Background and Objective: Wastewater treatment and stabilization always imposes costs and consequently a lot of energy on wastewater treatment plants. To achieve the purification and stabilization of as much sludge as possible, breaking complex components into simpler components is considered a critical step. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of treating the produced sludg...

Aerobic digestion is commonly used at small plants to stabilize the organic matter in the sludge. The objective of this research was study on the efficiency of the aerobic digester for stabilization of disposal sludge from Serkan city sewage treatment plant.           This study was conducted in four stages over seven months from Ju...

The aim of this study is evaluation the effect of soil, sludge and wastewater on growth characteristics (height, number of leaves and fresh weight) of and plant. For this purpose, 3 sludge treatment, 2 type of soil and 4 levels of irrigation and SPSS 18 were used. The results showed that in all three characteristics of plant growth, increasing height in crop soil is more than the Sejzy soil. In...

Background and Objectives: A conventional treatment to stabilize the excess activated sludge is the aerobic digestion process but due to long aeration time, it requires large equipments as well as high investment cost. Because of high oxidation potential of ozone, sludge ozonation enhances stabilization rate and reduces sludge treatment equipment size and cost. Therefore, in this study, the com...

Background and purpose: Direct application of sewage sludge in agriculture is limited due to the presence of pathogens, improper fermentation of organic waste and heavy metals in the sludge. Co-composting of sewage sludge and other waste is a method for safe and healthy disposal to reuse sewage sludge. This study investigated the possibility of producing compost from sewage sludge and pistachio...

Excessive application of sewage sludge leads to the accumulation of potentially toxic elements in soils. The objective of this greenhouse study was to examine the DTPA–extractability of Fe, Zn, Cu, Mn, Pb, Cd, Ni, and Co in relation to soil pH and to investigate the concentrations of these metals in corn (Zea mayz). The study was conducted using a factorial experiment in a completely randomized...

Application of sewage sludge has been considered as an organic fertilizer in arid and semi-arid regions of Iran. This study was conducted to investigate cumulative and residual effects of sewage sludge on soil inorganic fractions and their relation to phosphorus (P) availability. Two levels of application (50 and 100 Mg ha-1) and three consecutive times of sewage sludge application (1, 3 and 5 ...