The capture and destruction of Escherichia coli from simulated urban runoff using conventional bioretention media and iron oxide-coated sand

Water Environment Research

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 701-714

  Zhang, Lan ^a   Seagren, Eric A ^b   Davis, Allen P ^a   Karns, Jeffrey S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial capture; Bioretention; Escherichia coli; Iron oxide coated sand; Predation; Protozoa; Stormwater; Survival

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRON; MICROORGANISMS; PROTOZOA; RUNOFF; SEWAGE; STORM SEWERS; STORMS;

BACTERIAL CAPTURE; BIORETENTION; IRON OXIDE-COATED SANDS; PREDATION; STORMWATERS; SURVIVAL;

IRON OXIDES;

BROMIDE; IRON OXIDE; METAL OXIDE; PHOSPHOROUS ACID; RUNOFF; STORM WATER; FERRIC ION; FERRIC OXIDE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

BIODEGRADATION; CELL ORGANELLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DOMINANCE; IRON OXIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PREDATION; PROTOZOAN; RUNOFF; SAND; STORMWATER; SURVIVAL; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW RATE; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; SAND; SOIL TEXTURE; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SURFACE CHARGE; URBAN AREA; WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTOZOA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; SILICON DIOXIDE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77958194049     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: 15547531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143010X12609736966441     Document Type: Article

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