You are here

Home » Content

Retention supports and geochemical interactions of Trace Elements in two soils irrigated by sewage (Meknes, Morocco)

Journal Name:

  • International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies

Publication Year:

  • 2013

Key Words:

Author NameUniversity of AuthorFaculty of Author
Abstract (2. Language): 
The Ourzirha area located in the north-western of the Meknes City is an important agricultural region. This region is one of the principal suppliers of agricultural products to the Meknes citizens. However, the cultivated areas in the Ourzirha region are irrigated by a raw wastewater in major part. To explain and to predict the principal supports of the Trace Elements retention in these soils, two profiles subject to a sewage spreading are taken, a calcareous soil and a vertisol. Based on the vertical evolution of different studied parameters and the selective affinities of Trace Elements to the active soil fractions present in our profiles, we are tried to determine the various interactions between the considered Trace Elements and the clay, calcite and organic matter contents in studied profiles. The results of this study showed the importance of clay and organic matter as a dominant supports of these pollutants, especially in surface soil. In the calcareous soil, the calcite content influences strongly the distribution of Trace Elements along this profile. The mechanisms of the Trace Elements retention on studied profiles are considered as a selective adsorption on organic matter, clay and on calcite essentially. In fact, the possibility of a weak co-precipitation with calcite and organic matter in the calcareous soil isn’t excluding. Also, in the vertisol probably, the Trace Elements contents are strongly influenced by the particular entering, favoured by a macro-porosity of this profile.
Bookmark/Search this post with
FULL TEXT (PDF): 
PDF icon ijias-13-085-03.pdf
  • 1
228-236
  • English

REFERENCES

References: 

[1] MADRPM (Ministère de l’Agriculture, du Développement Rural et des Pêches Maritimes), L’agriculture marocaine en
chiffres. Brochure faite dans le cadre du Plan Maroc Vert, distribué dans la 5ème version du SIAM, du 28 Avril au 2 Mai
2009 à Meknès, 31p, 2009.
[2] Z. Ould Arby, A. Dekayir, and M. El Maataoui, ‘’Vertical Dynamics of the Trace Elements (TE) in Cultivated Soils Subject
to an Application by the Sewage (Ourzirha, Meknes-Morocco),’’ European Journal of Scientific Research, Vol. 43, n° 2,
pp. 221-229, 2010.
[3] P.H Bourrelier, and J. Berthelin, Contamination des sols par les éléments en traces: les risques et leur gestion : Rapport
n°42, Académie des Sciences, Lavoisier, 440p, 1998.
[4] G. Colinet, Eléments traces métalliques dans les sols : contribution à la connaissance des déterminants de leur
distribution spatiale en région limoneuse Belge. Thèse de doctorat, FUSA Gx, 442p, 2003.
[5] C. Dère, Mobilité et redistribution à long terme des éléments traces métalliques exogènes dans les sols : Application à
des Luvisols pollués par 100 ans d’épandage d’eaux usées brutes dans la plaine de Pierrelaye. Thèse de doctorat,
ENGREF, 124p, 2006.
[6] D.G. Zaharescu, P.S. Hooda, A.P. Soler, J. Fernandez, and C.I. Burghelea, ‘’Trace metals and their source in the
catchment of the high altitude Lake Respomuso, Central Pyrenees,’’ Science of the Total Environment, n°. 407, pp. 3546–
3553, 2009.
[7] C. Kabala, and B.R. Singh, ‘’Fractionation and Mobility of Copper, Lead, and Zinc in Soil Profiles in the Vicinity of a
Copper Smelter,’’ J. Environ. Qual., n°. 30, pp. 485–492, 2001.
[8] A. Dube, R. Zbytniewski, T. Kowalkowski, E. Curowska, and B. Buszewski, ‘’Adsorption and Migration of Heavy Metals in
Soil,’’ Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, Vol. 10, n°. 1, pp. 1-10, 2001.
[9] X.Y. Zhang, F.F. Lin, M.T.F. Wong, XL Feng, and K. Wang, ‘’Identification of soil heavy metal sources from anthropogenic activities and
pollution assessment of Fuyang County, China,’’ Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, Vol. 154, n°. 1-4, pp. 439-449, 2009.
[10] M. El Idrissi, and L. Alla, Projet Intégré de Développement Agricole de Meknès, projet Meknès II, Carte pédologique de
Meknès (deux feuilles). Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Laboratoire Régional de Pédologie-
Meknès (Maroc), Marché n°21/88, DPA-22, échelle 1 :50,000, 1988.
[11] M. Bonneau, and B. Souchier, Pédologie II: Constituants et propriétés du sol, Masson, pp. 619-654, 1994.
[12] M. Tahri, F. Benyaich, M. Bounakhla, E. Bilal, J.J. Gruffat, J. Moutte, and D. Garcia, ‘’Multivariate Analysis of Heavy Metal
contents in soils, sediments and water in the region of Meknes (Central Morocco),’’ Environmental Monitoring and
Assessment, n°. 102, pp. 405–417, 2005.
[13] D. Baize, Guide des analyses courantes en pédologie : Choix–expression–présentation-interprétation, INRA, Paris, 272p,
1988.
[14] P. Hilavackova,. Evaluation de la mobilité du Zn et Cu dans une matrice de type sol à l'aide des différentes méthodes.
Thèse de doctorat, ISAL de Lyon, 207p, 2005.
Retention supports and geochemical interactions of Trace Elements in two soils irrigated by sewage (Meknes, Morocco)
ISSN : 2028-9324 Vol. 3 No. 1, May 2013 236
[15] Y-K. Marcellin, S-M. Bernard, A. Trokourey, and B. Yobou, ‘’Assessment of Sediments Contamination by Heavy Metals in
a Tropical Lagoon Urban Area (Ebrié Lagoon, Côte d’Ivoire),’’ European Journal of Scientific Research, Vol. 34, n° 2, pp.
280 -289, 2009.
[16] A. Dekayir, Z. Ould Arby, and M. El Maataoui, “Origins of trace elements in cultivated soils irrigated by sewage, Ourzirha
Area (Meknes, Morocco),’’ Agriculture and Biology Journal of North America, vol. 1, n°. 6, pp. 1140-1147, 2010.

Thank you for copying data from http://www.arastirmax.com