Preface |
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Chapter 1 Waste by Any Other Name? |
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1 | (6) |
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1 | (2) |
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3 | (3) |
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Type and Waste Characterization |
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3 | (3) |
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6 | (1) |
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6 | (1) |
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Chapter 2 Cave to Allegorical Cave to Present |
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7 | (12) |
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7 | (1) |
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8 | (5) |
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9 | (1) |
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9 | (1) |
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What the Prisoners See and Hear |
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9 | (1) |
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10 | (1) |
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Is Questioned about the Objects |
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10 | (1) |
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Looking at the Fire-light Itself |
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Out of the Cave into Daylight with Pain, Rage, Blindness |
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Getting Used to the Light |
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11 | (1) |
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Looking at Things Directly |
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Looking at the Sun Itself |
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Thoughts about the Sun: Its Nature and Functions |
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11 | (1) |
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What Counts for "Understanding" in the Cave |
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12 | (1) |
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What Would the Liberated Prisoner Now Prefer? |
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12 | (1) |
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12 | (1) |
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The Debate with the Other Prisoners |
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12 | (1) |
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12 | (1) |
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Fast Forward from the Past to the Present |
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13 | (4) |
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Salmon and the Rachel River |
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13 | (4) |
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17 | (2) |
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Chapter 3 Waste?: It's in the Garbage Can |
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19 | (6) |
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Setting the Record Straight |
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19 | (3) |
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Sustainable Materials Management |
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20 | (1) |
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Source Reduction and Reuse |
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20 | (1) |
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21 | (1) |
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21 | (1) |
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21 | (1) |
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Is EPA's SSM the Solution to Waste Dissolution? |
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22 | (1) |
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23 | (2) |
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25 | (4) |
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25 | (1) |
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26 | (1) |
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27 | (1) |
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28 | (1) |
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29 | (22) |
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Ocean Dumping Is Nothing New |
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29 | (5) |
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Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act |
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34 | (1) |
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What's Being Ocean Dumped Today? |
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35 | (1) |
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What Cannot Be Dumped in the Ocean? |
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35 | (1) |
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36 | (1) |
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Is the 1972 MPRSA Effective? |
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36 | (1) |
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37 | (8) |
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37 | (4) |
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41 | (1) |
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42 | (1) |
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Plastic Containers and Packaging |
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43 | (1) |
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Plastics and Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Substances |
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43 | (2) |
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Other Assorted Containers and Packaging |
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45 | (2) |
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Glass Containers and Packaging |
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45 | (1) |
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Steel Containers and Packaging |
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46 | (1) |
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Paper and Paperboard Containers and Packaging |
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46 | (1) |
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Wood Containers and Packaging |
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47 | (1) |
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47 | (1) |
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The Bottom Line on Ocean Dumping |
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47 | (1) |
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48 | (3) |
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51 | (10) |
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51 | (2) |
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The 411 on Electronic Waste |
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53 | (1) |
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Life Cycle of Electronics |
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53 | (1) |
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53 | (1) |
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Minerals in Mobile E-Devices |
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54 | (2) |
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E-Waste Capital of the World |
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55 | (1) |
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56 | (2) |
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58 | (3) |
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61 | (12) |
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The One-Third (1/3) Factor |
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61 | (1) |
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61 | (4) |
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62 | (1) |
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62 | (2) |
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64 | (1) |
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The Psychology of Food Waste |
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65 | (1) |
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Vegetable Losses after Harvesting |
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66 | (1) |
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Causes of After-Harvest Losses |
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67 | (4) |
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70 | (1) |
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70 | (1) |
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70 | (1) |
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70 | (1) |
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70 | (1) |
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Physiologic and Genetic Disorders |
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71 | (1) |
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Mineral and Environmental Stresses |
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71 | (1) |
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71 | (2) |
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Chapter 8 Solid Waste, Landfills, and Leachate |
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73 | (32) |
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73 | (1) |
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind |
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74 | (4) |
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Solid Waste Regulatory History in the United States |
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75 | (1) |
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Solid Waste Characteristics |
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76 | (1) |
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Sources of Municipal Solid Wastes |
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77 | (1) |
