Conference paper
Aerobic degradation potential of the herbicides mecoprop, dichlorprop and bentazone in groundwater from chalk aquifers
Urban Water Engineering, Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark1
Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark2
Technical University of Denmark3
Water Resources Engineering, Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark4
The aerobic degradation potential of mecoprop, dichlorprop and bentazone was studied at concentration of 1 μg/L in laboratory batch experiments with groundwater from chalk aquifers. Within the incubation period of 129 days, 14C-mecoprop concentration decreased to 60-80% in the microcosms with groundwater collected from two monitoring wells (Well 1 and 2).
Dichlorprop degradation was neither observed under aerobic nor anaerobic conditions, while 17-27% of the initial concentration of 14C-bentazone was removed. The results indicated a degradation potential of mecoprop and bentazone under aerobic conditions.
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | IWA |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Pages: | 243-247 |
| Proceedings: | IWA Specialist Groundwater Conference |
| Types: | Conference paper |
| ORCIDs: | Bjerg, Poul Løgstrup and Albrechtsen, Hans-Jørgen |
