BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations DESCRIPTION:Plant Biology Colloquium | Evaluating struvite as an effective fertilizer recovered from electrochemical treatment of municipal wastewater \, Nov. 3\n\nThe Plant Biology Colloquium series presents Sudarshan Kharal discussing "Evaluating struvite as an effective fertilizer recovered from e lectrochemical treatment of municipal wastewater" on Friday\, Nov. 3\, at 1 1:50 a.m. in Porter 104.\n\n \n\nKharal is a graduate student in Environmen tal and Plant Biology at Ohio University.\n\n \n\nAbstract: The finite rese rves of phosphorite\, the primary mineral for production of phosphatic fert ilizers\, pose a risk to future food security. Struvite (MgNH4PO4.6H2O) der ived from municipal wastewater can be an effective substitute for conventio nal synthetic fertilizers obtained from phosphorite. This study\, funded by the Dept. of Energy\, aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of struvite reco vered from municipal wastewater. Phosphorus (P) availability was assessed i n the recovered struvite along with other elementals to detect any heavy me tals. A soil incubation study was established to determine the availability of P in three soil types among the struvite and other commercial fertilize rs. Soil extraction was done every two weeks using anion exchange membranes to assess readily soluble P as well as Mehlich-3 (M3) solution for less so luble P. The available P in the recovered struvite was nearly 15% and heavy metal concentration was negligible\, similar to commercial fertilizers. Ba sed on my findings\, it can be inferred that incorporating recovered P from wastewater can be an effective\, safe\, and more sustainable option compar ed to solely relying on conventional fertilizers derived from phosphorite. DTEND:20231103T165000Z DTSTAMP:20241114T061158Z DTSTART:20231103T155000Z GEO:39.324787;-82.103474 LOCATION:Porter Hall\, 104 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Plant Biology Colloquium | Evaluating struvite as an effective fert ilizer recovered from electrochemical treatment of municipal wastewater\, N ov. 3 UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_44683791316404 URL:https://calendar.ohio.edu/event/plant_biology_colloquium_nov_3 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR