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Sewage sludge

LC control no.sh 85120516
LC classificationTD767.4 General
Topical headingSewage sludge
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Variant(s)Biosolids
Sludge, Sewage
See alsoSewage disposal
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Found inRink, R. Biosolids and septage handling and use in Idaho, 1997 (Biosolids is the solid or nearly-solid material created from the biological treatment of community wastewater ... Until recently, the solid material from wastewater treatment was commonly referred to as sewage sludge. However, the term "biosolids" has gradually been accepted as a better descriptor of its character and value.)
McGraw-Hill dict. sci. tech. (biosolid: a recyclable primarily organic solid material produced by wastewater treatment processes; sewage sludge: a semiliquid waste with a solid concentration in excess of 2500 parts per million, obtained from the purification of municipal sewage)
LC database, March 4, 1999.
WLN database, March 4, 1999.
ASTI online, March 3, 1999.
Not found inMcGraw-Hill encyc. sci. tech., 1997