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Denitrifying woodchip bioreactors (WBRs) remove nitrate () from agricultural drainage water at field-scale, but their efficacy at cold temperatures remains uncertain. This study shows how hydraulic residence time (HRT) controlsremoval and environmental side-effects of WBRs at low water temperature under pilot-scale conditions with controlled operation of nine WBRs (94 dm 3 ). Hydraulic properties were assessed by a bromide tracer test, andremoval, emissions of nitrous oxide (N 2 O) and methane (CH 4 ), and losses of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) were measured at HRTs of 5–30 h. Inletconcentrations were increasingly reduced at higher HRTs. The relationship between HRT and the efficiency (%) ofremoval was linear ( = 0.94), while the relationship between HRT andreduction rates (NRR) was logistic ( = 0.88). Gaseous emissions of N 2 O were equally low at HRTs of 10–30 h, but higher at 5 h ( P  &lt; 0.05). Methane fluxes were small, but with consistent emissions at HRTs of 20–30 h and uptake at 5–15 h. HRT had limited effect on effluent DOC concentrations, but strong effect on mass losses that were five-fold higher (320 mg L −1 ) at the HRT of 5 h than at 30 h. In summary, at cold temperatures HRTs of ≤ 20 h resulted in suboptimal NRR, accelerating DOC losses, and increased risk of N 2 O losses at least below a threshold HRT of 5–10 h. HRTs of 20–30 h gave maximal NRR, smallest losses of DOC and N 2 O, but an increased risk of CH 4  emissions.

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Nitrate removal and environmental side-effects controlled by hydraulic residence time in woodchip bioreactors treating cold agricultural drainage water