Transport of Escherichia coli and F-RNA bacteriophages in a 5-M column of saturated, heterogeneous gravel

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2347-2360

  Sinton, Lester W ^a   MacKenzie, Margaret L ^a   Karki, Naveena ^a   Dann, Rod L ^a   Pang, Liping ^a   Close, Murray E ^a  

^a ESR Christchurch Science Centre   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bacteriophages; Saturated heterogeneous gravel; Transport; Velocity Enhancement

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION-DESORPTION PROCESS; ALLUVIAL GRAVEL; AVERAGE VELOCITY; BREAK THROUGH CURVE; E. COLI; HETEROGENEOUS MIXTURES; KAOLIN PARTICLES; LONGITUDINAL DISPERSIVITY; PORE VELOCITY; QUIESCENT ZONES; REMOVAL RATE; SIZE RANGES; TOTAL REMOVAL RATES; TRANSPORT; VELOCITY ENHANCEMENT;

ADSORPTION; BACTERIOPHAGES; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; COLLOIDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAVEL; KAOLIN; MICROBIOLOGY; PIPE FLOW; RNA; SEWAGE;

BACTERIA;

BROMIDE; KAOLIN;

ADSORPTION; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; BROMIDE; DESORPTION; DISPERSIVITY; GRAVEL; MICROORGANISM; RNA; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ADSORPTION; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL REMOVAL; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLLOID; CULTURE MEDIUM; DESORPTION; DISPERSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW RATE; GRAVEL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROORGANISM; NEW ZEALAND; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; ROCK; SEWAGE; VELOCITY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TRANSPORT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 84862210837     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-011-1029-9     Document Type: Article

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