Post-irrigation impact of domestic sewage effluent on composition of soils, crops and ground water—A case study

Environment International

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 481-486

  Yadav, R K ^a   Goyal, B ^a   Sharma, R K ^a   Dubey, S K ^a   Minhas, P S ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOIL SALINITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Ground water contamination; Long term impacts; Plant composition; Sewage irrigation; Soil contamination

Indexed keywords

CROPS; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SEWAGE; SOILS; TOXIC MATERIALS; WATER WELLS;

MICRONUTRIENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CARBON; GROUND WATER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; WELL WATER;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRRIGATION; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTION;

CASE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MACRONUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SOIL; SOIL FERTILITY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0036893413     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(02)00070-3     Document Type: Article

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