The potential for contamination of soil and surface waters from sewage sludge (biosolids) in a sheep grazing study, Australia

Geoderma

Volumn 84, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 135-156

  Joshua, W D ^a   Michalk, D L ^a   Curtis, I H ^a   Salt, M ^a   Osborne, G J ^b  

^a NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

^b SYDNEY WATER CORPORATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biosolids; Heavy metals; Nitrate; Runoff; Sub surface solute movement

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BIOSOLID; CONTAMINATION; COPPER; DETECTION; GRAZING; GROUND WATER; MEASUREMENT; METAL; NITRATE; PATHOGEN; PLANT NUTRIENT; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SHEEP; SLUDGE; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL; SURFACE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT; ZINC;

SEWAGE SLUDGE; SHEEP; SOIL POLLUTION; SURFACE WATER POLLUTION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031839393     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(97)00125-0     Document Type: Article

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