IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/agiwat/v190y2017icp55-64.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Olive mill wastewater as a source of organic matter, water and nutrients for restoration of degraded soils and for crops managed with sustainable systems

Author

Listed:
  • Chatzistathis, T.
  • Koutsos, T.

Abstract

Every year, worldwide olive oil production produces in a short period of time (late autumn-winter) vast quantities of olive mill wastewater (OMW). This product causes environmental and management problems due to its disposal into rivers and lakes. During the last years, OMW application (used either as crude, raw material, or as treated- with different methods- product, in order to decrease its phytotoxicity) was tested under field conditions as organic amendment; many times, the results with regard to the raise of plant growth, crop yields and enhancement of soil fertility were promising, while in some other cases phytotoxicity problems, groundwater contamination, decreased soil porosity, as well as enhanced electrical conductivity, salinity, increased soil acidity and decreased N mineralization rate occurred. On the other hand, OMW is a low-cost source of nutrients (especially N, P, K, Mg and Fe), water, and organic matter; thus, it can be successfully used for the restoration of degraded croplands, in hilly, eroded, poor in organic C, and/or semi-arid areas. Since one of the first steps in land restoration process is the enhancement of soil organic C, OMW is an excellent alternative solution for the: i) increase of organic matter, ii) improvement of soil physical properties, and iii) enhancement of productivity of degraded croplands. In addition, under certain conditions (use of treated, or diluted with water OMW in order to decrease phenol content, avoidance of exaggerate applications, suitable application rate(s) and season), OMW can be safely used as a soil amendment and low-cost organic fertilizer for crops, managed with sustainable systems. The basic purpose of this review was to present and thoroughly discuss all the beneficial aspects of OMW application with regard to: i) the restoration of degraded croplands, ii) sustainable crop management, based on the most important and recently published papers. In addition, the environmental consequences of exaggerate and untreated OMW applications, together with some solutions (strategies) adopted for eliminating soil and groundwater contamination and phytotoxicity are also presented in this review article.

Suggested Citation

  • Chatzistathis, T. & Koutsos, T., 2017. "Olive mill wastewater as a source of organic matter, water and nutrients for restoration of degraded soils and for crops managed with sustainable systems," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 190(C), pages 55-64.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:agiwat:v:190:y:2017:i:c:p:55-64
    DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2017.05.008
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378377417301774
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.agwat.2017.05.008?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Moraetis, D. & Stamati, F.E. & Nikolaidis, N.P. & Kalogerakis, N., 2011. "Olive mill wastewater irrigation of maize: Impacts on soil and groundwater," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 98(7), pages 1125-1132, May.
    2. Kapellakis, I.E. & Tsagarakis, K.P. & Avramaki, Ch. & Angelakis, A.N., 2006. "Olive mill wastewater management in river basins: A case study in Greece," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 82(3), pages 354-370, April.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Bargougui, Lobna & Guergueb, Zouheir & Chaieb, Mohamed & Braham, Mohamed & Mekki, Ali, 2019. "Agro-physiological and biochemical responses of Sorghum bicolor in soil amended by olive mill wastewater," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 212(C), pages 60-67.
    2. Bombino, Giuseppe & Andiloro, Serafina & Folino, Adele & Lucas-Borja, Manuel Esteban & Zema, Demetrio Antonio, 2021. "Short-term effects of olive oil mill wastewater application on soil water repellency," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 244(C).
    3. Theocharis Chatzistathis & Victor Kavvadias & Thomas Sotiropoulos & Ioannis E. Papadakis, 2021. "Organic Fertilization and Tree Orchards," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 11(8), pages 1-20, July.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Komnitsas, Kostas & Zaharaki, Dimitra, 2012. "Pre-treatment of olive mill wastewaters at laboratory and mill scale and subsequent use in agriculture: Legislative framework and proposed soil quality indicators," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 82-89.
    2. Zema, Demetrio Antonio & Esteban Lucas-Borja, Manuel & Andiloro, Serafina & Tamburino, Vincenzo & Zimbone, Santo Marcello, 2019. "Short-term effects of olive mill wastewater application on the hydrological and physico-chemical properties of a loamy soil," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 221(C), pages 312-321.
    3. Pedrero, Francisco & Grattan, S.R. & Ben-Gal, Alon & Vivaldi, Gaetano Alessandro, 2020. "Opportunities for expanding the use of wastewaters for irrigation of olives," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 241(C).
    4. Moraetis, D. & Stamati, F.E. & Nikolaidis, N.P. & Kalogerakis, N., 2011. "Olive mill wastewater irrigation of maize: Impacts on soil and groundwater," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 98(7), pages 1125-1132, May.
    5. Margarita A. Petoussi & Nicolas Kalogerakis, 2023. "Mathematical Modeling of Pilot Scale Olive Mill Wastewater Phytoremediation Units," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(11), pages 1-36, May.
    6. Vincenzo Sicari & Irene Maria Grazia Custureri & Rosa Tundis & Monica Rosa Loizzo, 2023. "Comparison of Physicochemical Characteristics and Bioactivity of Olive Oil Mill Wastewaters from Traditional and Water-Saving ARA-Controlled Three-Phase Decanter," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(5), pages 1-11, February.
    7. Gómez, Antonio & Zubizarreta, Javier & Rodrigues, Marcos & Dopazo, César & Fueyo, Norberto, 2010. "An estimation of the energy potential of agro-industrial residues in Spain," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 54(11), pages 972-984.
    8. Meftah, Omar & Guergueb, Zouheir & Braham, Mohamad & Sayadi, Sami & Mekki, Ali, 2019. "Long term effects of olive mill wastewaters application on soil properties and phenolic compounds migration under arid climate," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 212(C), pages 119-125.
    9. Erses Yay, A. Suna & Oral, H. Volkan & Onay, Turgut T. & Yenigün, Orhan, 2012. "A study on olive oil mill wastewater management in Turkey: A questionnaire and experimental approach," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 60(C), pages 64-71.
    10. Yerli, Caner & Sahin, Ustun & Ors, Selda & Kiziloglu, Fatih Mehmet, 2023. "Improvement of water and crop productivity of silage maize by irrigation with different levels of recycled wastewater under conventional and zero tillage conditions," Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier, vol. 277(C).
    11. Theocharis Chatzistathis & Victor Kavvadias & Thomas Sotiropoulos & Ioannis E. Papadakis, 2021. "Organic Fertilization and Tree Orchards," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 11(8), pages 1-20, July.
    12. Boutheina Gargouri & Samia Ben Brahim & Fatma Marrakchi & Bechir Ben Rouina & Wojciech Kujawski & Mohamed Bouaziz, 2022. "Impact of Wastewater Spreading on Properties of Tunisian Soil under Arid Climate," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(6), pages 1-15, March.
    13. Dios-Palomares, Rafaela & Martínez-Paz, José M., 2011. "Technical, quality and environmental efficiency of the olive oil industry," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 36(4), pages 526-534, August.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:agiwat:v:190:y:2017:i:c:p:55-64. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/agwat .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.