Polyacrylamide preparations for protection of water quality threatened by agricultural runoff contaminants

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 191-200

  Entry, James A ^a   Sojka, R E ^a   Watwood, Maribeth ^b   Ross, Craig ^c  

^a Northwest Irrigat Soils Res Lab   (United States)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Effluent treatment; Pollution reduction; Polyacrylamide (PAM); Polymers; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

ACRYLICS; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; MICROORGANISMS; WATER QUALITY;

WATER POLLUTION REDUCTION;

WATER POLLUTION;

PESTICIDE; POLYACRYLAMIDE;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; POLYACRYLAMIDE; RUNOFF; WATER QUALITY;

LEACHATE; POLLUTION CONTROL; SOIL WATER; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CATTLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; FISH; FUNGUS; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PROTOZOON; SEDIMENT; SOIL; SWINE; VIRUS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ACRYLIC RESINS; AGRICULTURE; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; SANITARY ENGINEERING; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; FUNGI; PROTOZOA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0036971148     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(02)00160-4     Document Type: Article

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