Transport of microbial tracers in clean and organically contaminated silica sand in laboratory columns compared with their transport in the field

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 443, Issue , 2013, Pages 55-64

  Weaver, Louise ^a   Sinton, Lester W ^a   Pang, Liping ^a   Dann, Rod ^a   Close, Murray ^a  

^a ESR Christchurch Science Centre   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aquifers; Bacteriophage; Dissolved organic carbon (DOC); E. coli; Microbial transport; Sand

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER MATERIALS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; E. COLI; FIELD SCALE; FIELD STUDIES; GROUNDWATER AQUIFER; LABORATORY COLUMNS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINANT; MICROBIAL TRACERS; MICROBIAL TRANSPORT; MS2 PHAGE; NANOSCALE PROPERTIES; RECOVERY RATE; SECONDARY ENERGY MINIMA; TRANSPORT RATE;

AQUIFERS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; LABORATORIES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PATHOGENS; POROUS MATERIALS; SAND; SILICA SAND; STREAM FLOW; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; POTASSIUM BROMIDE; TRACER;

AQUIFER; BACTERIOPHAGE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; PATHOGEN; POROUS MEDIUM; REDUCTION; SAND; SILICA; TRACER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BINDING COMPETITION; BINDING SITE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW RATE; MS2 VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; VIRAL CONTAMINATION;

CARBON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEVIVIRUS; SEWAGE; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84869864526     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.09.049     Document Type: Article

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