Fate of graywater constituents after long-term application for landscape irrigation

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 4733-4749

  Negahban Azar, Masoud ^a   Sharvelle, Sybil E ^a   Stromberger, Mary E ^b   Olson, Christopher ^a   Roesner, Larry A ^a  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobials; Graywater reuse; Irrigation; Pathogens; Surfactants

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIALS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; E. COLI; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FECAL INDICATOR ORGANISMS; GEOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; GRAYWATER; LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; PATHOGENIC ORGANISMS; PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; SAMPLING LOCATION; SODIUM ADSORPTION RATIO; SOIL CORES; SOIL DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL SAMPLE; SURFACE SOIL; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; TOXIC LEVELS; TRICLOCARBAN; TRICLOSAN;

BORON; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRRIGATION; PATHOGENS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FRESH WATER; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SURFACTANT; TRICLOCARBAN; TRICLOSAN;

ADSORPTION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; IRRIGATION; LANDSCAPE; PATHOGEN; SOIL QUALITY; SURFACTANT; WATER TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAYWATER; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); SODIUM ABSORPTION RATIO; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL QUALITY; SURFACE SOIL; WASTE WATER;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 84867328316     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-012-1229-y     Document Type: Article

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