ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF SEWAGE SLUDGE AS A MULCHING MATERIAL
SEWAGE SLUDGE WAS USED AS A MULCHING MATERIAL BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. AFTER THE INITIAL APPLICATION, VEGETATION IN THE TREATED AREAS WAS INSPECTED. SLUDGE WORKED WELL AS A SOIL CONDITIONER BUT HAS LITTLE VALUE AS A LIGHT TOP-DRESSING FOR TURF AREAS. ALTHOUGH SEWAGE SLUDGE IS LOW IN COST, IT WAS REJECTED FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS' /1/ PLANTS GROWING IN THE MULCH WERE TOO EXPENSIVE TO ELIMINATE, /2/ THE EXCESSIVE ASH IN THE SLUDGE IS DELETERIOUS WHEN USED AS MULCH, /3/ THE ODOR IS OBNOXIOUS RESULTING IN ADVERSE PUBLIC OPINION.
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Authors:
- Olsen, Russell K
- Publication Date: 1963
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Photos;
- Pagination: pp 70-74
- Monograph Title: Roadside development
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Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 23
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Applications; Costs; Evaluation; Mulching; Odors; Public opinion; Sludge (Deposit); Urban growth; Vegetation
- Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Finance; Highways; Research; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00204572
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Jul 14 1994 12:00AM