The implementation of anaerobic membrane bioreactor as mainstream technology would reduce the load sidestream digesters. This research evaluated techno-economic implications co-digesting sewage sludge and food waste in such wastewater treatment plants to optimise usage line infrastructure. Three organic loading rates (1.0, 1.5 2.0 kg VS m−3 d−1) different strategies manage additional nutrients ...

The incorporation of biosolids to soil is a strategy aiming at the re-location of these materials in the environment with a useful end: soil fertilization. In this work, the response of two Argiudoll soils (one with more than 100 years of agriculture and the other, a virgin one) to biosolid incorporation was studied under laboratory conditions. To measure this response, soil enzymatic biodescri...

Composts prepared from a variety of feedstocks were tested for their ability to suppress seedling and root diseases of creeping bentgrass caused by Pythium graminicola. Among the most suppressive materials in laboratory experiments were different batches of a brewery sludge compost and a biosolids compost from Endicott, N.Y. Batches of these composts that were initially not suppressive to Pythi...

The aim of this study was to assess the impact soil amendments, characterized by different sorption properties, on effectiveness trace elements’ (Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd, Ni, and Cr) stabilization bioavailability earthworms. conducted as a microcosm experiment using derived from heavily contaminated post-industrial area. Eisenia veneta earthworm cultured for 4 weeks in soils amended with materials origi...

Phosphorus losses in runoff from cropland can contribute to nonpoint-source pollution of surface waters. Management practices in corn (Zea mays L.) production systems may influence P losses. Field experiments with treatments including differing soil test P levels, tillage and manure application combinations, and manure and biosolids application histories were used to assess these management pra...

There is a resurgence of interest in controlling the excessive fertilization (eutrophication) of surface waters in order to protect domestic water supplies and other beneficial uses of waters from impairment (pollution) by excessive growths of algae or other aquatic plants whose growth is stimulated by nitrogen and phosphorus. An area of particular concern is the nutrients added to waterbodies ...

Given the ubiquitous detection of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) within numerous soil water environmental compartments, there is a need for global understanding current methodologies extracting water, solids, polar organic chemical integrative samplers (POCIS), plant tissue these substances. This study provides details several extraction methods, demonstrates use POCIS in monitoring...