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SEWAGE SLUDGE WAS USED AS A MULCHING MATERIAL BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE. AFTER THE INITIAL APPLICATION, VEGETATION IN THE TREATED AREAS WAS INSPECTED. SLUDGE WORKED WELL AS A SOIL CONDITIONER BUT HAS LITTLE VALUE AS A LIGHT TOP-DRESSING FOR TURF AREAS. ALTHOUGH SEWAGE SLUDGE IS LOW IN COST, IT WAS REJECTED FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS' /1/ PLANTS GROWING IN THE MULCH WERE TOO EXPENSIVE TO ELIMINATE, /2/ THE EXCESSIVE ASH IN THE SLUDGE IS DELETERIOUS WHEN USED AS MULCH, /3/ THE ODOR IS OBNOXIOUS RESULTING IN ADVERSE PUBLIC OPINION.

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Applications; Costs; Evaluation; Mulching; Odors; Public opinion; Sludge (Deposit); Urban growth; Vegetation

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• A CONCEPT FOR INTERSTATE SYSTEM REST AREAS
• AESTHETIC CONSIDERATIONS IN URBAN ARTERIAL ROUTE PLANNING
• COMMON SENSE TURF MANAGEMENT ON TODAY'S HIGHWAYS
• CONTROL OF SOIL SUBJECT TO WIND EROSION
• EDUCATION AND RECRUITMENT OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS FOR HIGHWAY ORGANIZATIONS
• HIGHWAY LOCATION AS A PROBLEM OF URBAN AND LANDSCAPE DESIGN
• Mulching Practices and Materials
• PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION IN LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT
• PRINCIPLES OF MAKING TURF MIXTURES FOR ROADSIDE SEEDINGS
• PROGRESS REPORT ON NOISE ABATEMENT
• ROLE AND PROGRESS OF THE LANDSCAPE ENGINEER IN A HIGHWAY ORGANIZATION
• SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES FOR FUTURE ROADSIDE DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH