TY - GEN A1 - Braga, Brennda A1 - de Carvalho, Thayslan A1 - Brosinsky, Arlena A1 - Förster, Saskia A1 - Medeiros, Pedro Henrique Augusto T1 - Corrigendum to: From waste to resource: cost-benefit analysis of reservoir sediment reuse for soil fertilization in a semiarid catchment (The science of the total environment : an international journal for scientific research into the environment and its relationship with man. - 670 (2019), 20, S. 158 - 169) T2 - The science of the total environment : an international journal for scientific research into the environment and its relationship with man Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133844 SN - 0048-9697 SN - 1879-1026 VL - 696 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Braga, Brennda A1 - Anchieta de Carvalho, Thayslan Renato A1 - Brosinsky, Arlena A1 - Förster, Saskia A1 - Medeiros, Pedro Henrique Augusto T1 - From waste to resource BT - Cost-benefit analysis of reservoir sediment reuse for soil fertilization in a semiarid catchment JF - The science of the total environment : an international journal for scientific research into the environment and its relationship with man N2 - Reservoir networks have been established worldwide to ensure water supply, but water availability is endangered quantitatively and qualitatively by sedimentation. Reuse of sediment silted in reservoirs as fertilizer has been proposed, thus transforming nutrient-enriched sediments from waste into resource. The aim of this study is to assess the potential of reusing sediment as a nutrient source for agriculture a semiarid basin in Brazil. where 1029 reservoirs were identified. Sedimentation was modelled for the entire reservoir network, accounting for 7 x 10(5) tons of y(-1)sediment deposition. Nutrients contents in reservoir sediments was analysed and com- pared to nutrients contents of agricultural soils in the catchment. The potential of reusing sediment as fertilizer was assessed for maize crops (Zea mays L) and the sediment mass required to fertilize the soil was computed considering that the crop nitrogen requirement would be fully provided by the sediment. Economic feasibility was analysed by comparing the costs of the proposed practice to those obtained if the area was fertilized by traditional means. Results showed that, where reservoirs fall dry frequently and sediments can be removed by excavation, soil fertilization with sediment presents lower costs than those observed for application of commercial chemical fertilizers. Compared to conventional fertilization, when using sediments with high nutrient content, 25% of costs could be saved, while when using sediments with low nutrient content costs are 9% higher. According to the local conditions, sediments with nitrogen content above 1.5 g kg(-1) are cost efficient as nitrogen source. However, physical and chemical analyses are recommended to define the sediment mass to be used and to identify any constraint to the application of the practice, like the high sodium adsorption ratio observed in one of the studied reservoirs, which can contribute to soil salinization. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. KW - Reservoir sedimentation KW - Sediment reuse KW - Fertilizer KW - Agriculture KW - Semiarid KW - Cost-benefit analysis Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.083 SN - 0048-9697 SN - 1879-1026 VL - 670 SP - 158 EP - 169 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Carvalho, Thayslan A1 - Brosinsky, Arlena A1 - Foerster, Saskia A1 - Teixeira, Adunias A1 - Medeiros, Pedro Henrique Augusto T1 - Reservoir sediment characterisation by diffuse reflectance spectroscopy in a semiarid region to support sediment reuse for soil fertilization JF - Journal of soils and sediments : protection, risk assessment and remediation N2 - Purpose: Soil erosion by water yields sediment to surface reservoirs, reducing their storage capacities, changing their geometry, and degrading water quality. Sediment reuse, i.e., fertilization of agricultural soils with the nutrient-enriched sediment from reservoirs, has been proposed as a recovery strategy. However, the sediment needs to meet certain criteria. In this study, we characterize sediments from the densely dammed semiarid Northeast Brazil by VNIR-SWIR spectroscopy and assess the effect of spectral resolution and spatial scale on the accuracy of N, P, K, C, electrical conductivity, and clay prediction models. Methods Sediment was collected in 10 empty reservoirs, and physical and chemical laboratory analyses as well as spectral measurements were performed. The spectra, initially measured at 1 nm spectral resolution, were resampled to 5 and 10 nm, and samples were analysed for both high and low spectral resolution at three spatial scales, namely (1) reservoir, (2) catchment, and (3) regional scale. Results Partial least square regressions performed from good to very good in the prediction of clay and electrical conductivity from reservoir (<40 km(2)) to regional (82,500 km(2)) scales. Models for C and N performed satisfactorily at the reservoir scale, but degraded to unsatisfactory at the other scales. Models for P and K were more unstable and performed from unsatisfactorily to satisfactorily at all scales. Coarsening spectral resolution by up to 10 nm only slightly degrades the models' performance, indicating the potential of characterizing sediment from spectral data captured at lower resolutions, such as by hyperspectral satellite sensors. Conclusion: By reducing the costly and time-consuming laboratory analyses, the method helps to promote the sediment reuse as a practice of soil and water conservation. KW - Sediment characterization KW - Spectroscopy KW - Sediment reuse KW - Surface KW - reservoirs KW - Semiarid KW - Brazil Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11368-022-03281-1 SN - 1439-0108 SN - 1614-7480 VL - 22 SP - 2557 EP - 2577 PB - Springer CY - Heidelberg ER -