Assessing environmental impacts of treated wastewater through monitoring of fecal indicator bacteria and salinity in irrigated soils

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1559-1572

  McLain, Jean E T ^a   Williams, Clinton F ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterococcus; Escherichia coli; Fecal indicator bacteria; Soil salinity; Turfgrass; Water reuse

Indexed keywords

ENTEROCOCCUS; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; SOIL SALINITY; TURFGRASS; WATER REUSE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRRIGATION; MONITORING; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLVENTS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FECAL COLIFORM; IRRIGATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PERCOLATION; POTENTIAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; SALINITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL QUALITY; WASTEWATER; WATER BUDGET; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIUM; FLUID INTAKE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); POND; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WINTER;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALINITY; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POACEAE;

EID: 84857369234     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2060-4     Document Type: Article

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