Escherichia coli load reduction from runoff by vegetative filter strips: A laboratory-scale study

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 980-988

  Fox, Garey A ^a   Matlock, Emily M ^a   Guzman, Jorge A ^a   Sahoo, Debabrata ^b   Stunkel, Kevin B ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOOLPERT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIATE METRICS; BACTERIA REMOVAL; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; CLEAN WATERS; CONCENTRATED FLOW; CONCENTRATION REDUCTION; E. COLI; EVENT MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FECAL BACTERIA; FECAL CONTAMINATION; FLOW CONCENTRATION; FLOW CONDITION; FLOW WIDTH; INFILTRATION CAPACITY; INFLOW RATE; LABORATORY SCALE; LIQUID SWINE MANURE; LOAD REDUCTION; LOLIUM PERENNE; MANURE SOURCES; MASS REDUCTION; MOST PROBABLE NUMBER; OUTFLOW CONCENTRATIONS; SANDY LOAM SOILS; SEDIMENT PARTICLES; SMALL CONCENTRATION; VEGETATIVE FILTER STRIPS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EXPERIMENTS; MANURES; RUNOFF; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

RUNOFF;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES MICROFLORA; FLOW RATE; MANURE; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENTATION; VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; PLANTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SUS SCROFA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; SUIDAE;

EID: 79956134924     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2010.0391     Document Type: Article

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