Effect of Sewage Sludge Application on Growth of Corn and Chinese Cabbage and Chemical Properties of Soil

하수오니 시용이 옥수수 및 배추 생육과 토양의 화학성 변화에 미치는 영향

A pot experiment was carried out to find out the effects of the sludge application on corn and Chinese cabbage growth and changes in soil chemical properties with sludges collected from 4 plants at 0, 12.5, 25, 50, and $100Mg\;ha^{-1}$ levels and chemical fertilizer. With the corn experiment, the pot where sludge and chemical fertilizers were treated together, greater amount of sludge resulted in initial growth inhibition. In general, higher sludge treatment rates resulted in better growth in the end, whereas initial growth was inhibited due to high the electrical conductivity of saturated extracts(ECe) for the Chinese cabbage. However, the highest yield among sludge treatments was lower than the yield with chemical fertilizers. While the treatments resulted in chemical changes in soil showing differences of cation exchange capacity, organic matter contents, and nitrogen contents, hardly any changes were detected before and after crops were grown. Inorganic nutrients such as Na, K, Ca and Mg showed similar changes. The ECe in soil saturation extract decreased after crops were grown. The more sludge was treated, the greater was the decrease. The differences of ECe in the soil saturation extract with varying degrees of treatment were also reduced after crops were grown. Available phosphorus content increased during growth. Due to the low nitrogen content in sludge, when nitrogen becomes the determining factor for the amount of sludge treatment, phosphorus buildup resulted from continued application of sludge could be raised. Therefore, it is advisable to use phosphorus, not nitrogen content, in determining the amount of sludge treatment and chemical fertilizer as supplementary sources for nitrogen.

본 연구는 하수오니의 농경지 이용 가능성을 밝히고자 중랑, 가좌, 나주 및 용인 하수 종말 처리장에서 채취한 하수오니를 처리한 토양에서 옥수수와 배추를 재배하여 생육 및 토양의 화학성 변화에 미치는 영향을 검토하였다. 옥수수의 생육조사결과 오니 처리율이 증가할수록 초기 생육이 저조하였다. 배추의 생육 조사 결과 초기 3주간은 12.5 및 $25Mg\;ha^{-1}$ 처리구가 좋은 생육을 보였고 후기에는 50및 $100Mg\;ha^{-1}$처리구의 생육이 더 좋은 결과를 나타내었다. 그러나 최대 생장을 보인 처리구도 화학비료 시용구에서의 생육에는 미치지 못했다. 양이온치환용량, 유기물 및 질소의 경우는 처리간의 차이는 뚜렷하였지만 재배 전후에는 큰 차이가 없었다. Na, K, Ca, Mg 등의 염기류들도 비슷한 경향을 보였다. 토양포화침출액의 EC는 재배 전과 비교하여 재배후에 감소하였고 오니처리량이 많을수록 감소폭이 커서 재배전보다 오니 처리량 간의 차이가 줄었으나 유료인산 함량은 재배중 뚜렷한 증가 경향이 나타났다. 따라서 오니시용기준은 질소가 아닌 인산을 기준으로 하여 처리량을 결정하며 부족분은 화학비료로 보충하도록 하는 것이 바람직한 것으로 사료된다.