NE1001

Application of Sewage Biosolids to Agricultural Soils in the Northeast: Long-term Impacts and Benefit Uses

Research Publications

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Akhtar, M.Saleem, T.S. Steenhuis, B.K. Richards, and M.B. McBride. 2003. Chloride and Lithium Transport in Large Arrays of Undisturbed Silt Loam and Sandy Loam soil Columns. Vadose Zone Journal. 2:715-727.

Barker, A.V. 2001. Evaluation of Composts for Growth of Grass Sods. Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 32: 1841-1860.

Barker, A.V. and G.M. Bryson. 2002. Bioremediation of Heavy Metals and Organic Toxicants by Composting. The Scientific World 2:407-420.

Beecher, N., E.Z. Harrison, N. Goldstein, M. McDaniel, P. Field, and L. Susskind. 2005. Risk Perception, Risk Communication and Stakeholder Involvement for Biosolids Management and Research. Journal of Environmental Quality 34:122-128.

Brandt, R.C. and H.A. Elliott. 2005. Sensitivity Analysis of the Pennsylvania Phosphorus Index for Agricultural Recycling of Municipal Biosolids. J. Soil Water Cons. 60:209-219.

Brandt, R.C., H.A. Elliott, and G.A. O’Connor. 2004. Water-Extractable Phosphorus in Biosolids: Implications for Land-Based Recycling. Water Environment Research. 76(2):121-129.

Brandt, R.C., H.A. Elliott, and G.A. O’Connor. 2002. Comparative Evaluation of Water Extractable P in Biosolids and Llivestock Manures. Proc.16th Annual Residuals and Biosolids Conference. March 3-6, 2002. Austin, TX.

Brandt, R.C., H.A. Elliott, and G.A. O’Connor. 2001. Comparative Evaluation of Water Extractable Phosphorus in Biosolids and Livestock Manures. Poster. Southern Extension-Research Activity (SERA-17) Annual Committee Meeting, State College, PA. June 19-20.

Bryson, G.M. and A.V. Barker. 2002. Sodium Accumulation in Soils and Plants Along Massachusetts Roadsides. Comm. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 33:67-78.

Bryson, G.M. and A.V. Barker. 2002. Determination of Optimal Fertilizer Concentration Range for Tomatoes Grown in Peat-Based Medium. Comm. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 33:759-777.

Chu, F-L., A.K. Volety, R.C. Hale and Y. Huang. 2002. Cellular Responses and Disease Expression in Oysters (Crassostrea virginica) Exposed to Field Contaminated Sediments. Mar. Envir. Res. 53:17-35.

Elliott, H.A., R.C. Brandt, and G.A. O’Connor. 2005. Runoff Phosphorus Losses from Surface-Applied Biosolids. J. Environ. Qual. 34:1632-1639.

Elliott, H.A., G.A. O’Connor, and S. Brinton. 2002. Phosphorus Leaching From Biosolids-Amended Sandy Soils. J. Environ. Qual. 31:681-689.

Elliott, H.A., G.A. O’Connor, P. Lu and S. Brinton. 2002. Influence of water treatment residuals on phosphorus solubility and leaching. J. Environ. Qual. 31:1362-1369.

Elliott, H.A. J.Womer, J-H. Kang, R.C. Brandt, and G.A. O’Connor. 2005. Neutral Ammonium Citrate Extraction of Biosolids Phosphorus. Comm. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 36:2447-2459.

Hale, R.C. Emerging Environmental Pollutants. Vignette for Fundamentals of Ecotoxicology. Second Edition. M. Newman and M. Unger. 2002. Lewis Publishers.

Hale, R.C. and M.J. La Guardia. 2001. Directions in Science: Synthetic Organic Pollutants in Land-Applied Sewage Sludges. The ScientificWorld 1, 10-13.

Hale, R.C. and M.J. La Guardia. 2002. Emerging contaminants of concern in coastal and estuarine environments. Chapter 3 in Risk Assessment in Coastal and Estuarine Environments. Ed. M.C. Newman, M.H. Roberts Jr. and R.C. Hale. pp. 41-72.

Hale, R.C. and M.J. La Guardia. Have risks associated with the presence of synthetic organic contaminants in land-applied sewage sludges been adequately assessed? 2002. New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy 12:371-386.

