Abstract: Background: The Rafey Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) produces approximately 80% of the sewage sludge generated in the wastewater treatment plants of the city of Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago province, Dominican Republic. The disposal of such sludge is not specifically regulated in the country and there is a great opportunity to use the sludge as biosolids for agricultural purposes. The objective of this research is to design and validate a wastewater treatment model that enhances the nutritional characteristics of sewage sludge in order to use it as biosolids for agricultural........
Key Words: Wastewater; micronutrients; biosolids; Treatment.
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