Skip to main content

Advertisement

SpringerLink
Log in

Health evaluation on migration and distribution of heavy metal Cd after reclaimed water drip irrigation

  • Original Paper
  • Published:
Environmental Geochemistry and Health Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The utilization of reclaimed water is one of the effective measures to save water resources. The study of reclaimed water irrigation and the analysis of how heavy metals migrate in the soil, especially their movement laws, have important theoretical and practical significance. It helps to predict the risk of heavy metals in foods, which protects our health and safety. In this paper, we studied the accumulation and distribution of heavy metal Cd in soils with reclaimed water drip irrigation in greenhouses during growing season, comparing the effects with groundwater drip irrigation. The results show that the Cd concentration in the surface soil is the highest on the second day after drip irrigation. It will be the highest on the fourth day in the depth of 100 cm, and then, it will decrease slightly. During the period of the sixth day to the eighth day, the Cd concentrations are similar in each depth, and it is the highest in the depth of 0–40 cm and 80–120 cm, but the Cd concentration decreases with the lower depth below 120 cm. By utilizing proper ways of reclaimed water drip irrigation, the Cd concentration in the deep soil will not violate the standard limits of GB15618-1995, which will not cause Cd pollution.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Brewin, R. J., De, L. M., Jackson, T., Brewin, T. G., & Shutler, J. (2015). On the potential of surfers to monitor environmental indicators in the coastal zone. Environmental Geochemistry and Health,10(7), 267–271.

    Google Scholar 

  • Chang, J., Guo, A., Wang, Y., Ha, Y., Zhang, R., Xue, L., et al. (2019). Reservoir operations to mitigate drought effects with a hedging policy triggered by the drought prevention limiting water level. Water Resources Research,55(2), 904–922.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Chang, J. X., Li, Y. Y., Yuan, M., & Wang, Y. M. (2017). Efficiency evaluation of hydropower station operation: A case study of Longyangxia station in the Yellow River, China. Energy,135, 23–31.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Chen, W., Lu, S., Pan, N., Wang, Y., & Wu, L. (2015a). Impact of reclaimed water irrigation on soil health in urban green areas. Chemosphere,119(1), 654–661.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Chen, H. Y., Teng, Y. G., Lu, S. J., Wang, Y. Y., & Wang, J. S. (2015b). Contamination features and health risk of soil heavy metals in China. Science of the Total Environment,512–513, 143–153.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Fang, W., Huang, S. Z., Huang, G. H., et al. (2019a). Copulas-based risk analysis for inter-seasonal combinations of wet and dry conditions under a changing climate. International Journal of Climatology,39(4), 2005–2021.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Fang, W., Huang, S. Z., Ren, K., Huang, Q., Huang, G. H., Cheng, G. H., et al. (2019b). Examining the applicability of different sampling techniques in the development of decomposition-based streamflow forecasting models. Journal of Hydrology,568, 534–550.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Fujimori, T., & Takigami, H. (2014). Pollution distribution of heavy metals in surface soil at an informal electronic-waste recycling site. Environmental Geochemistry and Health,36(1), 159–168.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Grattan, S. R., Díaz, F. J., Pedrero, F., & Vivaldi, G. A. (2015). Assessing the suitability of saline wastewaters for irrigation of Citrus, spp.: emphasis on boron and specific-ion interactions. Agricultural Water Management,157, 48–58.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hu, P., Huang, J., Ouyang, Y., Wu, L., Song, J., Wang, S., et al. (2013). Water management affects arsenic and cadmium accumulation in different rice cultivars. Environmental Geochemistry and Health,35(6), 767–778.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Ito, T., Kitajima, M., Kato, T., Ishii, S., Segawa, T., Okabe, S., et al. (2017). Target virus log10 reduction values determined for two reclaimed wastewater irrigation scenarios in Japan based on tolerable annual disease burden. Water Research,125, 438–448.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Jianxia, C., Xiaoyu, W., Yunyun, L., Yimin, W., & Hongxue, Z. (2018). Hydropower plant operation rules optimization response to climate change. Energy,160, 886–897.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Kim, E. J., Jeon, E. K., & Baek, K. (2016). Role of reducing agent in extraction of arsenic and heavy metals from soils by use of edta. Chemosphere,152, 274–283.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kumar, P., Kumar, M., Ramanathan, A. L., & Tsujimura, M. (2010). Tracing the factors responsible for arsenic enrichment in groundwater of the middle Gangetic Plain, India: a source identification perspective. Environmental Geochemistry and Health,32(2), 129.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Liu, S., Huang, S., Xie, Y., Wang, H., Leng, G., Huang, Q., et al. (2018). Identification of the non-stationarity of floods: changing patterns, causes, and implications. Water Resources Management,33, 1–15.

