Origin, nature, and treatment of effluents from dairy and meat processing factories and the effects of their irrigation on the quality of agricultural soils

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 1531-1599

  Liu, Y Y ^a   Haynes, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

dairy factory; effluent; land application; meat processing factory; soil properties; soil quality

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; AGRICULTURAL SOILS; DIGESTION METHOD; EFFLUENT IRRIGATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; GROUNDWATER ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; HIGH ORGANIC; HYGIENIC CONDITIONS; IMMOBILIZED CELLS; IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; LAND APPLICATIONS; LIMING EFFECTS; LOADING RATE; MEAT PROCESSING; MEAT PROCESSING FACTORY; MEAT-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; N AND P FERTILIZER; NA CONTENT; ON-GOING MONITORING; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; PLANT PRODUCTION; POSITIVE EFFECTS; SECONDARY TREATMENT; SOIL MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL PROPERTIES; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL STRUCTURE; SPRAY IRRIGATION; SURFACE RUNOFFS; TREATED EFFLUENT; WASTEWATER APPLICATIONS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CELL CULTURE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRRIGATION; MEATS; SODIUM; SOILS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EFFLUENTS;

AMMONIA; CALCIUM; CARBON; GROUND WATER; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; MAGNESIUM; MILK FAT; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZER; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHATE FERTILIZER; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SURFACE WATER; YOGHURT;

AEROSOL; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; CROP PRODUCTION; DAIRY FARMING; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; IRRIGATION; MEAT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRATE; ODOR; PASTURE; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SANITATION; SODIUM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL STRUCTURE; VOLUME; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

AGRONOMY; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BUTTER; CHEESE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CROP PRODUCTION; DAIRY INDUSTRY; DENITRIFICATION; FLOTATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZED CELL REACTOR; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LAGOON; MEAT INDUSTRY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MILK; NITRATE LEACHING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PH; SEWER; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL STRUCTURE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 79960353135     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643381003608359     Document Type: Article

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