Controlled field experiment for performance evaluation of septic tank effluent treatment during soil infiltration

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-101

  Lowe, Kathryn S ^a   Siegrist, Robert L ^a  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Infiltration; Wastewater management; Water reclamation

Indexed keywords

INFILTRATIVE SURFACE ARCHITECTURES; REPLICATED FACTORIAL DESIGN; SEPTIC TANK EFFLUENT (STE);

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GROUNDWATER; INFILTRATION; ORGANIC CARBON; SOILS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

SEPTIC TANKS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GROUNDWATER; INFILTRATION; ORGANIC CARBON; SEPTIC TANKS; SOILS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BASELINE SURVEY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EFFLUENT; FIELD METHOD; INFILTRATION; NITROGEN; PERCOLATION; PHOSPHORUS; POREWATER; SANDY LOAM; VADOSE ZONE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CITRUS MACROPHYLLA;

EID: 38349054454     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2008)134:2(93)     Document Type: Article

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