Nutrient Loadings to Streams of the Continental United States from Municipal and Industrial Effluent

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 950-964

  Maupin, Molly A ^a   Ivahnenko, Tamara ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Loads; Major river basins; Nutrients; Point source; Wastewater; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANNUAL NUTRIENT LOADS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; EFFLUENT FLOWS; GALLONS PER DAYS; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES; LOADS; MAJOR RIVER BASINS; MULTIPLE SCALE; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT LOADING; NUTRIENT LOADS; POINT SOURCE; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; RESEARCH EFFORTS; SEWAGE SYSTEM; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WATERSHED MODELING;

EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; PHOSPHORUS; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; SEWAGE; SURFACE WATERS; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

NUTRIENTS;

ANNUAL VARIATION; DATABASE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; RIVER BASIN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STREAMWATER; SURFACE WATER; SUSPENDED LOAD; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860411402     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2011.00576.x     Document Type: Article

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