Research on nitrate to negative effect of soil and groundwater environment at different groundwater depth with sewage irrigation

Groundwater depth is one of main factors affecting the migration of sewage irrigation pollutants in soil and groundwater system.This paper analyzed the transportation characteristic of nitrate in soil and groundwater under different groundwater depth through laboratory experiments with sewage irrigation.The results indicated that the effects of different groundwater depth on soil and groundwater environment,including the distribution of soil water and migration path of nitrate,were significant.Under the lower groundwater depth,although the higher soil moisture potential energy and denitrification restrict the migration tendency of nitrate in sewage from up to down,the higher soil moisture potential energy and shorter migration path make it easy for the nitrate of soil matrix to be pushed from subsoil to groundwater,then the pollution risk of groundwater increased.