Filtration and transport of Bacillus subtilis spores and the F-RNA phage MS2 in a coarse alluvial gravel aquifer: Implications in the estimation of setback distances

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 165-194

  Pang, Liping ^a   Close, Murray ^a   Goltz, Mark ^b   Noonan, Mike ^c   Sinton, Lester ^a  

^a ESR Christchurch Science Centre   (New Zealand)

^b Air Force Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Filtration; Gravel aquifer; Microbial transport; Setback distance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; DISPERSIONS; EFFLUENTS; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); FILTRATION; GRAVEL; POTABLE WATER; RNA;

ALLUVIAL GRAVEL AQUIFER; BACILLUS SUBTILIS SPORES; BREAKTHROUGH CURVES (BTC); MICROBIAL CONCENTRATIONS;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; INFILTRATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SPORE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIOPHAGE; EFFLUENT; ENTEROVIRUS; FILTRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; THEORY; WATER POLLUTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; LEVIVIRUS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEW ZEALAND; PARTICLE SIZE; RHEOLOGY; SPORES; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 14844347291     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2004.12.006     Document Type: Article

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