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Residential Sources of MSW |
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77 | (1) |
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Commercial Sources of MSW |
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77 | (1) |
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Institutional Sources of MSW |
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78 | (1) |
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Construction and Demolition Sources of MSW |
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78 | (1) |
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Municipal Services Sources of MSW |
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78 | (1) |
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Treatment Plant Site Sources of MSW |
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78 | (1) |
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78 | (21) |
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79 | (1) |
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80 | (2) |
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Conditions Affecting Landfill Gas Production |
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82 | (2) |
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Migration of Landfill Gas |
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84 | (2) |
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Putting Landfill Gas to Work |
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86 | (1) |
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86 | (1) |
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87 | (2) |
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89 | (2) |
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Pipe-to-Pipe Use of Medium-Btu Gas |
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91 | (5) |
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96 | (1) |
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Four Methods of Carbon Dioxide Removal from LFG |
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97 | (2) |
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99 | (1) |
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99 | (1) |
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99 | (2) |
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References and Recommended Reading |
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101 | (4) |
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Chapter 9 Dry Tombs to Wet Dumps |
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105 | (8) |
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105 | (2) |
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Types of Bioreactor Landfills |
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105 | (1) |
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Advantages of Bioreactor Landfills |
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106 | (1) |
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Operational Bioreactor Overview |
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107 | (5) |
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Crow Wing County Landfill |
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107 | (1) |
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Williamson County Landfill |
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108 | (1) |
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Burlington County Bioreactor |
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108 | (1) |
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New River Regional Bioreactor |
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108 | (1) |
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109 | (1) |
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109 | (3) |
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112 | (1) |
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112 | (1) |
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113 | (12) |
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113 | (6) |
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Sludge Incineration Process Description |
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113 | (1) |
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114 | (1) |
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Operational Observations, Problems, and Troubleshooting |
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114 | (5) |
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Beneficial Reuse of Incinerated MSW |
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119 | (3) |
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120 | (2) |
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Beneficial Reuse of MSW Ash |
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122 | (1) |
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123 | (1) |
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124 | (1) |
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125 | (20) |
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125 | (2) |
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127 | (2) |
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Size and Location of Industry |
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127 | (2) |
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Beef Cattle Sector Profile |
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129 | (6) |
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Beef Production Operations |
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129 | (1) |
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130 | (1) |
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130 | (1) |
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Finishing or Feedlot Operations |
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130 | (1) |
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Beef Confinement Practices |
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131 | (1) |
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131 | (2) |
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Manure Management Practices |
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133 | (1) |
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133 | (1) |
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Manure Storage, Stabilization, Disposal, and Separation |
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134 | (1) |
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135 | (2) |
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136 | (1) |
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136 | (1) |
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Storage and Stabilization |
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136 | (1) |
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137 | (1) |
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When Animal Waste Is Not Wasted |
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137 | (4) |
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137 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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138 | (1) |
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139 | (1) |
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Reducing Runoff and Soil Loss |
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139 | (1) |
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139 | (2) |
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141 | (1) |
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References and Recommended Reading |
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141 | (4) |
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Chapter 12 Human Waste: The Waste Cloud |
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145 | (104) |
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145 | (2) |
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147 | (1) |
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Mixing Native Groundwater and Injectate |
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147 | (1) |
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HRSD'S Water Management Vision |
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148 | (1) |
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Processing the Wet-side of Human Waste |
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148 | (2) |
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HRSD and the Potomac Aquifer |
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150 | (14) |
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152 | (1) |
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153 | (1) |
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154 | (1) |
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155 | (1) |
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155 | (1) |
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Injection Well Hydraulics |
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155 | (3) |
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158 | (2) |
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Injection Well Capacity Estimation |
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160 | (1) |
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Estimating Specific Capacity and Injectivity |
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161 | (1) |
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Available Head for Injection |
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162 | (1) |
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Flexibility for Adjusting Injection Well Capacities |
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163 | (1) |
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Number of Injection Wells Required at Each Wastewater Treatment Plant |
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163 | (1) |
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Aquifer Injection Modeling |
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164 | (6) |
