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Hog Industry Issues Addressed At Upcoming Conference
hog producers (60 percent) are tied to the current price the market offers. "Over the past year, ...
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Educating Youth in Water Quality Land Use Principles Through Outdoor Education
https://setll.osu.edu/node/125
4-H members completed a five-day Conservation Camp. When asked to make a land use plan to test their knowledge of water quality principles, most included erosion control and positioning the system upslope of pollution sources. Click here to view the full ...
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Profile of Ohio Adults with Low Environmental Literacy
https://setll.osu.edu/node/121
Understanding natural systems and how they interact with humans is environmental literacy. Individuals with low literacy are less educated, older females, and more likely to gain information from televisions. Click here to view the full text. ...
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Biological Treatment of Turkey Processing Wastewater with Coarse/Fine Sand Filtration
https://setll.osu.edu/node/143
This study researched how well organic mater and nutrients were removed by course/fine sand filtration systems. Ammonia and phosphorus were removed while the system was in operation. To view full text, click here. ...
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Water Resources and Reuse: Perceptions of Students at The Ohio State University
https://setll.osu.edu/node/119
The availability of freshwater is threatened as the global population increases. Reuse of treated wastewater can lead to long-term sustainability. While the public is weakly educated on wastewater facts and practices, there is large support for reuse of r ...
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OSU to Offer Ag and Natural Resource Tax Issues Workshop
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Biological Treatment of Cheese-Processing Effluent with Gravel/Sand Filtration
https://setll.osu.edu/node/145
This laboratory study assessed the feasibility of sand/gravel bioreactors to treat cheese-processing wastewater. Within 210 days, the BOD 5 had a removal rate of >99% and the COD has a removal rate of 85%. There were no clogging issues during the study ...
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High Fat Wastewater Remediation Using Layered Sand Filter Biofilm Systems
https://setll.osu.edu/node/144
To investigate the feasibility of sand bioreactors treating butterfat supplemented with detergent, three layer reactors and two layer reactors were compared. Both options showed great COD and BOD 5 removal. However, the two layer bioreactors became clogge ...
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Transformations and Accumulations of Carbon in Gravel/Sand Filters Treating Cheese Processing Wastewater
https://setll.osu.edu/node/141
This study discovers that after carbon gets trapped in the gravel/sand filter, it converts from organic to inorganic. ...
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The Effects of Year-Round Irrigation of Landscape Plant Quality and Health in Ohio
https://setll.osu.edu/node/152
Only 6.4% of Ohio’s land area is suitable for traditional septic systems. Almost half of Ohio’s land area has shallow depth soil. In these areas, irrigation as a dispersal method could improve landscape plant quality. 33% of plants died in the non-irrigat ...