EFFECT OF DIFFERENT SUBSTANCES ON SOME PROPERTIES OF SOIL CONTAMINATED WITH HEATING OIL

Mirosław Wyszkowski,Veranika Sivitskaya

doi:10.12911/22998993/588

Mirosław Wyszkowski, Veranika Sivitskaya

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https://doi.org/10.12911/22998993/588

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Abstract

The aim of the study was to determine the effect of the application of different substances (nitrogen, compost, bentonite, zeolite and calcium oxide) to soil on its selected properties after prior contamination with heating oil: 0, 5, 10, 15 and 20 g kg-1 d.m. of soil. Heating oil contamination and the application of different substances had a significant effect on the tested soil properties. In the series without additives, heating oil caused an increase in soil pH and a decrease in hydrolytic acidity, the total exchange bases and cation exchange capacity. Bentonite and calcium oxide had the strongest effect of all the substances on soil properties. They induced a rise in soil pH, an increase in the total exchange bases and cation exchange capacity and a decrease in hydrolytic acidity. The effect of other substances, particularly nitrogen and compost, on the tested soil properties was significantly lower. On the soil contaminated with heating oil, the effect of individual substances on the degree of base saturation was relatively small because it did not exceed 8% in all of the test series.

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Intensive development of industry, construction and the increase in diverse needs of population in developed countries involves the need to obtain, produce, transport and store rising quantities of fuels [Nadim et al 2000, Wyszkowski et al 2004]
Heating oil contamination and the application of different substances had a significant effect on the tested soil properties (Tables 1 and 2)
In the series without additives, heating oil caused an increase in soil pH and a decrease in hydrolytic acidity, the total exchange bases and cation exchange capacity

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Construction and the increase in diverse needs of population in developed countries involves the need to obtain, produce, transport and store rising quantities of fuels [Nadim et al 2000, Wyszkowski et al 2004]. This is not harmless to the environment because of the entailed possibility of its pollution, which is the result of different kinds of events, mainly failures [Nadim et al 2000]. It becomes necessary to make an attempt to restore soil balance, e.g. by the application of different kinds of substances, bioremediation and phytoremediation or the use of more costly ex situ methods

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