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Promoting a positive dialogue regarding the recovery and recycling
of phosphates from sewage and animal wastes.
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Previous Meetings 2004 - P-recovery
Workshop, Cranfield University 2002 - IWA Conference "From Nutrient Removal to Recovery" 2001 - Second International Conference On Phosphorus Recovery From Sewage And Animal Wastes, Noordwijkerhout Summary (Word) 1998 - International Conference On Phosphorus Recovery From Sewage And Animal Wastes,Warwick, UK PHOSPHORUS RECOVERY TECHNOLOGIES: |
IntroductionPhosphorus is a scarce natural resource for which there is intense competition between life forms: both on land and in the aquatic environment. Those organisms that are most successful in scavenging, storing and recycling have a natural advantage. Only modern man, far removed from the process of primary production, has forgotten the importance of conserving and re-using this precious non renewable resource: hundreds of thousands of tonnes of phosphorus are "lost" in human and animal wastes annually. Read on... Recent papersPLANT
AVAILABILITY OF PHOSPHORUS
REACTOR TECHNOLOGY
FERTILISER
VALUE OF RECOVERED PHOSPHATES
Woods et al., 1999
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