Viral and bacterial contamination of groundwater from on-site sewage treatment systems

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 141-146

  Scandura, J E ^a   Sobsey, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contamination; Groundwater; Septage; Soil; Viruses

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; COLIFORM BACTERIA; EFFLUENTS; MONITORING; POTABLE WATER; SEPTIC TANKS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SOILS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; ENTERIC VIRUSES; FAECAL COLIFORMS; PATHOGENS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER;

ABSORPTION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLAY; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENTEROVIRUS; SAND; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SOIL; SUMMER; TIME; VIRUS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WINTER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROVIRUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0030870397     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(97)00249-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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