Wastewater effluent, combined sewer overflows, and other sources of organic compounds to Lake Champlain

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-57

  Phillips, P ^a   Chalmers, A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental sampling; Organic chemicals; Point source pollution; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL PLANTS; COMBINED SEWERS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; LEAKAGE (FLUID); NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PIPE; RIVER POLLUTION; RUNOFF; SAMPLING; SEWAGE; SEWERS; STORMS; SURFACE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BASEFLOW; COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING; HIGH CONCENTRATIONS; LARGE RIVERS; NEAR SURFACES; ORGANIC WASTEWATER COMPOUNDS; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SAMPLING SITES; SEWER PIPES; STORM FLOWS; STORM RUNOFFS; STORM WATERS; URBAN AREAS; URBAN RUNOFFS; URBAN STREAMS; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS; WATER BODIES;

EFFLUENTS;

BASEFLOW; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RUNOFF; SEWAGE; SEWER NETWORK; STORMWATER; URBAN DRAINAGE; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT;

LAKE CHAMPLAIN; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 58849123781     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2008.00288.x     Document Type: Article

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