A review of the fate and transport of nitrogen, phosphorus, pathogens, and trace organic chemicals in septic systems

MG Lusk, GS Toor, YY Yang… - Critical Reviews in …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A large population living in suburban and rural areas in the world uses septic
systems, also called onsite wastewater treatment systems, to dispose of household …

Linking fecal bacteria in rivers to landscape, geochemical, and hydrologic factors and sources at the basin scale

MP Verhougstraete, SL Martin… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Linking fecal indicator bacteria concentrations in large mixed-use watersheds back to diffuse
human sources, such as septic systems, has met limited success. In this study, 64 rivers that …

Spatiotemporal patterns and source attribution of nitrogen load in a river basin with complex pollution sources

X Yang, Q Liu, G Fu, Y He, X Luo, Z Zheng - Water research, 2016 - Elsevier
Environmental problems such as eutrophication caused by excessive nutrient discharge are
global challenges. There are complex pollution sources of nitrogen (N) discharge in many …

PRISM vs. CFSR Precipitation Data Effects on Calibration and Validation of SWAT Models

DE Radcliffe, R Mukundan - JAWRA Journal of the American …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Precipitation is one of the most important drivers in watershed models. Our objective was to
compare two sources of interpolated precipitation data in terms of their effect on calibration …

Comparison of daily and sub-daily SWAT models for daily streamflow simulation in the Upper Huai River Basin of China

X Yang, Q Liu, Y He, X Luo, X Zhang - Stochastic environmental research …, 2016 - Springer
Despite the significant role of precipitation in the hydrological cycle, few studies have been
conducted to evaluate the impacts of the temporal resolution of rainfall inputs on the …

Watershed scale modeling of Dissolved organic carbon export from variable source areas

R Mukundan, RK Gelda, M Moknatian, X Zhang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in surface water influences the global carbon cycle,
ecosystem productivity, and water quality in potable water supply systems. Few physically …

Spatiotemporal characterization of nutrient pollution source compositions in the Xiaohong River Basin, China

R He, X Yang, PW Gassman, G Wang, C Yu - Ecological Indicators, 2019 - Elsevier
Although multiple pollution sources could discharge significant nutrient loads within a river
basin, few studies have attempted to analyze the spatiotemporal distribution patterns of …

Fate of effluent-borne nitrogen in the mounded drainfield of an onsite wastewater treatment system

M De, GS Toor - Vadose Zone Journal, 2015 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Onsite wastewater treatment systems (OWTS), commonly known as septic systems, are
increasingly recognized as a potential source of nitrogen in the shallow groundwater. Our …

[图书][B] Soil-based wastewater treatment

JA Amador, G Loomis - 2020 - books.google.com
Our book addresses the needs of practitioners, engineers, scientists, regulators, resource
managers, planners, and others with a need to know about septic systems. It arose after …

Wastewater nitrogen contributions to coastal plain watersheds, NC, USA

G Iverson, MA O'Driscoll, CP Humphrey… - Water, Air, & Soil …, 2015 - Springer
Nitrogen inputs to coastal watersheds have been linked to eutrophication. However, the role
that domestic sources of wastewater play in contributing nitrogen to coastal watersheds is …