Impact of long-term reclaimed wastewater irrigation on agricultural soils: A preliminary assessment

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 183, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 780-786

  Xu, Jian ^a   Wu, Laosheng ^b   Chang, Andrew C ^b   Zhang, Yuan ^a  

^a CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Heavy metal; Reclaimed wastewater irrigation; Soil property

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; ACID DIGESTION; AGRICULTURAL SOILS; CALIFORNIA; EFFLUENT IRRIGATION; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; NUTRIENTS INPUT; ORGANIC MATTER; PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT; RECLAIMED WASTEWATER; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL LAYER; SOIL PH; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL PROPERTY; TRACE CONTAMINANTS; TRACE METAL;

EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEAVY METALS; IRRIGATION; METALS; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

SOIL POLLUTION;

EDETIC ACID; HEAVY METAL;

ACCUMULATION; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; EFFLUENT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; HEAVY METAL; IRRIGATION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PH; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL PROFILE; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); PH; SOIL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL QUALITY; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURE; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALS, HEAVY; RECYCLING; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956451388     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.07.094     Document Type: Article

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