Nitrogen transformations in different types of soil treatment areas receiving domestic wastewater

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 94, Issue , 2016, Pages 22-29

  Cooper, Jennifer A ^a   Morales, Iván ^b   Amador, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b The University of Rhode Island   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Nitrogen transformations; Onsite wastewater treatment systems; Soil treatment area

Indexed keywords

DENITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; SOILS; STORM SEWERS;

AUTOTROPHIC DENITRIFICATION; AUTOTROPHIC N-REMOVAL; HETEROTROPHIC DENITRIFICATION; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESS; NITROGEN TRANSFORMATIONS; ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; SOIL TREATMENTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DENITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RECYCLING; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL TYPE; TRANSFORMATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84973115712     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2016.05.059     Document Type: Article

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