    Google Scholar 

  • Lu, S., Bai, X., Li, W., & Wang, N. (2018). Impacts of climate change on water resources and grain production. Technological Forecasting & Social Change,143, 76–84.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lu, S. B., Shang, Y. Z., & Li, Y. W. (2017a). A research on the application of fuzzy iteration clustering in the water conservancy project. Journal of Cleaner Production,151, 356–360.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lu, S. B., Shang, Y. Z., Pei, L., Li, W., & Wu, X. H. (2017b). The effects of rural domestic sewage reclaimed water drip irrigation on characteristics of rhizosphere soil. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research,15(4), 1145–1155.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Lu, S. B., Zhang, X. L., & Pei, L. (2016a). Influence of drip irrigation by reclaimed water on the dynamic change of the nitrogen element in soil and tomato yield and quality. Journal of Cleaner Production,139(15), 561–566.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Lu, S. B., Zhang, X. L., & Wang, J. H. (2016b). Impacts of different media on constructed wetlands for rural household sewage treatment. Journal of Cleaner Production,127, 325–330.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Marrugo-Negrete, J., Pinedo-Hernández, J., & Díez, S. (2017). Assessment of heavy metal pollution, spatial distribution and origin in agricultural soils along the Sinú River Basin, Colombia. Environmental Research,154, 380–388.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Meng, E. H., Huang, S. Z., Huang, Q., Fang, W., Wu, L. Z., & Wang, L. (2019). A robust method for non-stationary streamflow prediction based on improved EMD-SVM model. Journal of Hydrology,568, 462–478.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Peng, X., Shi, G. L., Liu, G. R., Xu, J., Tian, Y. Z., Zhang, Y. F., et al. (2016). Source apportionment and heavy metal health risk (HMHR) quantification from sources in a southern city in china, using an ME2-HMHR model. Environmental Pollution,221, 335–342.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Rosado, D., Usero, J., & Morillo, J. (2016). Assessment of heavy metals bioavailability and toxicity toward vibrio fischeri, in sediment of the Huelva estuary. Chemosphere,153, 10–17.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Shang, Y. Z., Lu, S. B., Li, X. F., & Wang, H. (2017a). Drivers of industrial water use during 2003–2012 in Tianjin, China: A structural decomposition analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production,140, 1136–1147.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Shang, Y. Z., Lu, S. B., Shang, L., Li, X. F., Shi, H. W., & Li, W. (2017b). Decomposition of industrial water use from 2003 to 2012 in Tianjin, China. Technological Forecasting and Social Change,116, 53–61.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Tang, X., Li, Q., Wu, M., Lin, L., & Scholz, M. (2016). Review of remediation practices regarding cadmium-enriched farmland soil with particular reference to China. Journal of Environmental Management,181, 646–662.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Troldborg, M., Duckett, D., Allan, R., Hastings, E., & Hough, R. L. (2017). A risk-based approach for developing standards for irrigation with reclaimed water. Water Research,126, 372.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Xuebin, W., Jianxia, C., Xuejiao, M., & Yimin, W. (2018). Short-term hydro-thermal-wind-photovoltaic complementary operation of interconnected power systems. Applied Energy,229, 945–962.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Yuan, H. Z., Shen, J., Liu, E. F., Wang, J. J., & Meng, X. H. (2011). Assessment of nutrients and heavy metals enrichment in surface sediments from Taihu lake, a eutrophic shallow lake in China. Environmental Geochemistry and Health,33(1), 67–81.

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgements

The research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No: 51379219, 41371187) and Zhejiang province Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists (Grant No.: LR15E090002).

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. School of Public Administration, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, Hangzhou, 310018, China

    Shibao Lu & Yao Tang

  2. Business Administration College, Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics, Hangzhou, 310018, Zhejiang, China

    Xie Fenghua

  3. Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong

    Xiaoling Zhang

  4. Key Laboratory of Water Cycle and Related Land Surface Processes, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China

    Liang Pei

Authors
  1. Shibao Lu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Xie Fenghua
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Xiaoling Zhang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Liang Pei
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Yao Tang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding authors

Correspondence to Xie Fenghua or Xiaoling Zhang.

Ethics declarations

Conflict of interests

The authors declared that there is no controversy in terms of copyrights of this paper and the related experiments.

Additional information

Publisher's Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Lu, S., Fenghua, X., Zhang, X. et al. Health evaluation on migration and distribution of heavy metal Cd after reclaimed water drip irrigation. Environ Geochem Health 42, 841–848 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-019-00311-9

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-019-00311-9

Keywords

Search

Navigation