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RECORD NUMBER: 1352 OF 1379

Main Title Viral and bacterial levels resulting from the land application of digested sludge /
CORP Author Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago (Ill.)
Publisher Health Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Available through the National Technical Information Service.
Year Published 1979
Report Number EPA-600/1-79-015; EPA-68-02-2223
Stock Number PB 296 491
OCLC Number 14386561
Subjects Sewage sludge digestion ; Sewage--Environmental aspects ; Sewage--Purification--Activated sludge process ; Sewage--analysis ; Sewage disposal--Environmental aspects
Additional Subjects Sewage treatment ; Sludge disposal ; Land reclamation ; Surface waters ; Ground water ; Aerosols ; Viruses ; Bacteria ; Anaerobic processes ; Sludge digestion ; Coliform bacteria ; Streptococcus ; Polioviruses ; Water wells ; Streams ; Illinois ; Land application
Internet Access
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EJBD  EPA 600-1-79-015 c.1 Headquarters Library/Washington,DC 04/21/2014
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-1-79-015 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ELBD  EPA 600-1-79-015 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 01/24/2003
NTIS  PB-296 491 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation xii, 67 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Abstract
Surface and ground waters, sludge, soils and aerosols were sampled at a land reclamation site. The site has received large quantities of anaerobically digested sludge for several years. Samples were analyzed for viral and bacterial components to determine the impact of large scale sludge application on the environment. Sixty-eight water samples from streams, reservoirs, wells and runoff were processed for bacteria and viruses. Water samples upstream (S-1) and downstream (S-2) of the site show that the downstream site is lower in total coliform (TC) than the upstream site, while there are no differences in fecal coliform (FC) or fecal streptococcus (FS) levels. Water samples from Reservoir 3 which drains approximately 5,000 acres of land to which sludge has been applied indicate TC levels higher than those in a control reservoir which drains untreated land, with no differences between FC and FS. Six samples contained virus which were confirmed by subpassage. Three of these were found to be contaminated and contained poliovirus 1.
Notes
Contract no. 68-02-2223. Includes bibliographical references.