What could have caused coloration of dairy industry effluents after it has gone through allophanic soil columns?

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Tephra subsoil (allophanic) columns are used to determine the soil phosphorus (P) sorption capacity to remove P from dairy industry wastewater (pH = 8, with high sulfate concentration). The effluents collected had shown coloration - pale yellow to intense yellow although the influent was colorless. Could it be due to the presence of iron or silicate or can there be other reasons?
 

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