UTILIZATION AND APPLICATION OF SEWAGE SLUDGE AS AGRICULTURAL COMPOST
| Author(s) | : | Prof. K.Soundhirarajan, R.Leena |
| Institution | : | Department of Civil Engineering ,Gnanamani College of Technology |
| Published In | : | Vol. 5, Issue 4 — April 2018 |
| Page No. | : | 270-279 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
Sewage sludge which results as byproduct of municipal wastewater treatment contains adequate amount oforganic matter. The application of biosolids to land for agricultural purposes is beneficial because organic matterimproves soil structure, tilth, water holding capacity, water infiltration, soil aeration, macro and micro nutrients aid plantgrowth. In early days sewage sludge was treated as waste products due to the presence of pathogens and pollutants whichmay also contains synthetic materials, as the result of rapid development and urbanization the generation of sewagesludge also increases to a considerable amount. In-order to handle this situation fertilizers can be replaced with biosolidsin agricultural farms. This paper represents the review of sludge as agricultural compost.
Prof. K.Soundhirarajan, R.Leena, “UTILIZATION AND APPLICATION OF SEWAGE SLUDGE AS AGRICULTURAL COMPOST”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 5, Issue 4, pp. 270-279, April 2018.