Hale, R.C., M.J. La Guardia, E. Harvey and T.M. Mainor. 2002. The potential role of fire retardant-treated polyurethane foam as a source of brominated diphenyl ethers to the US environment. Chemosphere 46:729-735.

Hamlin, R.L., C. Schatz, and A.V. Barker. 2003. Zinc accumulation in Brassica juncea as influenced by nitrogen and phosphorus nutrition. J. Plant Nutrit. 26: 177-190.

Harrison, E.Z. and M. Eaton. 2001. The role of municipalities in regulating the land application of sewage sludges and septage. Natural Resources Journal 41:77-123.

Harrison, E.Z. and M. Moffe. 2003. Septage quality and its effect on field life for land applications. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 39(1):87-97.

Harrison, E.Z. and S. R. Oakes. 2002. Investigation of alleged health incidents associated with land application of sewage sludges. New Solutions: A Journal of Environmental and Occupational Health Policy 12:387-408.

Harrison, E.Z., S.R. Oakes, M. Hysell, and A. Hay. 2006. Organic Chemicals in Sewage Sludges. Science of the Total Environment 367:481-497.

Harrison, E.Z, L. Telega, M. McBride, S. Bossard, L. Chase, D. Bouldin, and K. Czymmek. 2003. “Considerations for Dairy Farms Regarding Use of Sewage Sludges, Sludge Products, and Septage.” Cornell Waste Management Institute publication.

Krogmann, U. and H.-N. Chiang. 2002. Selected nutrients and heavy metals in sewage sludge from New Jersey POTWs. JAWRA 38: 681-692.

Krogmann, U. and V. Gibson. 2002. Integrating development of extension materials and formative informal evaluation: Land application of sewage sludge as a case example. J. of Extension 41, www.joe.org/joe/2003february/a1.shtml.

Krogmann, U., Gibson, V., and Chess, C. 2001. Land application of sewage sludge: perceptions of New Jersey vegetable farmers. Waste Manage. Res. 19(2):115-125.

La Guardia, M.J., R.C. Hale, E.P. Harvey, E.O. Bush, T.M. Mainor, and M.O. Gaylor. 2004. Organic Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Land-Applied Sewage Sludge (Biosolids). Journal of Residuals Science & Technology. 1(2):111-122.

La Guardia, M.J., R.C. Hale, E.P. Harvey, E.O. Bush, T.M. Mainor and M.O. Gaylor. 2003. Emerging Chemicals of Concern in Biosolids. Proc. WEF/AWWA/CWEA Joint Residuals and Biosolids Management Conference, Baltimore, MD. Session 18.

La Guardia, M.J., R.C. Hale, E.P. Harvey, E.O. Bush, T.M. Mainor, and M.O. Gaylor. 2002. The Fate of Wastewater Treatment of Alkylphenol Ethoxylates and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers. DC Water and Sewer Authority Workshop on Endocrine Disrupters. April 16.

La Guardia, M.J., R.C. Hale, E.P. Harvey and T.M. Mainor. 2001. Alkylphenol Ethoxylate Degradation Products in Land Applied Sewage Sludges (biosolids). Env. Sci. Technol. 35:4798-4804.

Markis, K.C., W.G. Harris, G.A. O’Connor, T.A. Obreza and H.A. Elliott. 2005. Physicochemical Properties Related to Long-term Phosphorus Retention by Drinking-Water Treatment Residuals. Environ. Sci. Technol. 39:4280-4289.

Martinez, C.E., A.R. Jacobson and M.B. McBride. 2003. Aging and temperature effects on DOC and elemental release from a metal contaminated soil. Environ. Poll. 122:135-143.

Martinez, C.E., M.B. McBride, M.T. Kandianis, J.M. Duxbury, S.-J. Yoon and W.F. Bleam. 2002. Zinc-sulfur and cadmium-sulfur association in metalliferous peats: Evidence from spectroscopy, distribution coefficients, and phytoavailability. Environ. Sci. Technol. 36:3683-3689.

McBride, M.B. 2005. Molybdenum and Copper Uptake by Forage Grasses and Legumes Grown on a Metal-Contaminated Sludge Site. Comm. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 36:2489-2501.

McBride, M.B. 2003. Cadmium concentration limits in agricultural soils: weaknesses in USEPA's risk assessment and the 503 rule. Human Ecol. Risk Assess. 9(3): 661-674.

