This paper reviews the history of disinfection practices, emphasizing their application to human fecal material and the residuals from wastewater treatment.
It discusses development of the current US sewage sludge disinfection regulations and their associated practices; discusses the limitations of the practices; discusses the criteria employed in evaluating a new (innovative or alternative) disinfection process and both notes some processes recently evaluated and ones that are currently being evaluated.
The US regulations are designed to protect human health by minimizing...
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