Effect of soil depth and texture on fecal bacteria removal from septic effluents

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 395-404

  Karathanasis, A D ^a   Mueller, T G ^a   Boone, B ^a   Thompson, Y L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic wastewater treatment; Fecal bacteria; Soil monoliths; Soil texture; Soil thickness; Vertical separation distance

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER;

DOMESTIC WASTE; EFFLUENT; FECAL COLIFORM; LEACHING; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL TEXTURE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC WASTE; EFFLUENT; ELUTION; FECES MICROFLORA; LEACHING; NONHUMAN; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL TEXTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS; UNITED STATES; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIA; FECES; SOIL; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 33749237503     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2006.043     Document Type: Article

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