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164 | (1) |
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Groundwater Flow Modeling |
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165 | (4) |
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169 | (1) |
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Army Base Treatment Plant |
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169 | (1) |
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Boat Harbor Treatment Plant |
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169 | (1) |
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James River Treatment Plant |
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169 | (1) |
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Nansemond Treatment Plant |
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170 | (1) |
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Virginia Initiative Plant |
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170 | (1) |
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Williamsburg Treatment Plant |
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170 | (1) |
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York River Treatment Plant |
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170 | (1) |
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Sensitivity of Aquifer Parameters |
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170 | (3) |
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172 | (1) |
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172 | (1) |
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172 | (1) |
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172 | (1) |
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173 | (1) |
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173 | (1) |
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Hampton Roads Region Groundwater Flow |
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173 | (2) |
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174 | (1) |
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175 | (1) |
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Advanced Water Purification |
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175 | (1) |
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176 | (1) |
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Those Playing by the Book in Indirect Potable Reuse |
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177 | (1) |
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Additional Drinking Water Considerations |
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177 | (3) |
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Advanced Water Treatment Processes |
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180 | (3) |
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Treatment Plant Effluent Water Quality |
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183 | (4) |
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Data Sources for Evaluation |
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183 | (1) |
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184 | (3) |
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Advanced Treatment Product Water Quality |
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187 | (28) |
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187 | (4) |
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191 | (1) |
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191 | (1) |
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192 | (1) |
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193 | (6) |
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Estimating Rate of Evaporation Pond Evaporation Rate |
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199 | (3) |
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202 | (5) |
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207 | (1) |
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207 | (1) |
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207 | (1) |
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208 | (1) |
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209 | (1) |
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210 | (1) |
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Zero Liquid Discharge Disposal |
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210 | (4) |
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214 | (1) |
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214 | (1) |
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Anticipated Improvements to HRSD's Existing WWTPS |
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215 | (5) |
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Geochemical Challenges Facing SWIFT Project |
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217 | (1) |
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217 | (1) |
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218 | (1) |
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218 | (1) |
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218 | (1) |
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219 | (1) |
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219 | (1) |
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220 | (1) |
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Water Quality and Aquifer Mineralogy |
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220 | (22) |
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Injectate Water Chemistry |
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221 | (1) |
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221 | (1) |
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221 | (1) |
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Biologically Activated Carbon |
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221 | (1) |
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222 | (1) |
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Upper Potomac Aquifer Zone |
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222 | (1) |
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Middle Potomac Aquifer Zone |
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222 | (1) |
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Lower Potomac Aquifer Zone |
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222 | (1) |
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Geochemical Assessment of Injectate and Groundwater Chemistry |
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223 | (2) |
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225 | (1) |
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225 | (1) |
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Lithology of the Potomac Aquifer System |
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225 | (1) |
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225 | (1) |
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City of Chesapeake Aquifer Storage and Recovery Facility Core Samples |
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226 | (2) |
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Mineralogy---Geochemical Modeling |
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228 | (1) |
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Stability of Clay Minerals |
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228 | (1) |
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Simulated Injectate--Water Interactions |
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229 | (1) |
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229 | (1) |
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Mixing Injectate and Native Groundwater |
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230 | (1) |
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Mixing in the Injection Wellbore |
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231 | (1) |
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Injectate and Aquifer Mineral Reactions |
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231 | (1) |
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232 | (1) |
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232 | (1) |
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233 | (1) |
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Mitigating Pyrite Oxidation |
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234 | (1) |
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Sustainable Water Initiative For Tomorrow (SWIFT) |
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234 | (1) |
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SWIFT Unit Process Description |
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234 | (2) |
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236 | (1) |
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Solid-Side of Human Waste |
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237 | (1) |
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Sludge/Biosolids: Background Information |
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237 | (1) |
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238 | (1) |
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239 | (1) |
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Sludge Pathogens and Vector Attraction |
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240 | (1) |
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240 | (1) |
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241 | (1) |
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242 | (1) |
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The Bottom Line on Human Waste Solids |
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243 | (1) |
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243 | (2) |
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References and Recommended Reading |
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245 | (4) |
Glossary |
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249 | (26) |
Index |
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