Assessment of the impact of traditional septic tank soakaway systems on water quality in Ireland

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 634-641

  Keegan, Mary ^a   Kilroy, Kate ^b   Nolan, Daniel ^a   Dubber, Donata ^a   Johnston, Paul M ^a   Misstear, Bruce D R ^a   O'Flaherty, Vincent ^b   Barrett, Maria ^b   Gill, Laurence W ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Microbial source tracking; Pollution attenuation; Septic tanks; Subsoils

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROUNDWATER; POLLUTION; RIVER POLLUTION; SEPTIC TANKS; SOILS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

FAECAL CONTAMINATION; IRELAND; LOCAL SURFACES; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS; SOAKAWAYS; SUBSOILS; TREATMENT PERFORMANCE;

SURFACE WATERS;

GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER; WATER; BACTERIAL DNA; FRESH WATER; SOIL; WASTE WATER;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; EFFLUENT; PERMEABILITY; SUBSOIL; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES CONTAMINATION; IRELAND; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SEPTIC TANK; SOAKAWAY SYSTEM; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY; BACTERIA; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; FECES; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; SOIL; WASTE WATER;

IRELAND;

BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; FRESH WATER; GROUNDWATER; IRELAND; SOIL; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84907353054     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2014.227     Document Type: Article

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