Assessment of a rainwater harvesting system for pollutant mitigation at a commercial location in Raleigh, NC, USA

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 283-290

  Wilson, Corinne E ^a   Hunt III, William F ^a   Winston, Ryan J ^a   Smith, Patrick ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Soil and Environmental Consultants PA   (United States)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Low impact development; North Carolina; Nutrient management; Rainwater harvesting; Stormwater management

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; HARVESTING; IRRIGATION; NITROGEN; POLLUTION; RUNOFF; STORM SEWERS; STORMS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); URBAN GROWTH; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER QUALITY;

LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT; NORTH CAROLINA; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; STORM-WATER MANAGEMENTS;

RAIN;

AMMONIA NITROGEN; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; STORM WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EFFLUENT; IRRIGATION; LANDSCAPE; NITROGEN COMPOUND; PHOSPHATE; POLLUTANT; RAINWATER; RUNOFF; SEMIARID REGION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; RAINWATER HARVESTING SYSTEM; RAINWATER HARVESTING TANK; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TANK; UNITED STATES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

NORTH CAROLINA; RALEIGH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899983622     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2013.200     Document Type: Article

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