McBride, M.B. 2003. Toxic Metals in Sewage Sludge-Amended Soils: Has Promotion of Beneficial use Discounted the Risks? Advances in Environmental Research. 8:5-19.

McBride, M.B. 2002. Cadmium uptake by crops estimated from soil total Cd and pH. Soil Sci. 167:62-67.

McBride, M.B. 2001. Cupric ion activity in peat soil as a toxicity indicator for maize. Journal of Environmental Quality. 30:78-84.

McBride, M.B. and J. Cherney. 2004. Molybdenum, Sulfur and Other Trace Elements in Farm Soils and Forages After Sewage Sludge Application. Comm. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 35:517-535.

McBride, M.B. and L.J. Evans. 2002. Trace metal extractability in soils and uptake by bromegrass 20 years after sewage sludge application. Can. J. Soil Sci. 82:323-333.

McBride, M. B., and B. Hale. 2004. Molybdenum Extractability in Soils and Uptake by Alfalfa 20 Years after Sewage Sludge Application. Soil Sci. 169:505-514.

McBride, M.B. and B. Richards. “Testing soils for trace metals from land-applied wastes.” Working paper for NE 1001.

McBride, M.B. and G. Spiers. 2001. Trace Element Content of Selected Fertilizers and Dairy Manures as Determined by ICP-MS. Comm. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 32:139-156.

McBride, M.B., K.A. Barrett, B. Kim, and B. Hale. 2006. Cadmium Sorption in Soils 25 Years after Amendment with Sewage Sludge. Soil Science 17(1):21-28.

McBride, M.B., E.A. Nibarger, B.K. Richards and T. Steenhuis. 2003. Trace metal accumulation by red clover grown on sewage sludge-amended soils and correlation to Mehlich 3 and calcium chloride-extractable metals. Soil Sci. 168:29-38.

McBride, M.B., B.K. Richards, and T.S. Steenhuis. 2004. Bioavailability and Crop Uptake of Trace Elements in Soil Columns Amended with Sewage Sludge Products. Plant and Soil. 262:71-84.

McDowell, W. H. and T. J. Chestnut. 2002. Monitoring Demonstration at a Top-Soil Manufacturing Site in New Hampshire. Final Report to DES and NH State Legislature, June 1998 - November 2001.

Newman M.C., R.C. Hale and M.H. Roberts Jr. 2002. Synthesis of concepts in ecological risk of coastal environments. Chapter 13 in Risk Assessment in Coastal and Estuarine Environments. Ed. M.C. Newman, M.H. Roberts Jr. and R.C. Hale. pp. 327-336.

O’Brien, T.A., S.J. Herbert, and A.V. Barker. 2003. Paper sludge as a soil amendment for production of corn. Comm. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 34:2229-2241.

O’Brien, T.A., S.J. Herbert, and A.V. Barker. 2002. Growth of corn in varying mixtures of paper mill sludge and soil. Comm. Soil Sci. Plant Anal. 33:635-646.

O’Connor, G.A. and H.A. Elliott. 2002. Co-application of biosolids and water treatment residuals. Transactions World Congress Soil Sci. Bangkok, Thailand. August 14-21.

O’Connor, G.A. and H.A. Elliott. 2001. Co-Application of biosolids and water treatment residuals. Final Project Report. Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, FL.

O’Connor, G.A., H.A. Elliott, and P. Lu. 2002. Characterizing water treatment residuals phosphorus retention. Soil Crop Sci. Soc. Florida. 61:67-73.

O’Connor, G.A., H.A. Elliott, S.R. Brinton, and D. Sarkar. 2001. Plant availability of biosolids-P. American Society of Agronomy, Charlotte, NC. October 21-25. Annual Mtg. Abstracts.

O’Connor, G.A., H.A. Elliott, N.T. Basta, R.K. Bastian, G.M. Pierzynski, R.C. Sims, and J.E. Smith, Jr. 2005. Sustainable Land Application: An Overview. J. Environ. Qual. 34:7-17..

O’Connor, G.A., D. Sarkar, S.R. Brinton, H.A. Elliott, and F.G. Martin. 2004. Phytoavailability of Biosolids-Phosphorus. J. Environ. Qual. 33:703-712.

