Long-term impacts of pasture irrigation with treated sewage effluent on shallow groundwater quality

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2443-2452

  Gwenzi, W ^a,b   Munondo, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Effluent irrigation; Groundwater; Loading rates; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGICAL QUALITY; CONTROL SITES; EFFLUENT IRRIGATION; ENHANCED MOBILITY; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; GUIDELINE LIMITS; LOADING RATE; LOADING RATES; LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY; MEASURED PARAMETERS; SEWAGE EFFLUENTS; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; TRACE METAL;

BACTERIOLOGY; CHROMIUM; COLIFORM BACTERIA; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; IRRIGATION; METAL RECOVERY; SEWAGE; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; ZINC;

QUALITY CONTROL;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IRRIGATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PASTURE; SEWAGE; SUSTAINABILITY; TRACE METAL; WASTE TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; FRESH WATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALS, HEAVY; NITRATES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SEWAGE; SOIL; SOLUBILITY; TIME FACTORS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 58849134329     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2008.583     Document Type: Article

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