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. 1988 Jan;54(1):118–123. doi: 10.1128/aem.54.1.118-123.1988

Poliovirus retention in soil columns after application of chemical- and polyelectrolyte-conditioned dewatered sludges.

O C Pancorbo 1, G Bitton 1, S R Farrah 1, G E Gifford 1, A R Overman 1
PMCID: PMC202407  PMID: 2830848

Abstract

The transport of poliovirus type 1 (strain LSc) was studied in Red Bay sandy loam columns that were treated with chemical- or polyelectrolyte-conditioned dewatered sludges and then leached with natural rainwater under saturated flow conditions. Poliovirus was concentrated in the alum and ferric chloride sludges that were produced following the flocculation of virus-seeded raw sewage. Virtually complete inactivation of the virus was observed following the flocculation of raw sewage or the stabilization of alum and ferric chloride sludges with lime at pH 11.5. Poliovirus was also concentrated in polyelectrolyte-conditioned dewatered sludge that was produced from virus-seeded, anaerobically digested sludge. Despite the saturated flow conditions for a sustained period, no viruses were detected in the leachates of the soil columns that were treated with these chemical and chemically treated sludges. Since the viruses were mostly associated with the solids in these sludge samples, it is believed that they were immobilized along with the sludge solids in the top portion of the soil columns.

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