Nutrient processing in a novel on-site wastewater treatment system designed for permeable carbonate sand environments

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 413-421

  Tait, Douglas R ^a   Erler, Dirk V ^a   Dakers, Andrew ^b   Davison, Leigh ^a   Eyre, Bradley D ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EcoEng Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

EcoTrench; Effluent; Groundwater; Nutrient; On site treatment; Permeable carbonate sands

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SAND; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; ECOTRENCH; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT REMOVAL EFFICIENCY; ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS; ONSITE TREATMENT; SIMULTANEOUS NITRIFICATION/DENITRIFICATION;

EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER; ISOTOPES; NUTRIENTS; SAND; SEPTIC TANKS; SOILS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT;

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; DOMESTIC WASTE; HUMUS; MOBILIZATION; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PERMEABILITY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

COOK ISLANDS; RAROTONGA;

EID: 84880775138     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.04.027     Document Type: Article

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