Exporting large volumes of municipal sewage sludge through turfgrass sod production

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1320-1328

  Tesfamariam, Eyob H ^a   Annandale, John G ^a   Steyn, Joachim M ^a   Stirzaker, Richard J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c University of Melbourne   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION RATES; CROP NUTRIENTS; JOHANNESBURG; LEACHING LOSS; LOADING RATE; MUNICIPAL SEWAGE SLUDGE; MUNICIPAL WATER; NUTRIENT CONTENTS; ROOT ZONE; SALT LEACHING; SLUDGE CONTROL; SOIL LOSS; SOUTH AFRICA; TURFGRASS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CROPS; FORESTRY; LEACHING; NUTRIENTS; SALT REMOVAL; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WATER CONTENT;

SOILS;

MAGNESIUM; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CROP; DETERIORATION; LEACHING; LOAM SOIL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLANT ROOT; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TURFGRASS; WATER TREATMENT;

NITRATES; NITROGEN; PENNISETUM; PHOSPHORUS; SALTS; SEWAGE; SOIL; SOUTH AFRICA; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

POACEAE;

EID: 66649119269     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0397     Document Type: Article

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