Water movement and fate of nitrogen during drip dispersal of wastewater effluent into a semi-arid landscape

Water Research

Volumn 52, Issue , 2014, Pages 178-187

  Siegrist, Robert L ^a   Parzen, Rebecca ^b   Tomaras, Jill ^c   Lowe, Kathryn S ^a  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^b NORWEST CORPORATION   (Canada)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitrogen removal; Onsite wastewater treatment; Water reclamation

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; SOILS; VEGETATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION;

ARID LANDSCAPE; DRIP DISPERSAL; EFFLUENT WATERS; ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT; SEMI ARID; SOIL PROFILES; TEST SITE; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER-DISPERSED;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

NITROGEN; NITROGEN 15; GROUND WATER; SOIL; WASTE WATER;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; EFFLUENT; GRASS; NITROGEN; RECYCLING; SANDY LOAM; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL PROFILE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FECAL COLIFORM; HETEROTROPHY; HYDROLOGY; LANDSCAPE; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PH; POA PRATENSIS; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOSPHERE; SANDY LOAM; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SEPTIC TANK; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL WATER CONTENT; VEGETATION; WASTE WATER; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER CONTENT; WATER FLOW; ECOSYSTEM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT; SOIL; UNITED STATES; WATER MANAGEMENT;

COLORADO; GOLDEN; UNITED STATES;

COLORADO; ECOSYSTEM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; PLANTS; SOIL; WASTE WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84893380730     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.12.031     Document Type: Article

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