Wastewater use in agriculture and potential effects on meso and macrofauna soil
ABSTRACT: The use of wastewater in agriculture has been practiced on an increasing scale over the past decades because of its fertilizing potential and the reduction in demand for surface water and groundwater. However, this practice may bring harm when performed without planning, not respecting the...
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Universidade Federal de Santa Maria
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| description | ABSTRACT: The use of wastewater in agriculture has been practiced on an increasing scale over the past decades because of its fertilizing potential and the reduction in demand for surface water and groundwater. However, this practice may bring harm when performed without planning, not respecting the capacity of the soil to recycle organic waste. The most common problems are contamination of surface and groundwater via leaching and runoff, as well as accumulation of nutrients and potentially polluting elements that compromise chemical, physical and biological characteristics of the soil. The biological compartment, represented by the micro, meso and macrofauna, plays an important role in nutrient cycling, decomposition of organic matter, particle movement and transport of materials at different depths, helping to maintain soil physical and chemical characteristics. In this sense, this paper aims to discuss the effect of using different kinds of wastewater in agriculture on soil biology, highlighting strengths and weaknesses, as well as emphasizing the need to conduct investigations that enhance the positive aspects of wastewater use associated with edaphic processes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6468d387c231469890b1328fb27c6a282022-12-22T03:35:40ZengUniversidade Federal de Santa MariaCiência Rural1678-45962016-06-0146697698310.1590/0103-8478cr20141648S0103-84782016000600976Wastewater use in agriculture and potential effects on meso and macrofauna soilDinéia TessaroSilvio César SampaioAna Paula Almeida CastaldelliABSTRACT: The use of wastewater in agriculture has been practiced on an increasing scale over the past decades because of its fertilizing potential and the reduction in demand for surface water and groundwater. However, this practice may bring harm when performed without planning, not respecting the capacity of the soil to recycle organic waste. The most common problems are contamination of surface and groundwater via leaching and runoff, as well as accumulation of nutrients and potentially polluting elements that compromise chemical, physical and biological characteristics of the soil. The biological compartment, represented by the micro, meso and macrofauna, plays an important role in nutrient cycling, decomposition of organic matter, particle movement and transport of materials at different depths, helping to maintain soil physical and chemical characteristics. In this sense, this paper aims to discuss the effect of using different kinds of wastewater in agriculture on soil biology, highlighting strengths and weaknesses, as well as emphasizing the need to conduct investigations that enhance the positive aspects of wastewater use associated with edaphic processes.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782016000600976&lng=en&tlng=enbiologia de solofauna edáficaáguas residuais. |
| spellingShingle | Dinéia Tessaro Silvio César Sampaio Ana Paula Almeida Castaldelli Wastewater use in agriculture and potential effects on meso and macrofauna soil Ciência Rural biologia de solo fauna edáfica águas residuais. |
| title | Wastewater use in agriculture and potential effects on meso and macrofauna soil |
| title_full | Wastewater use in agriculture and potential effects on meso and macrofauna soil |
| title_fullStr | Wastewater use in agriculture and potential effects on meso and macrofauna soil |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wastewater use in agriculture and potential effects on meso and macrofauna soil |
| title_short | Wastewater use in agriculture and potential effects on meso and macrofauna soil |
| title_sort | wastewater use in agriculture and potential effects on meso and macrofauna soil |
| topic | biologia de solo fauna edáfica águas residuais. |
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