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Revegetation of High Zinc and Lead Tailings with Municipal Biosolids and Lime: Greenhouse Study

^a Herrera Environmental Consultants, 2200 6th Ave. #100, Seattle, WA 98121
^b Box 352100, College of Forest Resources, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195

^* Corresponding author (slb{at}u.washington.edu).

Received for publication September 28, 2006. Acidic (pH 4.1) and high Cd, Pb, and Zn mine tailings (mean ± SD: 17 ± 0.4, 3800 ± 100, and 3500 ± 100 mg kg^–1, respectively) from an alluvial tailings deposit in Leadville, Colorado were amended with municipal biosolids (BS) (224 Mg ha^–1) and different types of lime (calcium carbonate equivalent of 224 Mg ha^–1 CaCO₃) in a greenhouse column study to test the ability of the amendments to neutralize surface and subsoil acidity and restore plant growth. The types of lime included coarse, agricultural, and fine-textured lime (CL, AL, and FL), sugar beet lime (SBL), and lime kiln dust (LK). The FL was also added alone. All treatments increased bulk pH in the amended horizon in comparison to the control, with the most significant increases observed in the FL, SBL+BS, and LK+BS treatments (7.33, 7.34, and 7.63, respectively). All treatments, excluding the FL, increased the pH in the horizon directly below the amended layer, with the most significant increases observed in the SBL+BS and LK+BS treatments (6.01 and 5.41, respectively). Significant decreases in 0.01 M Ca(NO₃)₂–extractable Zn and Cd were observed in the subsoil for all treatments that included BS, with the largest decrease in the SBL+BS treatment (344 and 3.9 versus 4 and 0.1 mg kg^–1 Zn and Cd, respectively). Plant growth of annual rye (Lolium multiflorum L.) was vigorous in all treatments that included BS with plant Zn, Cd, and Pb concentrations reduced over the control.

Abbreviations: AL, agricultural lime • BS, biosolids • CCE, calcium carbonate equivalent • CL, coarse lime • EC, electrical conductivity • FL, fine-textured lime • LK, lime kiln dust • SBL, sugar beet lime