Influence of Stabilized Biosolids Application on Availability of Phosphorus, Copper, and Zinc
Table 4
Effect of SS and stabilized SS on Olsen-P in relation to soil type, sewage source, mixing rate, and incubation period.
Treatments
Fluvial soil
Calcareous soil
SS1
SS2
SS1
SS2
30 day
60 day
30 day
60 day
30 day
60 day
30 day
60 day
Mixing rate, 10%
C
7.7f
7.7d
7.7e
7.6c
8.8e
8.8e
8.8e
8.8f
SS
19.4c
20.7b
20.7b
21.0a
25.2b
25.7b
24.1abc
24.9c
SS + CFA
17.0d
17.8c
18.6c
19.9a
20.4d
18.1d
24.5ab
27.2b
SS + B
21.8a
18.0c
23.6a
22.1a
22.1c
25.2b
26.1a
25.9c
SS + SBFL
21.2ab
19.3bc
21.2b
20.8a
31.3a
28.3a
21.9bcd
29.2a
SS + CaCO3
20.0bc
18.7bc
17.3cd
15.3b
26.1b
27.3ab
22.8abcd
21.3d
SS + WH
18.8c
23.4a
16.9cd
15.5b
20.7d
22.5c
20.7cd
21.6d
SS + RS
15.2e
17.6c
15.6d
20.7a
21.0cd
20.0cd
21.0bcd
19.3e
SS + CS
16.9d
18.7bc
16.1d
19.1ab
19.9d
20.2cd
19.8d
22.3d
Mixing rate, 25%
C
7.7c
7.6f
7.7f
7.6d
8.8h
8.8e
8.8f
8.8f
SS
19.4a
20.7ab
20.7b
21.0a
25.2b
25.7a
24.1b
24.9c
SS + CFA
16.6b
16.3de
19.8bc
21.8a
19.9ef
20.9bc
22.5bc
25.4bc
SS + B
21.2a
18.6abcd
23.3a
21.2a
21.8de
22.6b
24.5b
29.7a
SS + SBFL
19.7a
21.0a
18.2cd
20.7a
27.9a
26.6a
28.0a
27.6ab
SS + CaCO3
16.9b
18.1bcd
17.0de
16.9c
24.3bc
25.8a
21.8cd
21.6d
SS + WH
19.4a
17.8cde
16.3e
16.5c
18.5fg
20.4c
19.8de
21.9d
SS + RS
14.8b
15.3e
16.2e
16.9c
18.1g
17.4d
18.8e
19.1e
SS + CS
19.5a
19.3abc
19.5bc
19.1b
22.7cd
21.3bc
22.6bc
21.9d
Values accompanied by different letters are significantly different within column (). C: control (un amended soil), SS: sewage sludge, CFA: coal fly ash, B: bentonite, SBFL: sugar beet factory lime, RS: rice straw, WH: water hyacinth, CS: cotton stalks, nd: not detected, —: not measured.