osa (oxic settling anoxic) process is one of the sludge reduction methods. in this method an anaerobic reactor is placed in activated sludge recycling line for sludge reduction purpose. this method is getting popular because of possibility of its application in currently operating waste water treatment plants. in this research, the performance of osa process in sludge reduction in sbr was impro...

application of sewage sludge as a cheap and waste material is increasing for supporting plant essential elements especially in the soils of arid and semiarid regions. in the present greenhouse research, the effect of ardabil municipal sewage sludge on n, p, k, pb, cr, ni and cd concentrations in soil and plant and also spring wheat yield and growth indices was studied as a randomized complete b...

The present study was performed to assess the effect of the petrochemical sludge application rate on the mutagenic activity (Ames test) of soil and the persistence of mutagenic activity during laboratory soil bioremediation process. Sludge-soil systems were prepared at four different sludge application rates (1.25, 2.5, 5, and 10% w/w). Unamended soil was used as a control. Immediately followin...

this work investigates the effect of the application rate and type of sludge throughout the soilcarbon cycle in a semiarid mediterranean agro-ecosystem. we study the two-year evolution of the variouspools of soil organic and inorganic carbon and their influence on soil respiration. we applied three rates (40, 80 and 160 mg/ha) of two types of sludge –aerobically and anaerobically digested sewag...

Utilization of sewage sludge on land is an appealing sludge disposal method. The reasons are not just because of the environmental and economic constraints associated with other disposal methods such as incineration and landfilling, but also because the sludge is beneficial both as a soil conditioner and as a fertilizer [1,2]. However, the major limitation with land application of sewage sludge...

sewage sludge can be utilized as one of the best and cheapest organic fertilizer in agriculture due to its organic and plant nutrient contents. however, the presence of potentially toxic heavy metals in some sludges can restrict its use in agricultural lands. a greenhouse study was conducted in the college of agriculture, ferdowsi university of mashhad, to investigate the effects of leaching an...