EVALUATION OF BASE LINERS TO REDUCE NITROGEN AND SALT LEACHING FROM POULTRY LITTER STORAGE STOCKPILES TO THE UNDERLYING SOIL - A FIELD COLUMN STUDY

Baranyai, Vitalia

EVALUATION OF BASE LINERS TO REDUCE NITROGEN AND SALT LEACHING FROM POULTRY LITTER STORAGE STOCKPILES TO THE UNDERLYING SOIL - A FIELD COLUMN STUDY

dc.contributor.advisor	McGrath, Joshua M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Baranyai, Vitalia	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Environmental Science and Technology	en_US
dc.contributor.publisher	Digital Repository at the University of Maryland	en_US
dc.contributor.publisher	University of Maryland (College Park, Md.)	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2012-02-17T07:17:00Z
dc.date.available	2012-02-17T07:17:00Z
dc.date.issued	2011	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Agriculture has been linked to the eutrophication of the Chesapeake Bay. The Delmarva Peninsula is an intensive poultry producing region, where poultry litter (PL, mix of manure and bedding material) is often stored in outdoor stockpiles. Continued development of management practices is required to achieve environmentally sound PL storage. This study evaluates base liners placed between the bottom of the pile and the soil to reduce nitrogen (N), potassium (K) and sodium (Na) movement from PL stockpiles after 15 and 91 days of storage. Six conically shaped stockpiles were established with five PVC pipe columns placed in the soil under each pile. The soil surface in each column was covered with one of five treatments: alum, gypsum, lime, plastic, or control (no material). Nitrogen, K and Na concentrations increased between 15 and 91 days of storage. Ammonium losses under alum and lime treatment were not different from the control. Alum created adverse conditions by dropping the pH to 3.8. After 91 days of storage, the surface 10 cm of the soil was severely salt affected: under alum, gypsum, lime and control the conditions became moderately to strongly saline. Plastic was most effective in preventing N, K and Na leaching to the soil.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1903/12409
dc.subject.pqcontrolled	Environmental science	en_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolled	Soil sciences	en_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolled	Environmental management	en_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolled	nitrogen	en_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolled	nutrient loss	en_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolled	nutrient pollution	en_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolled	poultry litter storage	en_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolled	salt leaching	en_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolled	water quality	en_US
dc.title	EVALUATION OF BASE LINERS TO REDUCE NITROGEN AND SALT LEACHING FROM POULTRY LITTER STORAGE STOCKPILES TO THE UNDERLYING SOIL - A FIELD COLUMN STUDY	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US