Biogeochemistry of agrolandscapes of the Eastern Moscow after application of sediments of sewage water as fertilizers

Abstract

Sewage sludge introduced 28 years ago in sod-podzolic sandy loam soils determines the increased content and mobility of Zn, Cd, Cu, and Ni compounds, and it is the most characteristic for Cd and Zn. The most polluted are the arable horizons of soils. The contaminated layer is within the arable horizon, which indicates on the low rate of heavy metals (HM) migration, which were introduced into the studied soils as part of SS. Heavy metals are washed out of soils with intrasoil runoff insignificantly. This is determined by their chemical properties: low solubility of their compounds, adsorption by mineral and organic components of soils, as well as neutral pH values of the soils themselves. Plants grown on contaminated soils are characterized by an increased content of HM, which varies in 5-7 times depending on the type of plants and their ability to accumulate HM.

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