| Main Title |
Strip mine reclamation with municipal sludge. / |
| Author |
Sopper, William E. ;
Seaker, E. M.
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| Other Authors |
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| CORP Author |
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park.;Municipal Environmental Research Lab., Cincinnati, OH. |
| Publisher |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Municipal Environmental Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, |
| Year Published |
1984 |
| Report Number |
EPA/600/2-84/035; EPA-R-807408 |
| Stock Number |
PB84-152842 |
| Additional Subjects |
Surface mining ;
Sludge disposal ;
Land reclamation ;
Monitoring ;
Sludge ;
Vegetation ;
Plant growth ;
Metals ;
Concentration(Composition) ;
Nitrogen ;
Inorganic nitrates ;
Soil properties ;
Ground water ;
Surface waters ;
Toxicity ;
Environmental impacts ;
Pennsylvania ;
Land application ;
Revegetation
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| NTIS |
PB84-152842 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
184 pages ; 28 cm |
| Abstract |
Stabilized municipal sludge was used on three 4-ha demonstration plots of acidic stripmined land. Liquid digested, dewatered, and sludges were used at variable rates to supply and maintain nutrients for vegetating the plots with a grass-legume mixture. All rates resulted in a lush growth that covered the spoil and persisted for 5 years. No deterioration in vegetative yield or quality was observed or measured. Although trace metal concentration in vegetation increased there was no phytotoxicity discerned. Brief, temporary NO3N increases in soil water resulted from higher applications, but in general the sludge applications had no significant adverse effect on groundwater quality. |
| Notes |
PB84-152842. EPA-600/2-84-035. "January 1984." Microform. |
