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Three kinds of active thin-layer capping materials for reducing the phosphorus load in eutrophic water body: comparison in dynamic experiment

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In this article, dynamic simulation experiments have studied the effects of three capping materials, quartz sand (QS), aluminum-based phosphorus-locking agent (Al-PIA), and lanthanum-modified bentonite (LMB) in reducing phosphorus load in eutrophic water bodies. The changes of various forms of phosphorus in Al-PIA and sediment before and after the test were analyzed, and the mechanism of phosphorus migration and transformation in different capping systems was described. The dynamic simulation test lasted 95 days. The results showed that when the initial concentration of total phosphorus (TP) was 3.55 mg/L, the capping strength was 2 kg/m2 and the hydraulic retention time of water circulation was 0.5 days, indicating that the average reduction rates of TP by LMB, Al-PIA and QS systems were 74.66%, 69.54%, and 3.64%, respectively, compared with the control system. The analysis of variance showed that there were significant differences (P < 0.05) in the TP concentration of the overlying water between the LMB, Al-PIA capping system, and the control system. Lanthanum ions in LMB can fix phosphorus. Al-PIA reduces the phosphorus concentration in water by means of ion exchange, adsorption, complexation, etc. LMB and Al-PIA promoted the migration of phosphorus in sediment. Among them, the phosphorus fixed by Al-PIA was mainly in the form of non-apatite inorganic phosphorus (NAIP) in inorganic phosphorus (IP), which can be seen; Al-PIA can effectively reduce the phosphorus load of eutrophic water.

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Fund of China (Grant No. 51878300), the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province of China (Grant No. 2019J01052), and the Science and Technology Project Foundation of Xiamen City (Grant No. 3502Z20203044).

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    Yichao Wang, Shuwen Li, Shupo Liu, Fei Li & Zhenming Zhou

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Zhenming Zhou received support from the funding. Zhenming Zhou conceived and designed the study. Yichao Wang and Shuwen Li performed eligibility screening and data extraction. Yichao Wang analyzed the data and performed the statistical analysis, as well as wrote the initial manuscript. Shupo Liu and Fei Li critically revised the manuscript.

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Wang, Y., Li, S., Liu, S. et al. Three kinds of active thin-layer capping materials for reducing the phosphorus load in eutrophic water body: comparison in dynamic experiment. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29, 16427–16435 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-16981-x

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