Effluent Storage and Biomat Occurrence among Septic System Absorption Field Architectures in a Typic Fragiudult

2013 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 1213-1225 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. J. M. Prater ◽  
K. R. Brye ◽  
S. Dunn ◽  
T. S. Soerens ◽  
A. N. Sharpley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Septic System ◽  
Absorption Field

Electrical Conductivity of a Failed Septic System Soil Absorption Field

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 757-763 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brad D. Lee ◽  
Byron J. Jenkinson ◽  
James A. Doolittle ◽  
Richard S. Taylor ◽  
J. Wes Tuttle
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Conductivity ◽  
Septic System ◽  
Absorption Field

COASTAL COMMUNITY WOES: SEPTIC SYSTEM DRAINFIELDS ARE THREATENED BY ELEVATED GROUNDWATER TABLES

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alissa Cox ◽  
◽  
Deborah Surabian ◽  
George W. Loomis ◽  
James D. Turenne ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Septic System ◽  
Coastal Community

Chemical fate and transport in a domestic septic system: Unsaturated and saturated zone geochemistry

1994 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheryl R. Wilhelm ◽  
Sherry L. Schiff ◽  
William D Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Fate And Transport ◽  
Saturated Zone ◽  
Septic System ◽  
Chemical Fate

Post-Pollution: Characterizing Ecological Recovery in a Historically Nutrient Enriched Lake.

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iain MacKenzie
Keyword(s):  
Washington State ◽  
Septic System ◽  
Algal Communities ◽  
System A ◽  
Chemical Measurements ◽  
Healthy State ◽  
Lake Bottom ◽  
Lake Washington ◽  
Lake Bottom Sediment ◽  
Reconstructive Techniques

An iconic story of recovery from nutrient pollution is the restoration of the heavily enriched Lake Washington in Seattle, Washington State. Originally an integral part of the municipal septic system, a diversion of wastewater in 1968 has allowed Lake Washington to return to what has been recently described as a natural and healthy state. Yet is it accurate to characterize a lake as “recovered” based purely on chemical measurements? Does a legacy of pollution linger on in the ecology of a lake system long after the lake has been given a clean bill of health?Using paleolimological reconstructive techniques it is possible to compare pre-pollution and post-pollution communities of algae by looking at microfossils stored chronologically in the lake-bottom sediment. Use of this technique has afforded a test of the assumption that once pollution stress in a lake is alleviated, the algal communities quickly return to the pre-pollution state. Work on Lake Washington indicates that this does not always hold true. Instead, it suggests that a legacy of pollution persists in the algae and ecological community of the lake long after the nutrient levels have returned to normal.

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