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Investigation into the migration of microplastics
through soil
Linda Heerey1, John O’Sullivan1, Michael Bruen1, Anne Marie Mahon2, Ian O’Connor2, Heather Lally2, Róisín Nash 2, Sinéad Murphy2, James O’Connor2, Noelle Jones3, Mark
Kelly3, Albert Koelmans4
1UCD School of Civil Engineering, UCD Earth Institute & UCD Dooge Centre for Water Resources Research, Belfield, Dublin 4
2Marine and Freshwater Research Centre, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Galway, Ireland 3Department of Civil Engineering, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Dublin Road, Galway, Ireland
4Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management, Department of Environmental Science, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Netherlands
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Project Overview
• Funded by the Environmental Protection Agency of Ireland
• Led by Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, involving University College Dublin and Wageningen University, The Netherlands
• Aims to investigate the sources, pathways and environmental fate of microplastics from land-based sources to rivers
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Project Overview
Hurley & Nizzetto (2018)
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Terrestrial Sources of Microplastic
Approx. 80% of sewage sludge spread on land in Ireland
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Soils as Sinks?
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Soil Column Experiments
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Experimental Material
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Rainfall Rate Simulation
• Rainfall simulator tested for a range of intensities
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Rate of Simulated Rainfall
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Experimental Method
Silica sand 1.2 – 1.6 mm
Silica sand 1.6 – 2 mm
Silica sand 2 – 4 mm
Glass beads 3 mm
Ceramic beads 8 mm
Glass marbles 10 mm
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Preliminary Results
Adherence observed of MP to surface of all porous media
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Addition of Surfactant Without surfactant With surfactant
Experiment picture
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Field Core Extraction
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Field Core Extraction
Percussion drilling Core extraction
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Slicing Cores
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Sample Analysis
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Additional Analysis
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Itrax Scanner
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Projected Outcomes
• To further understand processes governing MP movement in soil
• Further understand concentrations of MP in agricultural land in Ireland
• Contribute to growing body of research in this area
• Inform policy makers on risk of terrestrial based MP to groundwater
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Thank you for listening!
To follow progress on this project, check out https://freshwatermicroplastics.com/