Research Article
Sep 1975
Fate of Wastewater Bacteria and Viruses in Soil
Authors: Charles P. Gerba, Joseph L. Melnick, and Craig WallisAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Journal of the Irrigation and Drainage Division
Volume 101, Issue 3
Abstract
The fate of microorganisms in wastewater as they contact the soil is an important consideration in land disposal of waste. How free the percolated ground water, soil, or overland runoff is of human pathogens depends principally on the survival of the organisms in the soil and the degree of retention by the soil.
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Journal of the Irrigation and Drainage Division
Volume 101 • Issue 3 • September 1975
Pages: 157 - 174
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© 1975 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Feb 11, 2021
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Charles P. Gerba
Asst. Prof. of Environmental Virology, Dept. of Virology and Epidemiology, Baylor Coll. of Medicine, Houston, Tex.
Joseph L. Melnick
Prof. and Chrnn., Dept. of Virology and Epidemiology, Baylor Coll. of Medicine, Houston, Tex.
Craig Wallis
Prof. of Virology, Dept. of Virology and Epidemiology, Baylor Coll. of Medicine, Houston, Tex.
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