The study of the fertilising power of urban sludge from the Dar Gueddari Wastewater Treatment Plant : Case of maize (Zea mays)

Authors

  • Hajar Griou Ibn Tofail University, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Materials, Electrochemistry and Environment, University campus, B.P. 242, 14000 Kenitra, Morocco
  • Smail Njimat Ibn Tofail University, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Materials, Electrochemistry and Environment, University campus, B.P. 242, 14000 Kenitra, Morocco
  • Fouad El Fettahi Ibn Tofail University, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Materials, Electrochemistry and Environment, University campus, B.P. 242, 14000 Kenitra, Morocco
  • Samira Ait Lhaj Lhcen Ibn Tofail University, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Materials, Electrochemistry and Environment, University campus, B.P. 242, 14000 Kenitra, Morocco
  • Mohammed Aboulouafa Ibn Tofail University, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Materials, Electrochemistry and Environment, University campus, B.P. 242, 14000 Kenitra, Morocco
  • Said Ibn Ahmed Ibn Tofail University, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Materials, Electrochemistry and Environment, University campus, B.P. 242, 14000 Kenitra, Morocco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24425/jwld.2023.143742

Keywords

agronomic parameters, crop yield, Dar Gueddari sewage, dry matter, fertilisation, urban sludge

Abstract

The objective of this study is to recover sludge from the Dar Gueddari sewage treatment plant and use it in the cultivation of corn in the open field on clay soil. To do this, four doses were tested against two types of controls: a control without addition of sludge and another with the addition of nitrogen-based fertilisers (200 kg N, 100 kg P and 100 kg K). The short-term effects indicated that the application of the sludge had a beneficial effect on the fertilising qualities of the soil and therefore on the crop yield. The monitoring of the agronomic parameters of the maize plant showed that the growths and the yields varied according to doses of the sludge. In grain yield, the difference between plot E4 and E0 was around 3.3 Mg∙ha-1. In addition, the plots treated with large sludge doses experienced improvements in total nitrogen and organic matter. During the second season, the results obtained showed decrease in nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus). It emerged from the C:N ratio which was

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2023-03-30

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Griou, Hajar, et al. “The Study of the Fertilising Power of Urban Sludge from the Dar Gueddari Wastewater Treatment Plant : Case of Maize (Zea Mays)”. Journal of Water and Land Development, vol. 56, no. 56, Mar. 2023, pp. 37-44, doi:10.24425/jwld.2023.143742.

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