MULTI-MEDIA MICROBIOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY FOR MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER SLUDGES

Abstract

In order to reduce the risk of municipal sludge to acceptable levels, the U.S. EPA has undertaken a regulatory program based on risk assessment and risk management. The key to such a program is the development of a methodology which allows the regulatory agency to quantify the relative risks arising from a given reuse/disposal option. his paper briefly describes the development of risk assessment methodology for future development of pathogen criteria for land application and distribution and marketing of municipal sludge.

Citation

Fradkin, L., N. Kowal, AND P. Scarpino. MULTI-MEDIA MICROBIOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY FOR MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER SLUDGES. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/D-89/017 (NTIS PB89218176).

Additional Information

In: Proceedings of the National Conference on Municipal Sewage Treatment Plant Sludge Management, Series No. 17, Hazardous Materials Control Res. Inst., Silver Springs, MD, 1987, pp. 25-29

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