Assessing the status of onsite wastewater treatment systems in the alabama black belt soil area

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 693-699

  He, Jiajie ^a   Dougherty, Mark ^a   Zellmer, Richard ^b   Martin, George ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; natural system suitability; public sanitation; rural area; septic system

Indexed keywords

ALABAMA; CURRENT STATUS; ENGINEERED SYSTEMS; NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICES; NATURAL SYSTEMS; ON CURRENTS; ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS; PARALLEL STRATEGIES; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS; RATING SYSTEM; RURAL HOUSEHOLDS; SEPTIC SYSTEM; SEWER SERVICES; SOIL ASSESSMENT; SOIL SUITABILITY; STUDY AREAS;

CONSERVATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RATING; RETROFITTING; RURAL AREAS; SOILS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

HEALTH RISKS;

ARTICLE; HEALTH HAZARD; ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM; SOIL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 80053613117     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: 15579018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2011.0047     Document Type: Article

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