The Role of Residuals from Water Treatment in Sustainability
Sally Brown
Research Assistant Professor, College of Forest Resources
Director, Soils Laboratory, Ecosystem Sciences Division
27 May 2008
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About the speaker
Sally Brown's research has focused on use of residuals, including composts and municipal biosolids, as a means to solve environmental problems. Lately, Dr. Brown has been focusing on innovate uses for these materials in the hopes that identifying different uses and benefits for residuals will result in greater public acceptance. Soil amendments, in the form of residuals from different industries (municipal biosolids, composts, high calcium carbonate wastes) offer the potential to do more than fix contaminated sites. Increased and targeted uses of these materials offer the potential for us to live in a more sustainable manner.
Dr. Brown was a member of the National Academy of Science panel on Bioavailability of Contaminants in Soils and Sediments and is currently a member of the Academy's standing committee on Soils. She earned her B.A. in political science from Williams College, and M.S. and Ph.D. in Soils from the University of Maryland.