Organic Matter in Wastewater and Treated Wastewater-Irrigated Soils: Properties and Effects

Treated Wastewater in Agriculture: Use and Impacts on the Soil Environment and Crops

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 400-417

  Chen, Yona ^a   Dosoretz, Carlos G ^b   Katz, Ilan ^b   Jüeschke, Elizabeth ^c   Marschner, Bernd ^c   Tarchitzky, Jorge ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Content and class of OM in raw sewage and TWW expressed by several parameters; HA, FA, and humin humic acid and FA, from soil material using strong bases; Molecular properties of OM present in TWW; Molecular weight distribution of humic substances isolated from secondary effluents; Organic constituents in treated wastewater (TWW) and size ranges; Organic matter (OM) in wastewater and treated wastewater irrigated soils; Soil organic matter (SOM); Treated wastewater borne organic matter on soil properties; TWW and its OM load; Use of treated wastewater (TWW) crop irrigation, alternative to wastewater disposal in water scarce countries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871199097     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444328561.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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