Chemical and bacterial quality of aeration-type waste water treatment system discharge

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 71-76

  Panno, Samuel V ^a   Kelly, Walton R ^b   Hackley, Keith C ^a   Weibel, C Pius ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS STATE WATER SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS;

WATER ANALYSIS;

AQUIFERS; BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; BACTERIUM; DOMESTIC WASTE; EFFLUENT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; INORGANIC NITROGEN; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SINKHOLE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE;

EID: 34248192272     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: 17456592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2007.00138.x     Document Type: Review

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