Improving guidelines for the plant available nitrogen value of biosolids from wastewater treatment

Journal of Residuals Science and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-19

  Rigby, H ^a   Pritchard, D ^a   Collins, D ^a   Walton, K ^b   Allen, D ^c   Penney, N ^d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Universidad de Western Australia   (Australia)

^c MBS Environmental   (Australia)

^d Water Corporation of Western Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION RATES; AUSTRALIA; CONTENT-BASED; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CURRENT ESTIMATES; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; INORGANIC SOURCES; NITRATE LEACHING; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PLANT AVAILABLE NITROGENS; TREATMENT METHODS;

BIOSOLIDS; CROPS; CULTIVATION; LEACHING; NITROGEN; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOSOLID; CROP PRODUCTION; FIELDWORK; GUIDELINE; LEACHING; LIMING; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NITRATE; ORGANIC NITROGEN; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 75149163891     PISSN: 15448053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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