Peckenham, J. 2004. Maine Biosolids Stockpiling Study Summary Report, August 2004, Prepared For Maine Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Remediation and Waste Management, Augusta, Maine, 50 p.

Pryor, S., A.G. Hay, and L. Walker. 2002. Nonylphenol in anaerobically digested sewage sludge from New York State. Environ. Sci. Tech. 36:3678-3682.

Qureshi, S., B. K. Richards, A. G. Hay, C. C. Tsai, M. B. McBride, P. Baveye, and T. S. Steenhuis. 2003. Effect of microbial activity on trace element release from sewage sludge. Environ. Sci. Tech. 37(15):3361-3366.

Qureshi, S., B.K. Richards, M.B. McBride, P. Baveye, and T.S. Steenhuis. 2003. Temperature and Microbial Activity Effects on Trace Element Leaching from Metalliferous Peats. Journal of Environmental Quality. 32:2067-2075.

Qureshi, S., B.K. Richards, T.S. Steenhuis, M.B. McBride, P. Baveye, and S. Dousset. 2004. Microbial acidification and pH effects on trace element release from sewage sludge. Environmental Pollution. 132(1):16-71.

Richards, B.K., N. Peranginangin, T.S. Steenhuis and L.D. Geohring. 2003. The unintentional secret. (Non-refereed feature article on preferential flow phenomena.) Journal of Soil & Water Conservation, September-October 2003. 59(5):104A-105A.

Richards, B.K., B.M. Schulte, A. Heilig, T.S. Steenhuis, M. McBride, and E. Harrison. 2004. Environmental impacts of applying manure, fertilizer, and sewage biosolids on a dairy farm. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 40(4):1025-1042.

Roberts Jr., M.H., M.C. Newman and R.C. Hale. 2002. Overview of ecological risk assessment in coastal and estuarine environments. Chapter 1 in Risk Assessment in Coastal and Estuarine Environments. Ed. M.C. Newman, M.H. Roberts Jr. and R.C. Hale. pp. 1-13.

Stehouwer, R.C. 2004. Soil Science Fundamentals: Part IV. The biology of soils. BioCycle: Journal of Composting and Recycling. 45(6):46-52.

Stehouwer, R.C. 2004. Soil Science Fundamentals: Part III. Soil chemistry and the quality of soil humus. BioCycle: Journal of Composting and Recycling. 45(4):41-48.

Stehouwer, R.C. 2003. Land application of sewage sludge in Pennsylvania: Effects of biosolids on soil and crop quality. Environmental Soil Issues, Penn State College of Agric. Sci., University Park, PA.

Stehouwer, R.C. 2003. Soil Science Fundamentals: Part II. Water and air essentials. BioCycle: Journal of Composting and Recycling. 44(11):30-32.

Stehouwer, R.C. 2003. Soil Science Fundamentals: Part I. Soil formation and soil components. BioCycle: Journal of Composting and Recycling. 44(10):44-51.

Stehouwer, R.C. and K.E. Macneal. 2004. Effect of alkaline stabilized biosolids on alfalfa molybdenum and copper content. J. Environ. Qual. 33:133-140.

Stehouwer, R.C., and K.E. Macneal. 2002. Use of yard trimmings compost for restoration of saline soil incineration ash. Comp. Sci. Util. 11(1):51-60.

Taylor, M. and H.A. Elliott. 2001. Molybdenum content of water treatment residuals. Proc. Residuals and Biosolids Conference, Water Environ. Federation. Feb 21-24, San Diego, CA.

von Willert, F.J. and R.C. Stehouwer. 2003. Compost and calcium surface treatment effects on subsoil chemistry in acidic minespoil columns. J. Environ. Qual. 32:781-788.

von Willert, F.J. and R.C. Stehouwer. 2003. Compost, CaCO3, and gypsum effect on Ca and Al transport in acidic minespoil. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 67:778-786.

Womer, J., H.A. Elliott, R.C. Brandt. 2002. Determining P in biosolids using neutral ammonium citrate extraction. Proc.16th Annual Residuals and Biosolids Conf. March 3-6, 2002. Austin, TX.

Zubris, K.A.V. and B.K. Richards. 2005. Synthetic Fibers as an Indicator of Land Application of Sludge. Environmental Pollution 138:201-211.