Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0219039

Funded Activity Summary

Land disposal as a final treatment for saline industrial effluent. Sustainable land disposal of industrial effluent with high salt and nutrient (N) content, requires a different approach to the disposal of sewage effluent. To maintain plant growth, salt needs to be leached from the soil without off-site movement of nutrients, particularly N. Using irrigation and tree planting, methods of achieving this will be developed experimentally in conjunction with the Goodman Fielder Beaudesert Gelatin factory, based on development of a detailed understanding of the processes involved in the interlinked mass balances of salt, N and water. A sustainable and ecologically balanced disposal system will have application for many industrial plants with similar wastes.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2002

End Date: 31-12-2004

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $251,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Land Capability And Soil Degradation | Applied Hydrology (Drainage, Flooding, Irrigation, Quality, Etc.) | Other Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences | Environmental Management And Rehabilitation |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Softwood plantations | Land and water management | Processed skins, leather and leather products not elsewhere classified

Other Keywords

Applied Hydrology (Drainage, Flooding, Irrigation, Quality, Etc.) | Environmental Management And Rehabilitation | Land Capability And Soil Degradation | Land and water management | Other Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences | Processed skins, leather and leather products not elsewhere classified | Softwood plantations

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