Transport and metabolic fate of sewage particles in a recipient stream

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1591-1599

  Rauter, Andrea ^a   Weigelhofer, Gabriele ^a   Waringer, Johann ^a   Battin, Tom J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; SURFACE WATERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

OXYGEN REMOVAL; SEWAGE-DERIVED PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER (SDPOM); STREAMWATER; WATER FLUXES;

SEWAGE;

ORGANIC MATTER; SEWAGE DERIVED PARTICULATE ORGANIC MATTER; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SEWER OUTFALL; SOLUTE; STREAM (RIVER); URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORESCENT DYES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXYGEN; RIVERS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 25844527159     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2004.0293     Document Type: Article

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