Investigation of an onsite wastewater treatment system in sandy soil: Sorption and biodegradation of linear alkylbenzene sulfonate

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2617-2622

  Doi, Jon ^a   Marks, Kay H ^b   Decarvalho, Alvaro J ^c   McAvoy, Drew C ^d   Nielsen, Allen M ^e   Kravetz, Louis ^f   Cano, Manuel L ^f  

^a Aqua Survey Inc   (United States)

^b Roy F Weston   (United States)

^c Soap and Detergent Association   (United States)

^d PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^e Sasol North America   (United States)

^f Shell Chemical Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Linear alkylbenzene sulfonate; Septic systems; Sorption; Surfactants

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIODEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER; SOILS; SORPTION;

MINERALIZATION;

WASTEWATER;

ALKYLBENZENESULFONIC ACID; GROUND WATER;

BIODEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; SANDY SOIL; SORPTION; SURFACTANT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; MINERALIZATION; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANDY SOIL; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADSORPTION; ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036888925     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620211213     Document Type: Article

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