Evaluating the influence of septic systems and watershed characteristics on stream faecal pollution in suburban watersheds in Georgia, USA

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1500-1512

  Sowah, R ^a   Zhang, H ^a   Radcliffe, D ^b   Bauske, E ^c   Habteselassie, M Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Microbial contamination; Septic density; Stream yield; Wastewater treatment; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FORESTRY; LAND USE; LINEAR REGRESSION; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATERSHEDS;

BACTERIAL COUNT; BASEFLOWS; FECAL POLLUTION; LEVEL CHARACTERISTIC; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; SEPTIC DENSITY; SEPTIC SYSTEM; STREAM YIELD; WATERSHED CHARACTERISTICS; WATERSHED LEVELS;

WATER QUALITY;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; WASTE WATER;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FOREST; LAND USE; NONHUMAN; PH; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; STREAM (RIVER); SUBURBAN AREA; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATERSHED; WINTER; CHEMISTRY; GEORGIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RIVER; SEASON; SEWAGE; STATISTICAL MODEL; WASTE WATER;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GEORGIA; LINEAR MODELS; RIVERS; SEASONS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84907970741     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jam.12614     Document Type: Article

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