Modeling the fate and transport of household chemicals in septic systems

Ground Water

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 123-132

  Lee, Sijin ^a   McAvoy, Drew C ^b   Szydlik, James ^c   Schnoor, Jerald L ^c  

^a Kyonggi University   (South Korea)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOSPHATES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEPTIC TANKS; SOAPS (DETERGENTS);

TARTRATE DISUCCINATE; TARTRATE MONOSUCCINATE;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0031950714     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1998.tb01072.x     Document Type: Article

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