Environment Canada research on land treatment of petroleum wastes

Conference · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:7229911

Bulman, T L; Scroggins, R P ^[1]

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1. Wastewater Technolgy Centre, Burlington, Ontario (CA)

The purpose of the studies presented in this book is to identify wastes which can be applied to land in an environmentally acceptable manner and to provide information on which to base guidelines for the proper application of such wastes to land. The information which has been collected to date has focused on the persistence and fate of oil and toxic constituents of petroleum wastes when applied to soil, potential environmental impacts and risk to human health associated with application to land, and site managements techniques which enhance treatment of organic constituents of wastes while protecting environmental quality. The potential for contamination of groundwater, the accumulation of hazardous substances in soil and effects on plant growth have undergone the most intensive investigation to date. Impingement on air quality has received limited study.

• OSTI ID: 7229911
• Report Number(s): CONF-880679--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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