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Implications of sewage sludge

Sewage sludge has been widely applied to agricultural lands to enhance soil fertility due to its high organic matter and nutrient content. It has been considered as an economically and environmentally sound disposal alternative to landfills and incineration. However, one of the concerns of continued application of sewage sludge is the increased amounts of heavy metals deposited into the soil. ...

Jul. 12, 2011

By Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

Supercritical water oxidation of sewage sludge

ABSTRACT Supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) is an innovative and effective destruction method for organic wastewater and sludge. Several tests of the destruction of sewage sludge by SCWO have been done at two state of the art pilot plants. These units have capacities of 250 kg/h and 1100 kg/h, respectively. The test results show that the technology easily destroys the organic ...

May 17, 2010

By SCFI Group Limited

MACT standards for sewage sludge incinerators

EPA announced in the October 14 Federal Register proposed rulemaking to cut emissions of mercury, particle pollution and other harmful pollutants from sewage sludge incinerators (SSIs). According to EPA, SSIs represent the sixth-largest source of mercury air emissions in the U.S. The proposed standards would apply to both multiple-hearth and fluidized bed incinerators. Units incinerating sewage ...

Oct. 14, 2010

By Custom Stack Analysis, LLC.

Community in Erin Brockovich Film at Risk of Sewage Sludge

SAN BERNARDINO, California, (ENS) - Four environmental groups have filed an appeal with the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors seeking to overturn the Planning Commission’s approval of an open air sewage sludge treatment facility near the community of Hinkley. The Center for Biological Diversity, Helphinkley.org, Desert Citizens Against Pollution, and the Center on Race, ...

Dec. 13, 2006

By Environment News Service (ENS)

Solar sewage sludge drying in Europe, Turkey and Australia

Solar Sewag Sludge Drying Internationally Acceptedist Anlagenbau GmbH in Kandern Germany developed a sludge solar drying system and is marketing it since 1994 under the name of WendeWolf. The sludge is spread out in greenhouses and regularely turned and aerated. During the drying cycle, the sludge is automaticalle conveyed from the entrance to the exit of the drying bed. After several years of ...

Aug. 18, 2008

By IST-Anlagenbau GmbH

Silver nanoparticles in sewage sludge harmful to soil microorganisms

Recent research has found that silver nanoparticles in sewage sludge, which is used on agricultural land as a fertiliser, can be toxic to soil microorganisms. The researchers calculated that a maximum of 30mg of silver nanoparticles per kilogram of sludge can be applied to land before harm occurs, based on typical application rates in Germany of five tons per hectare of farmland every three ...

Nov. 21, 2013

By European Commission, Environment DG

EPA proposes to cut mercury emissions from sewage sludge incinerators (HQ)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to cut emissions of mercury, particle pollution and other harmful pollutants from sewage sludge incinerators, the sixth-largest source of mercury air emissions in the United States. Mercury can damage children’s developing brains, and particle pollution is linked to a variety of serious health effects, including aggravated asthma, ...

Oct. 1, 2010

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

IFAT CHINA 2008 - Solutions for handling mountains of sewage sludge

China is facing huge problems because of an ever growing quantity of sewage sludge – the country urgently needs practical, ecological and economic solutions to deal with the situation. China is therefore looking abroad to see how foreign know-how and efficient technologies can be used. All of which will be showcased at the environmental trade fair IFAT CHINA, which takes place in Shanghai from 23 ...

Feb. 13, 2008

By Messe München GmbH

ETG 6500 at the sewage and sludge treatment plant Acea Roma Est

Start-up & Commissioning of the continuous analysis system ETG 6500 at the plant Acea Roma Est sewage and sludge treatment. This is the anaerobic digestion Revamping for the recovery of the biogas produced. The analysis system ETG 6500 performs continuous monitoring of the amount of methane produced during digestion in addition to measuring the concentration of Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide and ...

Sep. 26, 2016

By ETG Risorse e Tecnologia S.r.l.

Cambi converts Beijing’s sewage sludge to clean energy and organic fertiliser

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg opened last Friday in Beijing a new biogas plant, which uses Cambi’s thermal hydrolysis process at the XiaoHongMen wastewater treatment plant. Cambi is building five large plants in Beijing, producing energy from the sewage sludge from more than 20 million people in an environmentally sustainable, yet profitable way. Cambi’s ...

