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Monday, October 11, 1976
University Daily Kansan
KU, Lawrence study effects of sewage on crops
In this environmentally conscious age, everything from beer bottles to newspapers have been recycled. And now, sludge, the material produced by the treatment of sewage, is to be spread on land as a soil conditioner.
A study to determine the effect sludge has on crops is being conducted by the city of Lawrence with the aid of University of Kansas facilities.
Because of high standards placed on treated liquid waste by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, K. T. Joseph, city chemist, said last week that Lawrence now has a multi-million dollar secondary treatment facility. And the research by this faculty is the subject of the study.
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coordinator of the study, who is a KU graduate student of environmental health
Tomato, sweet corn, bean, carrot, cucumber and cantaloupe plants were tested to determine the traces of elements absorbed from the sludge content in the soil. These elements were transferred to the soil by different types of plant. Joseph said there was a danger of metals like cadmium, nickel, lead, chromium and mercury being present in the sludge which could be accumulated by the plants. These metals were transferred to consumers of the plants.
THE EXTENT of metal accumulation in the plants depends on soil characteristics, the type of plant, concentration of metals in the soil, amount and frequency of the studies's application.
According to Joseph, the study is aimed at establishing the rate that sludged could be
safely applied each year on a proposed land site.
Joseph said that over a long period, there was a danger of ground water being drained from the well.
Because municipal sludges are rich in nitrogen, Joseph said, crops raised on the sludge-enriched soil must have the nitrogen before it sees into the ground water.
"CORN APPEARS to be a good crop from this aspect." he said.
Field experiments on growing the crops have been finished, but the lab work is
expected to take another six months to complete.
"This is an excellent example of how KU and the city work together," Joseph said. "Without KU's lab equipment this work could not be done."
When his lab work is finished, a proposed crop management plan will be submitted to the EPA and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. The city currently has 60 acres of land near the plant ready for application of the pludge.
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TODAY; SENIOR CLASS PICTURES will be taken all day in the Pine Room of the Kansas Union. THE UNIVERSITY SENATE FOREIGN STUDENT COMMITTEE will meet at 11:30 in Alcove B of the Union, NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS will meet at 11:30 a.m. in Alcove E of the Union. THE SERBO-KU-Y'SISSUES AND IDEAS will present a small group discussion on Maristax at 1 p.m. in 11B, Level 3 of the Union.
TONGHT: SUA FINE ARTS AUDITIONS will be at 7 in the Big B Room of the Union. The SUA CHESS CLUB will meet at 7 in Pine Room of the Union. THEST TAU will meet at 7:30 in the Pine Room of the Union. The STUDENT ASSOCIATION will meet at 9 in the Pine Room of the Union. The UNDERGRADuate PHILOSOPHY CLUB Shakespearean ideas at 8 in the International Room of the Union. PLAY READINGS IN GERMAN will be at 8 at 16/42½ W. 5th JANE CURRY, assistant professor of political science at Vasar College, will lecture on "All the News of the French Revolution" at 10:30 in the Minutes of the Polish Journalists' Association" at *in the Council Room of the Union*.
TOMORROW: A UNIVERSITY DATING WORKSHOP will be at 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. in 224 Fraser Hall.
PUBLIC NOTICE
TO: All organizations allocated funds by the Student Senate from the student activity fee.
FROM: Tom Mitchell-Student Senate Business Manager
*All officers who are responsible for the expenditure of allocated funds must:
1. Affend a training session conducted by the office of the Student Senate
1. Treasurer; see the time listed below.
2. Sign an organizational management contract with the Student Senate.
2. Sign an organizational management contract with the Student Senate.
3. Obtain the organization for each expenditure from funds allocated to the organization.
No funds will be made available until these requirements have been met. Even though you have attended a training session last fiscal year, you will still have to attend one during this fiscal year. Training sessions will be held approximately once each month.
Training sessions will be held approximately once each month. The training session has been scheduled for the following time:
Tuesday, October 12, 1976 at 2:00 P.M.
International Room Level 5 Kansas Union
The session will last less than an hour. You must contact the Student Senate Office at 864-3710 to sign up for this session or for additional information.
The Student Senate is funded from the Student Activity Fee.
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But the expense to the city is minimal, Joseph said.
with the cost of the secondary treatment facility, was partially funded by a federal grant that paid 75 per cent of the costs. The city paid the balance.
"The only cost is the price of the seeds" he said. No fertilizer or insecticides were used, and Joseph and water plant personnel did the work in their spare time.
According to Joseph, applying the sludge to an area of land was the most economical way to dispose of it in this part of the world. The alternatives include landfills and incineration.
"With one you have transportation costs and still the nitrate pollution problem. And with the other you have ashes to dispose of and air pollution to cope with."
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