Soil and stream-water impacts of sewage effluent irrigation onto steeply sloping land

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1105-1114

  Speir, T W ^a   Van Schaik, A P ^a   Kettles, H A ^b,c   Vincent, K W ^b,c   Campbell, D J ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d ERANZ   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IRRIGATION; NITRIFICATION; POTABLE WATER; SOILS; SURFACE WATERS; VEGETATION; WATER QUALITY;

SEWAGE EFFLUENT IRRIGATION; SLOPING LAND; STREAM WATER IMPACTS;

EFFLUENTS;

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; EFFLUENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); NITRIFICATION; SITING; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WATER QUALITY;

FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 0032793677     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1999.00472425002800040007x     Document Type: Article

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