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Sustainable Biosolids Management
Author(s) -
Matthews P. J.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2001.tb00300.x
Subject(s) - biosolids , water quality , environmental science , environmental planning , sustainable development , environmental protection , business , environmental engineering , political science , ecology , law , biology
In 1996, the Water Environment Federation of the USA, the European Water Pollution Control Association (now the European Water Association), and the International Association of Water Quality (now the International Water Association) produced a Global Atlas of Waste‐water Sludge and Biosolids Use and Disposal. Various ideas have been proposed to interpret the comparisons of international practices; from these, propositions have been derived for policies on sustainable management which, in the UK, would (a) comply with the recent agreement between the water industry and food retailers, and (b) not reach soil metal limits in less than fifty years. Comparisons are made between Europe and the USA, and the differences are found to be less than were previously assumed. However, changes are imminent, which might alter this situation.