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SPREADING LAGOONED SEWAGE SLUDGE ON FARMLAND: A CASE HISTORY
Citation:
Robson, C. AND L. Sommers. SPREADING LAGOONED SEWAGE SLUDGE ON FARMLAND: A CASE HISTORY. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/2-82/019 (NTIS PB82181082), 1982.
Description:
This project demonstrated that land application is feasible and practical for a metropolitan treatment plant for disposal of a large volume (265,000 cu m) of stabilized, liquid sewage sludge stored in lagoons. The project involved transportation of sludge by semi-trailer tankers and either surface or subsurface application with conventional equipment to cropland. All sludge was applied on privately-owned land in an adjacent, rural county through a cooperative agreement between the farmer and contractor. The report illustrates that the planning and conduct of a land application project requires expertise from a diversity of technical and sociological disciplines.