The impact of wastewater treatment effluent on the biogeochemistry of the Enoree River, South Carolina, during drought conditions

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 225, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Andersen, C Brannon ^a   Lewis, Gregory P ^a   Hart, Marylea ^a,b   Pugh, John ^a,c  

^a FURMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Biology Furman University ^*  (United States)

^c SOUTHERN COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitrate; Phosphate; River; Wastewater treatment effluent

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DROUGHT; EFFLUENTS; NITRATES; PHOSPHATES; SODIUM BICARBONATE; SODIUM SULFATE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL SIGNATURES; DOMINANT PROCESS; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; HUMAN INFLUENCES; SOLUTE CONCENTRATIONS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

RIVERS;

BICARBONATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLORIDE; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE; RUNOFF; SILICON; SODIUM; SULFATE;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DROUGHT; EFFLUENT; NITRATE; PHOSPHATE; POINT SOURCE; RIVER WATER; SALINITY; TRIBUTARY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DILUTION; DROUGHT; EFFLUENT; HYDROLOGY; RIVER; SALINITY; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT EFFLUENT; WATER SAMPLING;

ENOREE RIVER; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901369247     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-014-1955-4     Document Type: Article

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