CoChat
Sign Up
Cited by 196Wastewater Treatment and ReuseUrban Stormwater Management SolutionsConstructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment

The DOI matches its Crossref record; 1 of the 1 references it cites were found in a registry or an index.

Greywater reuse for irrigation: Effect on soil properties

Travis, Micheal J., Wiel-Shafran, Alit, Weisbrod, Noam, Adar, Eilon, Gross, Amit·2010·Science of The Total Environment
DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.03.005
Open this paper in CoChat — free account

Abstract

A controlled study of the effect of greywater (GW) irrigation on soil properties was conducted. Containers of sand, loam and loess soils were planted with lettuce, and irrigated with fresh water, raw artificial GW or treated artificial GW. Greywater was treated using a recirculating vertical-flow constructed wetland. Soil samples were collected every 10 days for the 40-day duration of the study, and plant growth was measured. Soils were analysed for physicochemical and biological parameters to determine changes caused by the different treatments. It was demonstrated that raw artificial GW significantly increased the development of hydrophobicity in the sand and loam soils, as determined by water droplet penetration time. No significant changes were observed for the loess soil under all treatments. Observed hydrophobicity was correlated with increased oil and grease and surfactant concentrations in the soil. Zeta (zeta) potential of the soils was measured to determine changes in the soil particle surface properties as a result of GW irrigation. A significant change in zeta-potential (less negative) was observed in the raw artificial GW-irrigated sand, whereas no difference was observed in the loam or loess. Soils irrigated with fresh water or treated GW exhibited no increase in hydrophobicity. Fecal coliform bacteria were absent or <10 CFU g(-1) in soils irrigated with fresh water or treated GW, but at least 1 order of magnitude higher in raw artificial GW irrigated soils. Only in the last sampling event and only for the loess soil was plant growth significantly higher for fresh water irrigated vs. raw or treated GW irrigated soils. This study demonstrates that treated GW can be effectively irrigated without detrimental effects on soil or plant growth; however, raw GW may significantly change soil properties that can impact the movement of water in soil and the transport of contaminants in the vadose zone.

Overview

Integrity signals

Registry

Crossref · 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.03.005

Cites

1 of 1 references verified0 citation errors · 0 not checkable

Statistics

Recomputing p-values needs the paper’s full text.

Verification

Claims the paper makes

We couldn’t retrieve this paper’s full text, so its claims and self-check weren’t run. The registry and citation checks still apply.

Claims other papers make about this one

Each is checked against this paper’s own text: does it say what the citing paper says it does?

