Successful biosolids management

Journal Article · Sat May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1993 · Water Environment and Technology; (United States)

OSTI ID:5860583

Rosenblum, E; Braatelien, E ^[1]; McHaney, S; Stutz-McDonald, S ^[2]

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1. Department of Water Pollution Control, San Jose, CA (United States)
2. John Carollo Engineers, Walnut Creek, CA (United States)

The San Jose (Calif.) Department of Water Pollution Control has embarked on a program of beneficial biosolids reuse to deal with three decades of stored solids that filled 160 ha (400 ac) of lagoons at the San Jose-Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant in San Jose. The effort has taken 10 years of planning and development, and weathered changes in market conditions and federal regulations. It promises to be one of the most cost-effective solids management programs of its kind among similar-sized wastewater treatment agencies in the U.S. The operation includes anaerobic digestion with methane recovery, solar solids drying, and beneficial reuse of biosolids as landfill cover and as an agricultural soil amendment. 2 figs., 2 tabs.

• OSTI ID: 5860583
• Journal Information: Water Environment and Technology; (United States), Journal Name: Water Environment and Technology; (United States) Vol. 5:5; ISSN 1044-9493; ISSN WAETEJ
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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