Water extractable phosphate in composts and land-applied organic materials
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Feedstock | Biosolids treatment | Total solids(%) | pH | P2O5 (% dry wt) | P (% dry wt) | WEPa(% of Total P) |
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Leaf / yard wastes | NA | 39.4 | 7.7 | 0.34 | 0.15 | 8.4 |
Leaf / yard wastes / food | NA | 47.5 | 7.4 | 0.42 | 0.18 | 7.4 |
NA | 53.9 | 7.4 | 0.43 | 0.19 | 6.8 | |
Biosolids / wood chips2 | No P removal | 39.8 | 7.2 | 0.78 | 0.34 | 20.5 |
An. digest /No P removal | 59.2 | 7.2 | 1.87 | 0.82 | 7.7 | |
No P removal | 48.1 | 6.7 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 22.3 | |
Chemical P removal | 38.8 | 5.5 | 3.65 | 1.59 | 1.8 | |
Biosolids / wood chips / yard wastes2 | No P removal | 72.1 | 6.6 | 0.81 | 0.35 | 12.2 |
Biosolids / yard wastes / WTRb2 | No P removal | 53.5 | 8.3 | 1.67 | 0.73 | 4.6 |
No P removal | 47.8 | 7.9 | 1.68 | 0.73 | 4.1 | |
Leaf / yard wastes / gelatin residuals | NA | 51.1 | 8.3 | 2.19 | 0.96 | 2.0 |
Biosolids / wood shavings2 | Biological P removal | 42.8 | 5.7 | 2.41 | 1.05 | 13.3 |
aWEP = Water extractable phosphorus, bWTR = water treatment residuals (Source: Phosphorus and Compost Use Dynamics, Alexander, 2016)
2Minnesota does not compost biosolids per rule. Only source separated organic matter and yard waste are allowed in compost.