolid hydrochar on toxicity to earthworms and brine shrimp

Tatiane Medeiros Melo; Michael Bottlinger; Elke Schulz; Wilson Mozena Leandro; Adelmo Menezes de Aguiar Filho; Yong Sik Ok; Jörg Rinklebe

doi:10.1007/s10653-017-9995-5

Effect of biosolid hydrochar on toxicity to earthworms and brine shrimp

Tatiane Medeiros Melo, Michael Bottlinger, Elke Schulz, Wilson Mozena Leandro, Adelmo Menezes de Aguiar Filho, Yong Sik Ok, Jörg Rinklebe

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Abstract

The hydrothermal carbonization of sewage sludge has been studied as an alternative technique for the conversion of sewage sludge into value-added products, such as soil amendments. We tested the toxicity of biosolid hydrochar (Sewchar) to earthworms. Additionally, the toxicity of Sewchar process water filtrate with and without pH adjustment was assessed, using brine shrimps as a model organism. For a Sewchar application of 40 Mg ha⁻¹, the earthworms significantly preferred the side of the vessel with the reference soil (control) over side of the vessel with the Sewchar treatments. There was no acute toxicity of Sewchar to earthworms within the studied concentration range (up to 80 Mg ha⁻¹). Regarding the Sewchar process water filtrate, the median lethal concentration (LC50) to the shrimps was 8.1% for the treatments in which the pH was not adjusted and 54.8% for the treatments in which the pH was adjusted to 8.5. The lethality to the shrimps significantly increased as the amount of Sewchar process water filtrate increased. In the future, specific toxic substances in Sewchar and its process water filtrate, as well as their interactions with soil properties and their impacts on organisms, should be elucidated. Additionally, it should be identified whether the amount of the toxic compounds satisfies the corresponding legal requirements for the safe application of Sewchar and its process water filtrate.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1351-1364
Number of pages	14
Journal	Environmental geochemistry and health
Volume	39
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-017-9995-5
Publication status	Published - 2017 Dec 1
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
The authors cordially thank the Goiás State Water Utility “Saneamento de Goiás S. A.” (SANEAGO) for providing the biosolid sample and the Federal Institution of Education, Science and Technology of Goiás (IFG) for granting the reactor for Sewchar production. The authors are also grateful to Robert Strahl for his valuable help in the production of Sewchar; to Lorena C. T. Oliveria, Jan Becker and Anna Lempges for their valuable assistance in the earthworm lethality test; and to Carolina Brom Oliveira and Ana Maria Bezerra for performing the laboratory analysis. We gratefully acknowledge the funding from Friedrich–Ebert–Stiftung (Ph.D. scholarship) and the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) (FP7/2007 – 2011) under grant agreement n. PIRSES-GA-2012-317714.

Funding Information:
Acknowledgements The authors cordially thank the Goiás State Water Utility ‘‘Saneamento de Goiás S. A.’’ (SANEAGO) for providing the biosolid sample and the Federal Institution of Education, Science and Technology of Goiás (IFG) for granting the reactor for Sewchar production. The authors are also grateful to Robert Strahl for his valuable help in the production of Sewchar; to Lorena C. T. Oliveria, Jan Becker and Anna Lempges for their valuable assistance in the earthworm lethality test; and to Carolina Brom Oliveira and Ana Maria Bezerra for performing the laboratory analysis. We gratefully acknowledge the funding from Friedrich–Ebert–Stiftung (Ph.D. scholarship) and the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) (FP7/2007 – 2011) under grant agreement n. PIRSES-GA-2012-317714.

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© 2017, Springer Science+Business Media B.V.

Keywords

Ecotoxicology
Hydrothermal carbonization
Sewage sludge

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Environmental Engineering
Environmental Chemistry
Water Science and Technology
General Environmental Science
Geochemistry and Petrology

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