Meeting the criteria: linking biofilter design to fecal indicator bacteria removal

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 577-592

  Rippy, Megan A ^a  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

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EID: 84992155325     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20491948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/WAT2.1096     Document Type: Article

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