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GENERAL INFORMATION
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1. Title and description of the dataset:Dataset for the paper WOODCHIP BIOREACTORS PROVIDE SUSTAINED DENITRIFICATION OF BRINE FROM GROUNDWATER DESALINATION PLANTS
2. Author's contact information (name, email, ORCID, institution): Jose Antonio Franco, josea.franco@upct.es, 0000-0003-2637-0758, Technical University of Cartagena (https://ror.org/02k5kx966)
3. Date of data collection (recommended format YYYYMMDD): from 2017 to 2020
4. Geographic location of data collection (latitude, longitude, or city/region, Country, continent as appropriate): Agri-food Experimental Station Tomás Ferro (ESEA) (N 37° 41′ 17.6″ and W 0° 57′ 04.4″) of the School of Agricultural Engineering
6. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data (including research project reference/acronym):Chair of Sustainable Agriculture for the Campo de Cartagena
7. Recommended citation for this dataset: Díaz García, C., Martínez-Sánchez, J. J., Bryan, M. M., Franco, J. A., & Álvarez-Rogel, J. (2025). Dataset for the paper Woodchip bioreactors 					 provide sustained denitrification of brine from groundwater desalination plants [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15479641
8. Language of the dataset: English

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SHARING/ACCESS/CONTEXT INFORMATION
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1. Usage Licenses/restrictions placed on the data (please indicate if different data files have different usage license): CC-BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
2. Links to publications/other research outputs that cite the data: 
3. Links to publications/other research outputs that use the data: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112521, https://repositorio.upct.es/entities/publication/9a8670c3-95d5-405e-beb8-b614059a62a8
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6. Was data derived from another source? If so, please add link where such work is located:

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DATA & FILE OVERVIEW
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1. File List (if file is compressed, list its content): 
3. File format (provide a list of all file formats present in this dataset): PDF with images, tables and figures  on it
3. Relationship between files, if important: 
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5. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? If so, please indicate where they are located:

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METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
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1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: refer to point "2.3. Experimental design, monitoring, and sampling" located here https://repositorio.upct.es/entities/publication/9a8670c3-95d5-405e-beb8-b614059a62a8
2. Methods for processing the data: refer points 2.4 and 2.5 located here https://repositorio.upct.es/entities/publication/9a8670c3-95d5-405e-beb8-b614059a62a8
3. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret/reproduce the data, please indicate their location: 
4. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: 
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6. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: 
7. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission, please specify using CREDIT roles https://credit.niso.org/: 
Carolina Díaz-García,  Juan J. Martínez-Sánchez, Bryan M. Maxwell, José Antonio Franco ORCID:0000-0003-2637-0758, José Álvarez-Rogel ORCID: 0000-0002-8758-3792,
8. Author contact information: José Álvarez-Rogel: jose.alvarez@upct.es; José Antonio Franco: josea.franco@upct.es

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DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION:
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