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Report on the Elemental Analyses of Samples from the Targeted National Sewage Sludge Survey

This report describes the sampling and analysis activities performed in a follow-up to EPA Targeted National Sewage Sludge Survey (TNSSS) and presents summary level data from the elemental analyses of sewage sludge samples.

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Report on the Elemental Analyses of Samples from the Targeted National Sewage Sludge Survey (PDF)(27 pp, 821 K, August 2015, EPA 800-S-15-001)