The Beneficial Use of Biosolids from the City of Grand Rapids: A Third-Year Assessment of Its Impact on Shallow Soil Water
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The Beneficial Use of Biosolids from the City of Grand Rapids: A Third-Year Assessment of Its Impact on Shallow Soil Water
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1998-10
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University of Minnesota Duluth
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Technical Report
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This report, which presents the results of the third year of a three-year study, is part of a project
sponsored by the City of Grand Rapids at the North Central Experiment Station (NCES) on the
beneficial re-use of biosolids. The project was coordinated by the NCES, with.technical assistance
provided by the Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI). The overall purpose of the project is
to determine if biosolids can be used in a beneficial manner, alone, or in combination with wood ash,
in reforestation practices in northern Minnesota. The purpose of this portion of the project is to
evaluate the impact of applying biosolids, with and without wood ash, on shallow soil water in the
unsaturated zone of a newly reforested area.
Biosolids from the City of Grand Rapids were applied by NCES staff on research plots planted with
various tree seedlings in the summer of 1995. The biosolids were applied at two rates, 15 and 30
ton/acre, with and without wood ash applied at a single rate of 10 ton/acre. This report presents the
results from the third year of the study of soil water monitoring during the summer/fall of 1997.
Annual reports were prepared in 1996 (McCarthy and Monson Geerts 1996) and 1997 (McCarthy and
Monson Geerts 1997) that summarized the data from the first two years of the project.
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Prepared for: University of Minnesota, North Central Experiment Station, 1861 Highway 169 East, Grand Rapids, MN 55744 and City of Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids, MN 55744
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University of Minnesota Duluth, Natural Resources Research Institute, 5013 Miller Trunk Highway, Duluth, MN 55811-1442
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McCarthy, Barbara J; Monson Geerts, Stephen D. (1998). The Beneficial Use of Biosolids from the City of Grand Rapids: A Third-Year Assessment of Its Impact on Shallow Soil Water. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/188448.
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