Land application of sludge

Book · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:5968217

Page, A L; Logan, T J; Ryan, J A ^[1]

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This book is the proceedings of a workshop held in Las Vegas, NV in 1985 entitled Effects of Sewage Sludge Quality and Soil Properties on Plant Uptake of Sludge-Applied Trace Constituents. The workshop was in response to the need to utilize the most current available information in the development of regulations and criteria to safely apply and manage the land application of municipal sewage sludge. The participants were undoubtedly the most knowledgeable of this subject matter, and were divided into five separate but related task groups. The groups addressed the following sludge-related topics: (1) role of soil properties on accumulation of trace element by crops; (2) role of sludge properties on accumulation of trace elements by crops; (3) influence of long-term application on accumulation of trace elements by crops; (4) transfer of trace elements to the food chain, and (5) effects of trace organics in agroecosystems and their risk assessment to humans. The text, therefore, parallels those of the results of the task groups. The five main chapters followed a similar format, i.e., having an introduction section, a comprehensive literature review, discussion of recent and current data, and synthesis of the most relevant information.

• OSTI ID: 5968217
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540220* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
560300 -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BIOLOGICAL WASTES
CROPS
DOCUMENT TYPES
FOOD CHAINS
GROUND DISPOSAL
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MECHANICS
MUNICIPAL WASTES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PROCEEDINGS
RISK ASSESSMENT
SEWAGE
SEWAGE SLUDGE
SLUDGES
SOIL MECHANICS
TIME DEPENDENCE
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES