Bacteria survival experiment for assessment of wastewater reuse in agriculture

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2251-2258

  Smith, Edward ^a   Badawy, Aimen ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bacterial growth; E. coli; Soil columns; Wastewater reuse

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOMASS GROWTH; BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; BUFFER SOLUTIONS; CELL CONCENTRATIONS; CLIMATIC FACTORS; COLONY FORMING UNITS; CONCENTRATION-DEPTH PROFILE; E. COLI; EGYPTIANS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; INDOOR CONDITIONS; LABORATORY SCALE; OUTDOOR EXPERIMENT; PORE VOLUME; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL ORGANIC CONTENT; STATIC CONDITIONS; TOTAL BIOMASS; VIABLE CELLS; WASTEWATER REUSE;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMASS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH RISKS; SOIL MOISTURE; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

ECOLOGY;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOMASS; CLIMATE EFFECT; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; RECYCLING; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MOISTURE; SURVIVAL; WASTEWATER;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CELL VIABILITY; CLIMATE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROPERTY; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; BIOMASS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEWAGE; TIME; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EGYPT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 77953727437     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.137     Document Type: Article

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