| Abstract: | Chlorinated secondary-treated effluent was used to irrigate a grassed 4-acre site at rates of 2 and 4 inches per week for periods of 11 and 14 weeks, respectively. Part of the site was drained by tile lines 5 feet below land surface. Irrigation of the drained plot resulted in rapid passage of the applied wastewater through the soil and, consequently, poor nitrogen removal. The rapid percolation permitted nitrification but prevented denitrification. Total phosphorus in the shallow ground water at the site increased from a maximum of 1.4 milligrams per liter before irrigation to as much as 5 milligrams per liter in the ground water 5 feet below land surface. Concentrations of nitrogen and phosphorus did not increase in ground water downgradient from the site, although increased chloride concentrations demonstrated downgradient migration of the applied wastewater. Prior to irrigation, total coliform bacteria were not detected in ground water at the site. After irrigation, total and fecal coliforms were detected in the ground water at the site and downgradient. (Woodard-USGS) |
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| Citation Author: | Reichenbaugh, R. C.; Brown, David P.; Goetz, Carole L. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | iv, 47 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, |
| Citation Series: | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | WRI |
| Citation Series Number: | 78-110 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Results of testing landspreading of treated municipal wastewater at St. Petersburg, Florida; 1979; WRI; 78-110; Reichenbaugh, R. C.; Brown, David P.; Goetz, Carole L. |
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| Text: | Results of testing landspreading of treated municipal wastewater at St. Petersburg, Florida; 1979; WRI; 78-110; Reichenbaugh, R. C.; Brown, David P.; Goetz, Carole L. |
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| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1978/0110/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, |
