Nutrient removal using biosorption activated media: Preliminary biogeochemical assessment of an innovative stormwater infiltration basin

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 432, Issue , 2012, Pages 227-242

  O'Reilly, Andrew M ^a   Wanielista, Martin P ^b   Chang, Ni Bin ^b   Xuan, Zhemin ^b   Harris, Willie G ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological treatment; Biosorption activated media; Nitrate; Phosphorus; Sorption; Stormwater infiltration

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMICAL ASSESSMENT; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; DENITRIFIERS; DISSIMILATORY NITRATE REDUCTION; FLORIDA , USA; FUNCTIONALIZED; GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE; MAJOR IONS; MICROSITES; MIXING RATIOS; NUTRIENT REDUCTION; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; OXYGEN EXCHANGE; PHOSPHORUS LOSS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESEARCH NEEDS; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL GAS; SOIL MOISTURE RETENTIONS; SOIL WATER; SORPTION CAPACITIES; STABLE ISOTOPES; STORMWATER INFILTRATION BASINS; STORMWATERS; SUBBASINS; TIRE CRUMBS; TOTAL DISSOLVED PHOSPHORUS; UNSATURATED ZONE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOSORPTION; DENITRIFICATION; FLOOD CONTROL; GROUNDWATER; INNOVATION; ISOTOPES; NITRATES; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENTS; OXIDATION; PHOSPHORUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REDUCTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SORPTION; STORMS;

INFILTRATION;

AMMONIA; CHLORIDE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL WATER; STORM WATER;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER; INFILTRATION; MIXING RATIO; NITRATE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; RUNOFF; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; SORPTION; STORMWATER; VADOSE ZONE;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOSORPTION; BIOSORPTION ACTIVATED MEDIA; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; DENITRIFICATION; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HYDROLOGY; INNOVATIVE STORM WATER INFILTRATION BASIN; ION EXCHANGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UNITED STATES; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATERSHED;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FILTRATION; FLORIDA; GROUNDWATER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SEASONS; SOIL; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER QUALITY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

INDICATOR MINOR;

EID: 84862639367     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.05.083     Document Type: Article

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