Beneficial reuse and sustainability: The fate of organic compounds in land-applied waste

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-41

  Overcash, Michael ^a   Sims, Ronald C ^b   Sims, Judith L ^b   Nieman, J Karl C ^c  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b Utah State University   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; DRUG PRODUCTS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REUSABILITY; WASTES;

AQUATIC SYSTEMS; NATURAL SOIL; REUSE SYSTEMS; TERRESTRIAL SYSTEMS;

LAND USE;

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ACETIC ACID; ANTHRACENE; AROCLOR; ATRAZINE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CELLULOSE; CHLORPROPHAM; CHLORPYRIFOS; DIBENZOFURAN; DINOSEB; DIOXIN; ESTRADIOL; HERBICIDE; HYDROQUINONE; LINURON; NAPHTHALENE; NONIONIC SURFACTANT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PERMETHRIN; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID BIS(2 ETHYLHEXYL) ESTER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PROPACHLOR; RUNOFF; SURFACE WATER; TESTOSTERONE;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOSOLID; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROP; DECOMPOSITION; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LAND USE; LANDFILL; LEACHING; MANURE; PLANT; RECYCLING; SOIL POLLUTION; SUSTAINABLE LAND APPLICATION; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 12344336775     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2005.0029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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