Sewage Effluent Infiltrates Frozen Forest Soil

Alfred Ray Harris

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Sewage Effluent Infiltrates Frozen Forest Soil

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Authors:

Alfred Ray Harris

Year:

1976

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Research Note NC-197. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

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Abstract

Secondarily treated sewage effluent, applied at the rate of 1 and 2 inches per week, infiltrated a frozen Sparta sand soil forested with jack pine and scrub oak. Maximum frost depth in treated plots averaged 60 cm and in check plots averages 35 cm. Nitrogen was mobile with some accumulation. Phosphorus was absorbed.

Keywords

winer irrigation, effluent irrigation, permeability

Citation

Harris, Alfred Ray. 1976. Sewage Effluent Infiltrates Frozen Forest Soil. Research Note NC-197. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station