Citations

Cites

Research works printed but not linked: 36

  1. Bisdom, 1993, Water repellency of sieve fractions from sandy soils and relationships with organic material and soil structure, Geoderma, 56, 105, 10.1016/0016-7061(93)90103-R · DOI
  2. Bushnell, 1941, The utilization of certain hydrocarbons by microorganisms, J Bacteriol, 41, 653, 10.1128/JB.41.5.653-673.1941 · DOI
  3. Castillo, 2000, Ecotoxicity assessment of metals and wastewater using multitrophic assays, Environ Toxicol, 15, 370, 10.1002/1522-7278(2000)15:5<370::AID-TOX3>3.0.CO;2-S · DOI
  4. Chipasa, 2006, Behavior of lipids in biological wastewater treatment processes, J Ind Microbiol Biotech, 33, 635, 10.1007/s10295-006-0099-y · DOI · Paper page
  5. Christova-Boal, 1996, An investigation into greywater reuse for urban residential properties, Desalination, 106, 391, 10.1016/0011-9164(96)00134-8 · DOI
  6. Dekker, 2000, Wetting patterns and moisture variability in water repellent Dutch soils, J Hydrol, 231–232, 148, 10.1016/S0022-1694(00)00191-8 · DOI
  7. Doerr, 2005, Extraction of compounds associated with water repellency in sandy soils of different origin, Aust J Soil Res, 43, 225, 10.1071/SR04091 · DOI
  8. Doerr, 2000, Soil water repellency: its causes, characteristics and hydro-geomorphological significance, Earth-Sci Rev, 51, 33, 10.1016/S0012-8252(00)00011-8 · DOI
  9. Elimelech, 2000, Relative insignificance of mineral grain zeta potential to colloid transport in geochemically heterogeneous porous media, Environ Sci Technol, 34, 2143, 10.1021/es9910309 · DOI
  10. Eriksson, 2006, Phytotoxicity of grey wastewater evaluated by toxicity tests, Urban Water J, 13, 10.1080/15730620600578645 · DOI
  11. Fairbrother, 1924, Studies in electro-endosmosis, J Chem Soc, 75, 2318
  12. Friedler, 2004, Quality of individual domestic greywater streams and its implication for on-site treatment and reuse possibilities, Environ Technol, 25, 997, 10.1080/09593330.2004.9619393 · DOI
  13. Graber, 2001, Enhanced transport of pesticides in a field trial with treated sewage sludge, Chemosphere, 44, 805, 10.1016/S0045-6535(00)00362-3 · DOI
  14. Gray, 2000, The nutrient assimilative capacity of maerl as a substrate in constructed wetland systems for waste treatment, Water Res, 34, 2183, 10.1016/S0043-1354(99)00414-5 · DOI
  15. Gross, 2005, Environmental impact and health risks associated with greywater irrigation: a case study, Water Sci Technol, 52, 161, 10.2166/wst.2005.0251 · DOI
  16. Gross, 2007, Removal of chemical and microbiological contaminants from domestic greywater using a recycled vertical flow bioreactor (RVFB), Ecol Eng, 31, 107, 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2007.06.006 · DOI
  17. Gross, 2007, Recycled vertical flow constructed wetland (RVFCW) — a novel method of recycling greywater for irrigation in small communities and households, Chemosphere, 66, 916, 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.06.006 · DOI · Paper page
  18. Jamieson, 2002, Movement and persistence of fecal bacteria in agricultural soils and subsurface drainage water: a review, Can Biosyst Eng, 44, 1.1
  19. Kiziloglu, 2008, Effects of untreated and treated wastewater irrigation on some chemical properties of cauliflower (Brassica olerecea L. var. botrytis) and red cabbage (Brassica olerecea L. var. rubra) grown on calcareous soil in Turkey, Agric Water Manag, 95, 716, 10.1016/j.agwat.2008.01.008 · DOI
  20. Kuhnt, 1993, Behavior and fate of surfactants in soil, Environ Toxicol Chem, 12, 1813, 10.1002/etc.5620121007 · DOI
  21. Lado, 2009, Treated domestic sewage irrigation effects on soil hydraulic properties in arid and semiarid zones: a review, Soil Tillage Res., 106, 152, 10.1016/j.still.2009.04.011 · DOI
  22. Letey, 2000, Approaches to characterize the degree of water repellency, J Hydrol, 231–232, 61, 10.1016/S0022-1694(00)00183-9 · DOI
  23. Mace, 2001, Leaching and reclamation of a soil irrigated with moderate SAR waters, Soil Sci Soc Am J, 65, 199, 10.2136/sssaj2001.651199x · DOI
  24. Mainwaring, 2004, Role of heavy polar organic compounds for water repellency of sandy soils, Environ Chem Lett, V2, 35, 10.1007/s10311-004-0064-9 · DOI
  25. Malkawi, 2003, Survival and accumulation of microorganisms in soils irrigated with secondary treated wastewater, J Basic Microbiol, 43, 47, 10.1002/jobm.200390004 · DOI
  26. Misra, 2009, Reuse of laundry greywater as affected by its interaction with saturated soil, J Hydrol, 366, 55, 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.12.010 · DOI
  27. Pinto, 2010, Effects of greywater irrigation on plant growth, water use and soil properties. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 54, 429, 10.1016/j.resconrec.2009.09.007 · DOI
  28. Sakadevan, 1998, Phosphate adsorption characteristics of soils, slags and zeolite to be used as substrates in constructed wetland systems, Water Res, 32, 393, 10.1016/S0043-1354(97)00271-6 · DOI
  29. Sjostrom, 2008, Degradation and plant uptake of nonylphenol (NP) and nonylphenol-12-ethoxylate (NP12EO) in four contrasting agricultural soils, Environ Pollut, 156, 1284, 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.03.005 · DOI
  30. Tang, 2009, Colloid-facilitated transport of lead in natural discrete fractures, Environ Pollut, 157, 2266, 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.03.034 · DOI
  31. Tarchitzky, 2007, Water distribution pattern in treated wastewater irrigated soils: hydrophobicity effect, Eur J Soil Sci, 58, 573, 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2006.00845.x · DOI
  32. Travis, 2008, Accumulation of oil and grease in soils irrigated with greywater and their potential role in soil water repellency, Sci Total Environ, 394, 68, 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.01.004 · DOI
  33. Wallach, 2005, Soil water repellency induced by long-term irrigation with treated sewage effluent, J Environ Qual, 34, 1910, 10.2134/jeq2005.0073 · DOI
  34. Wiel-Shafran, 2006, Potential changes in soil properties following irrigation with surfactant-rich greywater, Ecol Eng, 26, 348, 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2005.12.008 · DOI
  35. Ying, 2006, Fate, behavior and effects of surfactants and their degradation products in the environment, Environ Int, 32, 417, 10.1016/j.envint.2005.07.004 · DOI
  36. Zhuang, 2002, Effects of surface coatings on electrochemical properties and contaminant sorption of clay minerals, Chemosphere, 49, 619, 10.1016/S0045-6535(02)00332-6 · DOI

Cited by

Sorted by citations

See all 196

Metadata

Authors
Travis, M. J., Wiel-Shafran, A., Weisbrod, N., Adar, E., & Gross, A.
Affiliations
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (IL)
Corresponding author
Gross, Amit
ORCID
Venue
Science of The Total Environment
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010-05
Volume
408
Issue
12
Pages
2501-2508
ISSN
0048-9697 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.03.005
OpenAlex
W2048330280
Cited by
196
References
1
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 15 · 2019: 20 · 2018: 17 · 2017: 14 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 14 · 2014: 16 · 2013: 13 · 2012: 13
FWCI
22.66
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • The Science of The Total Environment (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
Keywords
greywater reuse, irrigation, soil water repellency, zeta potential, fecal coliforms, lettuce growth, sandy soil, loam soil, loess soils, oil and grease, surfactants, soil physicochemical properties
MeSH terms
Agriculture, Conservation of Natural Resources, Soil, Soil Microbiology, Soil Pollutants, Waste Disposal, Fluid, Water Pollutants, Lactuca, Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions

About these checks

Registry, retraction, Cites and statistics results are computed, not judged, with one exception: a printed reference that no index lists is read once by a model before it counts as a citation error. Claims are extracted by a model and kept only when their quote appears verbatim in the text; each cited source is then checked, with a model’s help, for whether it says what the claim relies on. Those verdicts can be wrong — read the claim’s quote and the cited source before relying on one.

Statistics and arithmetic are recomputed, not judged.

Confidence bands are shown only for fields calibrated on our annotated test set. None is calibrated yet, so no band is shown.

What counts as a claim ›How we measure confidence ›How we check this ›

Are you an author, or do you see a problem with this page? Request a review