Vermicomposting of sewage sludge: A new technology for Mexico

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 153-158

  Cardosa Vigueros, L ^a   Ramirez Camperos E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE TECNOLOGÍA DEL AGUA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Eisenia foetida; Helminth ova; Sewage sludge; Vermicomposting; Water hyacinth

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COLIFORM BACTERIA; COMPOSTING; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

CATIONIC EXCHANGE CAPACITY; VERMIOMPOSTING;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

CATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

COMPOSTING; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; WASTEWATER;

COMPOSTING; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURE; AQUATIC FLORA; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CATION EXCHANGE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; EXPERIMENT; HELMINTH; HUMIDITY; LABORATORY; MEXICO; NITROGEN CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION DENSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SLUDGE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOIL FERTILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; VERMICOMPOST; WORM;

MEXICO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; EISENIA FETIDA; HYACINTHUS; VERMES;

EID: 0036445760     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2002.0316     Document Type: Conference Paper

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