Sewage sludge land disposal effects on groundwater

Archives of Environmental Protection

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 73-82

  Agopsowicz, Marek ^a   BiaŁowiec, Andrzej ^a   Pijarczyk, Piotr ^b  

^a University in Olsztyn of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn   (Poland)

^b Municipal Solid Waste Management Enterprise in Olsztyn ^*  (Poland)

Author keywords

Ground water contamination; Heavy metals; Nitrates; Organic and mineral compounds; Pathogens; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

SALIX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 53149085670     PISSN: 03248461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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