The Effect of Increasing the Organic Carbon Content of Sewage on Nitrogen, Carbon, and Bacteria Removal and Infiltration in Soil Columns
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U. S. Water Conservation Laboratory, Phoenix, Arizona 85040Department of Agronomy, Mississippi State University, State College, Mississippi 39762
Issue Date
1975-04-12Keywords
Hydrology -- Arizona.Water resources development -- Arizona.
Hydrology -- Southwestern states.
Water resources development -- Southwestern states.
Denitrification
Filtration
Sewage
Sewage treatment
Soil filters
Sewage bacteriaSewage effluentsCarbonOrganic carbon
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Arizona-Nevada Academy of ScienceAbstract
Denitrification is the only reaction capable of removing the tremendous quantity of nitrogen applied when high-rate land filtration systems are used for renovating sewage water. This study determined that a shortage of organic carbon limits denitrification, and the effects of increased dissolved organic carbon concentrations on soil clogging and movement of fecal coliform bacteria are clearly shown. Finally, the removal of dissolved organic carbon at different carbon concentrations during high rate soil filtration (40-50 cm/day) also limits denitrification.ISSN
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