Development of algorithms for modeling onsite wastewater systems within Swat

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1693-1704

  Jeong, J ^a   Santhi, C ^b   Arnold, J G ^c   Srinivasan, R ^d   Pradhan, S ^e   Flynn, K ^e  

^a BLACKLAND RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Montana Department of Environmental Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

Biozone; Nitrogen; Nutrient; Onsite wastewater systems; Phosphorus; Septic; SWAT

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; BIOZONE; CALIBRATION PARAMETERS; FIELD-SCALE SIMULATION; GROUND WATER TABLE; MODELING CAPABILITIES; MONTE CARLO; NON-POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NORTH CAROLINA; ONSITE WASTEWATER SYSTEMS; PHYSIO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; POLLUTANT LOADINGS; SEPTIC; SOIL PARTICLES; SOIL WATER ASSESSMENT TOOL; SOLUBLE P; SWAT; WATER TABLE HEIGHT; WATERSHED SCALE;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTION; QUALITY CONTROL; RATING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TESTING; WASTEWATER; WATERSHEDS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

ALGORITHM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOZONATION; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NITROGEN COMPOUND; NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RURAL AREA; SUBURBAN AREA; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 81755186932     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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