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Anaerobic Digestion & Composting Information

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 Initial Draft 7/2/08 updated 07/24/2008

Purpose: To provide links to on-line information on anaerobic digestion and aerobic composting.

Aerobic Composting:

• Alberta Ag and Rural Development
  • On-Farm Composting: A Review of the Literature
  • Manure Composting Manual (2005) pdf
  • Compost Temperature Measurement: Livestock Manure (2005) pdf
• Cornell Composting, 1995
  • On-Farm Composting Handbook (1992) TOC
• Extension
  • Animal Manure Management
• Nebraska
  • Composting Manure and Other Organic Residues (NebGuide G1315, 2006 pdf)
• Ontario
  • Manure Composting as a Pathogen Reduction Strategy
• US Composting Council
• US EPA - Composting
• U Wisconsin
  • The Art and Science of Composting, 2002 pdf
• Washington State
  • Compost Facility Resource Handbook, 1998 (WA Dept of Ecology, pdf)
• Woods End Laboratories

Anaerobic Digestion:

• Anaerobic Digestion: The AD Community: An independent web site
• Anaerobic Digestion (Carcass Disposal: A comprehensive review, 2004) pdf
• Gordondale Dairy Report (pdf)
• The Fate of Nutrients and Pathogens During Anaerobic Digestion of Dairy Manure (PennState extension G71 pdf)
• Persistence of Pathogenic Prion Protein during Simulated Wastewater Treatment Processes (ASAP Environ. Sci. Technol., GT Hinkley et al.) html
• Transmission and Detection of Prions in Feces (J Infectious Dis 198:81-89, 2008) html
• Water Science & Technology 53(8)

Carcass Disposal:

• Carcass Disposal: A comprehensive review (2004) - TOC (K-State Research Exchange)

Pyrolysis:

• biochar.org - balance carbon and restore soil fertility
• biochar - wiki
• Biochar as a soil amendment: A review of the environmental implications, 2008 (pdf)
• Gardening with Biochar FAQ
• wiki

Regulations:

• US EPA Control of Pathogens and Vector Attraction in Sewage Sludge - pdf

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