Current Anaerobic Digestion Technologies Used for Treatment of Municipal Organic Solid Waste

California Environmental Protection Agency Current Anaerobic Digestion Technologies Used for Treatment of Municipal Organic Solid Waste Produced Under Contract by: Joshua Rapport Ruihong Zhang Bryan M. Jenkins Robert B. Williams Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue Davis, CA 95616 Phone: (530) 754-9530 Fax: (530) 752-2640 Contractor’s Report

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