Soil Blending

Highlights

• Soil chemical physical properties tailored to soil blend end-use (i.e. landscape, horticulture potting blend)
• Bio-retention soil blends for contaminant sorption from urban storm water

Selected Publications

Basta et at., 2016. Restoring Ecosystem Function in Degraded Urban Soil Using Biosolids, Biosolids Blend, and Compost. Journal of Environment Quality. 45:74.

A complete list of our publications is provided in the Publications page.

Current projects

We have partnered with an Ohio city and private company to investigate whether biosolids ash is capable of sorbing lead and organic contaminants. This material could be useful to include in soil blends for urban and industrial areas.