Land application of sewage sludge: A soil columns study

Water SA

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 309-318

  Gasco G ^a   Lobo, M C ^b   Guerrero, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b IMIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Metals; Sewage sludge; Soil and water pollution

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; CONTAMINATION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LEACHATE TREATMENT; POTABLE WATER; SOILS;

CRITICAL SOIL CONCENTRATION; METAL BALANCE; SOIL COLUMNS; SOIL PROFILE;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

HEAVY METAL; SEWAGE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 22944434194     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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