biosolids

The Desert Research Unit

Most DRU projects are interdisciplinary; collaborating units on campus include Chemical and Environmental Engineering; Soil, Water and Environmental Science; Agriculture and Biosystems Engineering; Hydrology; the Arizona Laboratory for Emerging Contaminants; the UA Water Village, and the Sarver Heart Center. External collaborators include Northern Arizona University, Colorado School of Mines, Arizona State University, U.S.

Synopsis:

The Desert Research Unit performs basic and applied research to evaluate and promote methods for reclamation of water and land in arid and semiarid environments.

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DRU

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David Quanrud invited to participate on a review panel for the Water Environment Research Foundation on January 20, 2009.

Short Description:

The review panel convened at the Colorado School of Mines (Golden, CO) provided a critique on a State of the Science white paper on trace organic chemicals (TOrCs) of concern in biosolids used for land application in a project funded by the Water Environment Research Foundation.

The presence of TOrCs in municipal biosolids in the U.S. has received considerable attention by the public and scientific community over the last several years. Of particular concern is whether the presence of TOrCs in biosolids results in significant risks to public health and the environment upon land application of the biosolids. While the U.S.