Federal Regulations
As required by the Clean Water Act Amendments of 1987, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) developed the regulation, The Standards for the Use or Disposal of Sewage Sludge (Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations [CFR ], Part 503). ... [... more]
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Crop and Soil Environmental News, September 1997
Approximately 25,000 acres of farm land are permitted for the application of biosolids (sewage sludge) in Virginia. A large portion of this land is pasture and hayland, which receive surface applications with no incorporation of the biosolids. ... [... more]
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Disadvantages of land application
The benefits of recycling biosolids onto agricultural land include providing essential nutrients for crop needs and organic matter for improving soil tilth, water-holding capacity, soil aeration, and an energy source for earthworms and beneficial ... [... more]
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Biosolids Land Use Ordinances Gaining Favor
A study prepared by the University of Virginia Institute for Environmental Negotiation (IEN) for the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) entitled "Land Application of Biosolids in Virginia" found that the public will be more accepting of ... [... more]
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Determining nutrient needs
Although biosolids supply some of all of the essential plant nutrients and soil property-enhancing organic matter, land application programs are designed chiefly for their nitrogen-, phosphorus-, and (in the case of alkaline stabilized materials) ... [... more]
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Agricultural Land Application of Biosolids in Virginia:
Biosolids are solid, semi-solid or liquid materials, resulting from treatment of domestic sewage, that have been sufficiently processed to permit these materials to be safely land-applied. The term was introduced by the wastewater treatment ... [... more]
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