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Trace Element Removal from Sewage Effluent by Soil Filtration
Author(s) -
Lehman G. S.,
Wilson L. G.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
water resources research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.863
H-Index - 217
eISSN - 1944-7973
pISSN - 0043-1397
DOI - 10.1029/wr007i001p00090
Subject(s) - effluent , manganese , cadmium , environmental chemistry , atomic absorption spectroscopy , sewage , zinc , environmental science , filtration (mathematics) , lysimeter , copper , saturation (graph theory) , calcareous , chemistry , environmental engineering , soil water , soil science , geology , statistics , mathematics , paleontology , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , combinatorics
The concentrations of iron, manganese, nickel, copper, zinc, lead, and cadmium in a domestic sewage effluent were effectively reduced during percolation through about 8 feet of calcareous soil material contained in lysimeters. Strontium concentrations were not reduced by similar filtration. Cobalt and hexavalent chromium were not present in the effluent in quantities detectable by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. In a field study conducted on large plots over a three year period, larger quantities of iron, manganese, and copper in the filtrate indicate the possible saturation of the soil with several trace metals in a relatively short period of time.
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