Nitrate removal and secondary effects of a woodchip bioreactor for the treatment of subsurface drainage with dynamic flows under pastoral agriculture

A Rivas, G Barkle, R Stenger, B Moorhead… - Ecological …, 2020 - Elsevier
While enabling economically viable use of poorly drained soils, artificial subsurface
drainage has also been found to be a significant pathway for nutrient transfers from …

Moving denitrifying bioreactors beyond proof of concept: Introduction to the special section

LE Christianson, LA Schipper - Journal of Environmental …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Denitrifying bioreactors are organic carbon‐filled excavations designed to enhance the
natural process of denitrification for the simple, passive treatment of nitrate‐nitrogen …

Baseflow nitrate dynamics within nested watersheds of an agricultural stream in Nebraska, USA

G Richards, TE Gilmore, AR Mittelstet… - Agriculture, ecosystems …, 2021 - Elsevier
There is a need to evaluate high surface nitrate concentrations across agricultural
watersheds, both spatially and temporally, to increase understanding of source and timing of …

Integrated assessment of agricultural nutrient pressures and legacies in karst landscapes

O Fenton, PE Mellander, K Daly, DP Wall… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2017 - Elsevier
Landscapes typically deemed at risk from leached losses of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus
(P) are those with short subsurface hydrologic time lags. Due to the short time it takes …

Carbon quality of four-year-old woodchips in a denitrification bed treating agricultural drainage water

E Ghane, GW Feyereisen, CJ Rosen… - Transactions of the …, 2018 - elibrary.asabe.org
A denitrification bed is a system that can reduce the nitrate concentration in subsurface
drainage water. There is a need to investigate the carbon quality of old woodchips to gain a …

Denitrifying bioreactor microbiome: Understanding pollution swapping and potential for improved performance

LM Hartfiel, A Schaefer, AC Howe… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Denitrifying woodchip bioreactors are a best management practice to reduce nitrate–
nitrogen (NO3–N) loading to surface waters from agricultural subsurface drainage. Their …

[HTML][HTML] Reducing adverse side effects by seasonally lowering nitrate removal in subsurface flow constructed wetlands

MV Carstensen, SE Larsen, C Kjaergaard… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Subsurface flow constructed wetlands with wood chips (SSF-CWs) have proven to effectively
reduce the loss of nitrogen (N) from agricultural fields to surface water, however in some …

Extreme low-flow conditions in a dual-chamber denitrification bioreactor contribute to pollution swapping with low landscape-scale impact

LM Hartfiel, NL Hoover, SJ Hall, TM Isenhart… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Denitrification bioreactors are an effective edge-of-field conservation practice for nitrate (NO
3) reduction from subsurface drainage. However, these systems may produce other …

A review of on-farm roadway runoff characterisation and potential management options for Ireland

O Fenton, P Tuohy, K Daly, T Moloney, P Rice… - Water, Air, & Soil …, 2021 - Springer
Runoff from farm roadways within farm boundaries are acknowledged as a year-round
source of pollutants discharging to surface water, particularly during the main grazing …

Biochar fails to enhance nutrient removal in woodchip bioreactor columns following saturation

BSL Coleman, ZM Easton, EM Bock - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Denitrifying bioreactors are edge-of-field structures that remove excess nitrogen (N) from
intercepted agricultural drainage by supporting the activity of denitrifying microorganisms …