Estimation of septic tank setback distances based on transport of E. coli and F-RNA phages

Environment International

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 907-921

  Pang, Liping ^a   Close, Murray ^a   Goltz, Mark ^b   Sinton, Lester ^a   Davies, Helen ^a   Hall, Carollyn ^a   Stanton, Greg ^a  

^a ESR Christchurch Science Centre   (New Zealand)

^b AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Groundwater protection; Microbial transport; Modelling; Septic tanks; Setback distance

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFLUENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTRATION; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RNA; SORPTION; WATER QUALITY;

REMOVAL RATES;

SEPTIC TANKS;

BACTERIAL RNA; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER;

GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ENTERIC VIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPERIMENTATION; FILTRATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LABORATORY TEST; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; MICROBIAL ATTENUATION; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SEPTIC TANK; SIMULATION; STANDARDIZATION; VELOCITY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALASIA; BAY OF PLENTY; LAKE OKAREKA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0742324110     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(03)00054-0     Document Type: Article

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