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Heavy Metal Displacement in a Sandy Soil at the Field Scale: I. Measurements and Parameterization of Sorption

Dep. of Geoecology, Technical Univ. Carolo-Wilhelmina, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany

^* Corresponding author (t.streck{at}tu-bs.de).

ABSTRACT

Downward displacement of cadmium (Cd) and zinc (Zn) at the field scale was investigated in a sandy soil irrigated under controlled conditions for 29 yr with a total of 12.8 m³ m^–2 of municipal wastewater. On a 0.86 ha grid a total of 720 samples was taken from 0 to 1.2 m depth. Cadmium and Zn contents were determined in all samples by extraction with 0.025 M ethylene-diamine-tetra-acetic acid (EDTA) on the assumption that this fraction represents the solution and sorbed phases in soil. Solution phase concentrations of 480 samples were estimated by equilibrating the samples with 0.0025 M CaCl₂. Heavy metal downward displacement is spatially highly variable. Five percent of EDTA-extractable Cd and Zn were found below 0.7 and 0.9 m depth, respectively. Spatial variability of heavy metal load as measured by recovered mass per unit area reflects the geometry of irrigation systems employed. Measured sorption equilibria could be well described as a function of organic C content and pH by extending the Freundlich equation.

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