Artificial sweeteners in a large septic plume

Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 95-102

  van Stempvoort, Dale R ^a   Robertson, William D ^a   Brown, Susan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; ONTARIO , CANADA; SEPTIC SYSTEM; SUCRALOSE;

BIODEGRADATION; GROUNDWATER; SEEPAGE; SEWAGE; SUGAR SUBSTITUTES; SUGARS; WASTEWATER;

FOOD ADDITIVES;

ARTIFICIAL SUBSTRATE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PLUME; PROBABILITY;

CANADA; LONG POINT; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 80755139563     PISSN: 10693629     EISSN: 17456592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6592.2011.01353.x     Document Type: Article

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