Assessment of soil and groundwater impacts by treated urban wastewater reuse. A case study: Application in a golf course (Girona, Spain)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 374, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-35

  Candela, Lucila ^a   Fabregat, Salvador ^a   Josa, Alejandro ^a   Suriol, Josep ^a   Vigués, Núria ^b   Mas, Jordi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Pollution; Soil and aquifer impacts; Treated wastewater reuse

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROUNDWATER; IRRIGATION; POLLUTION; SOILS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

SOIL AND AQUIFER IMPACTS; TREATED WASTEWATER REUSE; VADOSE ZONE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CHLORIDE; GROUND WATER; SODIUM PEROXIDE;

AQUIFER POLLUTION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; IRRIGATION; RECYCLING; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL PROFILE; WASTEWATER;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LAGOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SPAIN; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPAIN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

IRRIGATION; POLLUTION;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERONA [CATALONIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33846867718     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.12.028     Document Type: Article

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