1st Edition

Biosolids Treatment and Management Processes for Beneficial Use

By Mark J. Girovich Copyright 1996

    This work details the economic, regulatory and environmental protection issues related to biosolids management and use. It evaluates current treatment technologies and management strategies for the beneficial utilization of municipal wastewater residuals. Cost information regarding the relative economic merits of special reuse and disposal methods, is presented.

    Biosolids characterization, treatment and use - an overview; federal regulatory requirements; conditioning and dewatering; digestion; composting; heat drying and other theramal processes; alkaline stabilization; land application.

    Biography

    Mark J. Girovich