Rainfall effects on inflow and infiltration in wastewater treatment systems in a coastal plain region

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1909-1921

  Cahoon, Lawrence B ^a   Hanke, Marc H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflow and infiltration; Rainfall; Sanitary system overflows; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INFILTRATION; RECLAMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SANITARY SEWERS; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; SANITARY SYSTEMS; WASTEWATER COLLECTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM; WATER QUALITY IMPAIRMENT; WATER QUALITY PROTECTION; WHOLE-SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

RAIN;

RAIN; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

COASTAL PLAIN; INFILTRATION; INFLOW; RAINFALL; SANITATION; SEWER NETWORK; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TABLE;

ARTICLE; COASTAL PLAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; NORTH CAROLINA; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER TABLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NORTH CAROLINA; RAIN; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 85024495695     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2017.072     Document Type: Article

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