Nitrogen and carbon dynamics beneath on-site wastewater treatment systems in Pitt County, North Carolina

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 663-671

  Del Rosario, Katie L ^a   Humphrey, Charles P ^a   Mitra, Siddhartha ^a   O'Driscoll, Michael A ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissolved organic carbon; Groundwater; Nitrogen; On site wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; RECLAMATION; STREAM FLOW; SURFACE WATERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CONCENTRATION REDUCTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED OXYGEN MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT; ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS;

GROUNDWATER;

CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GROUND WATER; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; SURFACE WATER;

CARBON CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; NITROGEN CYCLE; PIEZOMETER; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WATER TABLE;

ARTICLE; CARBON DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DILUTION; DRAIN; NITROGEN DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT; SEPTIC TANK; TIME; TRANSPORT KINETICS; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TABLE;

NORTH CAROLINA; PITT COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

CARBON; GROUNDWATER; NITROGEN; NORTH CAROLINA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84896779174     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2013.765     Document Type: Article

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