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Land Application of Biosolids

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Biosolids Treatment Processes

Part of the book series: Handbook of Environmental Engineering ((HEE,volume 6))

Abstract

Biosolids are essentially organic materials produced during wastewater treatment, which might be put to beneficial use. A popular example of such use is the addition of biosolids to soil to supply nutrients and replenish soil organic matter. Biosolids can be applied on agricultural land, forests, rangelands, or on disturbed land in need of reclamation (1). The thrust of recent legislation has been to encourage such beneficial recycling of biosolids through land application (2). The establishment of the industrial waste pretreatment programs (3) with the objective of reducing toxic pollutant loadings to municipal treatment facilities rendered more municipal biosolids suitable for reuse.

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  1. Lenox Institute of Water Technology, Lenox, MA

    Nazih K. Shammas PhD (Professor and Environmental Engineering Consultant, and Ex-Dean and Director) & Lawrence K. Wang PhD, PE, DEE (Dean & Director, Assistant to the President and Vice President)

  2. Krofta Engineering Corporation, Lenox, MA

    Nazih K. Shammas PhD (Professor and Environmental Engineering Consultant, and Ex-Dean and Director) & Lawrence K. Wang PhD, PE, DEE (Dean & Director, Assistant to the President and Vice President)

  3. Zorex Corporation, Newtonville, NY

    Lawrence K. Wang PhD, PE, DEE (Dean & Director, Assistant to the President and Vice President)

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    Lawrence K. Wang PhD, PE, DEE  & Nazih K. Shammas PhD  & 

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Shammas, N.K., Wang, L.K. (2007). Land Application of Biosolids. In: Wang, L.K., Shammas, N.K., Hung, YT. (eds) Biosolids Treatment Processes. Handbook of Environmental Engineering, vol 6. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-996-7_23

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