Impacts of a manure composting program on stream water quality

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 389-400

  Bekele, A ^a   McFarland, A M S ^b   Whisenant, A J ^c  

^a ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compost; Dairy waste; Manure; Phosphorus; TMDL; Water quality

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING FACILITIES; DAIRY WASTE; TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (TCEQ); TMDL;

COMPOSTING; PHOSPHORUS; WATER QUALITY;

MANURES;

DRAINAGE; MANURE; PHOSPHORUS; WATERSHED;

COMPOSTING; MANURE; PLANT RESIDUES; WATER QUALITY;

BOSQUE RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646838829     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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