Impacts on a Sand Aquifer from an Old Septic System: Nitrate and Phosphate

Ground Water

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1105-1114

  Harman, J ^b   Robertson, W D ^b   Cherry, J A ^b   Zanini, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMINE; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; NITRATES; OXIDATION; PHOSPHATES; SAMPLING; SAND; SEPTIC TANKS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VELOCITY;

BROMIDE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; SAND AQUIFER; SEWAGE EFFLUENTS; WATER TABLE;

AQUIFERS;

EID: 0030284272     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1996.tb02177.x     Document Type: Article

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