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Transport and transformations of nitrogen compounds in effluent from sand filter-septic system draintile fields

Creator:

Bushman, Jennifer L.

Abstract:

A total of 44 intermittent sand filter-septic systems, in five counties of Western Oregon, were sampled over a three-month period during the summer of 1995. The sand filter systems varied in age from 36 months up to 167 months (3 to 13.9 years). Liquid samples were taken from the septic...

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Masters Thesis

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average removal of total nitrogen (TKN + nitrate) through the filter was found to be 43%. Nitrate was
Potential of a fungus, Acremonium sp., to decolorize pulp mill effluent

Creator:

Lesley, Dawn

Abstract:

This project explored the feasibility of using fungi in a constructed wetland for the treatment of pulp mill effluent. The effluent is high in dissolved lignins (some of which are chlorinated), which have proven very difficult to degrade biologically. Mindful of work done with the (terrestrial) white rot fungi, especially...

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Masters Thesis

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the efficiency of color removal) treated in fixed-film reactors and reduce the volume run through