[USCC] fate of California Maturity Index?

[Will Brinton]

Does anyone know the fate  of the "California Compost Maturity Index", a 
project funded by CIWMB and directed by  Marc Buchanan, in the time 
2002-3, with a committee of soil and compost  test experts participating?

The Index was up on the CIWMB website for years and I see it has been 
removed, but why?

At the recent European Compost Quality conference (CODIS-2008) it was 
remarked that the CA Maturity Index seemed to be a very promising 
approach in understanding compost aging, instead of just relying on 
single tests (with each country having their own favorite and not being 
particularly open to admitting  others that work)! I had to admit that 
Americans didn't seem to be paying any attention to it!

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William F Brinton 
Woods End Laboratories, Inc.