Making sense of sewage sludge as a renewable resource in the urban U.S.

Prior to industrialization, human excrement was commonly employed as a resource for agricultural fertilization. Following the advent of the hydraulic sanitation system, however, it became increasingly channeled into waterways rather than reincorporated into terrestrial agro-ecosystems. To counter th...

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Main Author: Nicholas C. Kawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Coimbra University Press 2021-12-01
Series:Antropologia Portuguesa
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Online Access:https://impactum-journals.uc.pt/antropologiaportuguesa/article/view/10116