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Effect of controlling nitrogen and phosphorus release from sediment using a biological aluminum–based P-inactivation agent (BA-PIA)

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A biological aluminum–based P-inactivation agent (BA-PIA) has been developed and demonstrated to effectively remove nitrogen and phosphorus; however, whether it can control the release of nitrogen and phosphorus in sediment still needs study. This study aimed to examine the effect of BA-PIA on controlling sediment nitrogen and phosphorus release. BA-PIA was prepared by artificial aeration. The use of BA-PIA in controlling nitrogen and phosphorus release was studied using water and sediment from a landscape lake in static simulation experiments. The sediment microbial community was analyzed using high-throughput sequencing. Static simulation showed that the reduction rates of total nitrogen (TN) and total phosphorus (TP) by BA-PIA were 66.8 ± 1.46% and 96.0 ± 0.98%, respectively. In addition, cap** of BA-PIA promotes the conversion of easily released nitrogen (free nitrogen) in the sediment to stable nitrogen (acid-hydrolyzable nitrogen). The content of weakly adsorbed phosphorus and iron-adsorbed phosphorus in the sediment was reduced. The relative abundance of nitrifying bacteria, denitrifying bacteria, and microorganisms carrying phosphatase genes (such as Actinobacteria) in the sediment increased by 109.78%. The cap** of BA-PIA not only effectively removed the nitrogen and phosphorus in water but greatly reduced the risk of nitrogen and phosphorus release from sediment. BA-PIA was able to make up for the deficiency of the aluminum-based phosphorus-locking agent (Al-PIA) that only removes phosphorus, giving it improved application prospects.

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This work was 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 **amen City (Grant No. 3502Z20203044).

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  1. College of Civil Engineering, Huaqiao University, Jimei Avenue 668, Jimei District, **amen, 361021, China

    Yichao Wang, Fei Li & Zhenming Zhou

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  3. **amen Environmental Monitoring Station, **amen, 361021, China

    Chen Huang

  4. CCCC First Highway **amen Engineering Co., Ltd, **amen, 361021, China

    **aohai Wu

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Yichao Wang: writing—original draft, visualization, formal analysis. Xue** Tang: investigation, data curation. Chunming Gong: investigation, writing—review and editing. Chen Huang: validation, writing—review and editing. **aohai Wu: validation, writing—review and editing. Fei Li: writing—review and editing. Zhenming Zhou: conceptualization, resources, supervision.

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Wang, ., Tang, X., Gong, C. et al. Effect of controlling nitrogen and phosphorus release from sediment using a biological aluminum–based P-inactivation agent (BA-PIA). Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 86425–86436 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-28521-w

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