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Structural control of the non-ionic surfactant alcohol ethoxylates (AEOs) on transport in natural soils

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ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
卷 269, 期 -, 页码 -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116021

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  1. Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology (CICYT) [2008-05598]
  2. Lifelong Learning Programme - Freemover Scholarship (European Commission)
  3. Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) [200021_178986]
  4. Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [200021_178986] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)

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This study investigated the behavior of non-ionic synthetic surfactants in soils through experiments and simulations, finding that the sorption coefficient was generally lower under environmental flow conditions compared to batch experiments. This highlights the importance of using reactive transport parameterization inferred under realistic conditions when assessing the risk associated with these surfactants in subsurface environments.
Surfactants, after use, enter the environment through diffuse and point sources such as irrigation with treated and non-treated waste water and urban and industrial wastewater discharges. For the group of non-ionic synthetic surfactant alcohol ethoxylates (AEOs), most of the available information is restricted to the levels and fate in aquatic systems, whereas current knowledge of their behavior in soils is very limited. Here we characterize the behavior of different homologs (C12-C18) and ethoxymers (E03, E06, and E08) of the AEOs through batch experiments and under unsaturated flow conditions during infiltration experiments. Experiments used two different agricultural soils from a region irrigated with reclaimed water (Guadalete River basin, SW Spain). In parallel, water flow and chemical transport were modelled using the HYDRUS-1D software package, calibrated using the infiltration experimental data. Estimates of water flow and reactive transport of all surfactants were in good agreement between infiltration experiments and simulations. The sorption process followed a Freundlich isotherm for most of the target compounds. A systematic comparison between sorption data obtained from batch and infiltration experiments revealed that the sorption coefficient (K-d) was generally lower in infiltration experiments, performed under environmental flow conditions, than in batch experiments in the absence of flow, whereas the exponent (beta) did not show significant differences. For the low clay and organic carbon content of the soils used, no clear dependence of K-d on them was observed. Our work thus highlights the need to use reactive transport parameterization inferred under realistic conditions to assess the risk associated with alcohol ethoxylates in subsurface environments. (C) 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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