Investigation of an onsite wastewater treatment system in sandy soil: Modeling the fate of surfactants

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2623-2630

  McAvoy, Drew C ^a   Decarvalho, Alvaro J ^b   Nielsen, Allen M ^c   Cano, Manuel L ^d  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^b Soap and Detergent Association   (United States)

^c Sasol North America   (United States)

^d Shell Chemical Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater contamination; Mathematical model; Onsite wastewater treatment systems; Septic tanks; Surfactants

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; DETERGENTS; GROUNDWATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WASTEWATER;

SEPTIC SYSTEMS;

SOILS;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALKYLBENZENESULFONIC ACID; DETERGENT; GROUND WATER; SURFACTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MODELING; SANDY SOIL; SURFACTANT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OXYGENATION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANDY SOIL; SCREENING; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; FORECASTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 0036889117     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620211214     Document Type: Article

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