Apr. 17, 2017

By Cambi Group AS

ERM-CC144: a New reference material to support element analysis in sewage sludge

JRC-Geel has released a new sewage sludge reference material (ERM®-CC144), certified for the mass fraction of the total and aqua regia extractable content of As, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn. This material can help laboratories to assess the impact of sewage sludge application on farmland. ...

Dec. 5, 2016

By European Commission, JRC, Directorate F - Health, Consumers and Reference Materials

IFAT CHINA + EPTEE + CWS 2010: What to do with sewage sludge?

In recent years China has developed into one of the world’s biggest markets for sewage treatment. According to the Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection, over 20 billion euros was invested by the end of 2008 in around 1,550 sewage plants in the People's Republic. Together these facilities process 86 million tons of sewage each day. 'Despite the high level of expenditure on cleaning the ...

Jan. 14, 2010

By Messe München GmbH

Electricity from Sewage in India

Waste-to-Wire: Electricity from Sewage India’s newly elected government’s agenda on sanitation and sewage treatment is intent towards improving the socio-economic spheres of our times. Financial schemes from the central government to build sewage treatment plants, river cleaning programmes and providing clean sanitation facility for all are indicators of enterprising ...

Aug. 5, 2014

By Clarke Energy

Phosphorus recovery from sewage sludge using Aquacritox supercritical water oxidation process

Sewage sludge is a potential source of energy. A kilogram of dried sewage sludge contains approximately 20,000 BTU’s of energy. The challenge with releasing this energy is that sewage sludge, when collected from the bottom of a clarifier is 99% water. In order to release the energy present through gasification, pyrolysis or incineration, the water must be removed before oxidation in air can ...

Oct. 5, 2010

By SCFI Group Limited

City of farmington, MO., to pay $61,566 civil penalty for issues related to sewage sludge applications, ammonia discharges

The City of Farmington, Mo., has agreed to pay a $61,566 civil penalty to the United States to settle violations of its wastewater discharge permits and the Clean Water Act related to nickel levels in sewage sludge that was applied to farms in four area counties, and ammonia levels in wastewater discharged from the city’s treatment plants. Farmington’s violations of its National ...

Mar. 9, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Outotec to build the largest and most advanced sewage sludge thermal treatment plant in Switzerland

Outotec has signed a contract with the City of Zürich (represented by Entsorgung und Recycling Zürich), on the design and turnkey delivery of the largest and most advanced sewage sludge thermal treatment plant in Switzerland. Outotec's contract value is nearly EUR 50 million, of which the first phase engineering will be included in Outotec's 2012 order intake, and the main delivery ...

Nov. 9, 2012

By Outotec Oyj

Advantages of Using ED-XRF Spectrometers for the Field Analysis of Soil and Sewage Sludge are Detailed in New Application Brief

A new application brief detailing the advantages of using energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (ED-XRF) spectrometers to perform elemental analysis in the field on soil and sewage sludge samples is available to download at http://goo.gl/W6xEnY. Determining the best course of action when addressing a contaminated environmental site requires both a precise identification ...

Sep. 22, 2015

By SPECTRO Analytical Instruments - AMETEK, Inc

Using ozone to reduce sludge

Untitled Document An excess of sludge in a sewage treatment plant is not a new problem. For a long time, “end of pipe” ...

Mar. 16, 2005

NACWA applauds D.C. circuit remand of key elements of EPA Sewage Sludge Incinerator (SSI) Rule

The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) applauded the decision today of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ...

Aug. 21, 2013

By NACWA - National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Performance, Accuracy of ED-XRF Spectrometry for the Onsite Elemental Analysis of Soil and Sewage Sludge Is Detailed in New Application Brief

The performance and accuracy of energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence (ED-XRF) spectrometry performing elemental analysis in the field on soil and sewage sludge samples are detailed in a new application brief — available to download at http://goo.gl/W6xEnY. Evaluating how to ...

Jun. 20, 2016

By SPECTRO Analytical Instruments - AMETEK, Inc

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