Sewage sludge management : from the past to our century / edited by Antonis A. Zorpas and Vassilis J. Inglezakis

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface; Introduction: About Sewage Sludge; Municipal Sludge: Generation & Characteristics; Sewage Sludge Properties; Wastewater Treatment Residuals: Sources, Characteristics, & Quantities; Sewage Sludge & Global Change; Sustainable Use of Sludge & Treated Wastewater in the Agricultural Field; Land Application of Sewage Effluents & Sludge's: Selected Abstracts From 1897-1973; Sewage Sludge Compost Evaluation & Utilization; Anaerobic Treatment of Sewage Sludge; Stabilization Of Municipal Sewage Sludge by Fly Ash; Ocean Dumping: An Old & Known Sewage Sludge Methods; Potential Use of Sewage Sludge as a Construction Material; Problems Related to the Management Of Sewage Sludge; Impact Assessment from Sewage Sludge; Legislation on Sewage Sludge; Approaches to the Implications of the EU Directive on Sludge: Analytical Methodologies, Concentration Levels & Occurrence of Organic Pollutants in Different Types of Sewage Sludge; Phosphorus Recovery as Map-Struvite From Digested Sewage Sludge; Proposals of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Sludge Management; The Potential of Anaerobic Digestion for Energy Recovery From Sludge; Sewage Sludge Treatment: Cost Benefits Analysis & Economic Aspects; Gaseous Emissions & Pollution Prevention From The Incineration of Sewage Sludge; Global Change & Soil Science; Index.

Among several issues, the treatment of wastewater, and consequently, the handling of sewage sludge generated, are of the most significant challenges in environmental management. This book reviews scientific knowledge on the sewage sludge topic and assess the environmental and economic impact of the main disposal.