The effect of municipal wastewater effluent on nitrogen levels in Onondaga Lake, a 36-year record

Water Environment Research

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-19

  Effler, Steven W ^a   O'Donnell, Susan M ^a   Prestigiacomo, Anthony R ^a   O'Donnell, David M ^a   Gelda, Rakesh K ^a   Matthews, David A ^a  

^a UPSTATE FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia toxicity; Industrial waste; Lake rehabilitation; Municipal waste; Nitrite toxicity; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EFFLUENTS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; LAKES; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; TOXICITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

AMMONIA TOXICITY; MUNICIPAL WASTE; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; NITRIFICATION TREATMENT; ONONDAGA LAKE , NEW YORK; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS;

LOADING;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; METHYLMERCURY; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN;

AMMONIA; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DOMESTIC WASTE; EFFLUENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LAKE POLLUTION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MASS BALANCE; METHYLMERCURY; MOBILIZATION; MODEL TEST; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE; NITROGEN; SEASONALITY; URBAN REGION; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; EFFLUENT TOXICITY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LAKE SEDIMENT; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

FINGER LAKES; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; ONONDAGA LAKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75349109158     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143009X407384     Document Type: Article

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