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dc.contributor.authorHiggins, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorWarnken, Jan
dc.contributor.authorTeasdale, Peter R
dc.contributor.authorArthur, J Michael
dc.contributor.editorCharles P. Gerba, Paul R. Hunter, Paul Jagals, In S. Kim, Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen, Steve Pedley
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:23:34Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:23:34Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.modified2010-05-17T06:25:45Z
dc.identifier.issn1477-8920
dc.identifier.doi10.2166/wh.2009.134
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/29704
dc.description.abstractChanges were assessed in urban wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) effluent quality during short-term storage in open surface ponds. Water quality was monitored over five years at the inlets and outlets of open storage ponds located at three biological nutrient removal plants. Pond influent temperature, rainfall and sewage inflow were not found to be major factors. However, there was a trend for water temperature to be correlated negatively with nitrogenous nutrient and positively with faecal coliform values. The observed increases in faecal coliforms, nutrients and chemical oxygen demand were most likely caused through avian faecal contamination. These increases challenge the notion that pond storage has a positive or negligible effect on effluent quality. The observed one to two orders of magnitude increase in faecal coliforms may affect reuse scheme viability by limiting the range of uses under Australian water recycling guidelines. Potential improvements to short-term recycled water storage management at WWTPs could include the integration of monitoring requirements in WWTP discharge licences and recycling guidelines and the monitoring of all water quality parameters, including microbiological ones, at the point of entry into the recycled water distribution system, after WWTP storage, rather than directly post-disinfection
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.format.extent199621 bytes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherIWA Plublishing
dc.publisher.placeUK
dc.publisher.urihttps://iwaponline.com/jwh/article/7/4/597/2020/Decline-in-recycled-water-quality-during-short
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationY
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom597
dc.relation.ispartofpageto608
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of water and health
dc.relation.ispartofvolume7
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchAtmospheric composition, chemistry and processes
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode370104
dc.titleDecline in recycled water quality during short-term storage in open ponds
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith School of Environment
gro.rights.copyright© IWA Publishing 2009. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. The definitive peer-reviewed and edited version of this article is published in Journal of Water and Health Vol 7 No 4 pp 597–608 2009 http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wh.2009.134 and is available at www.iwapublishing.com
gro.date.issued2009
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gro.griffith.authorArthur, Michael M.
gro.griffith.authorTeasdale, Peter R.
gro.griffith.authorWarnken, Jan
gro.griffith.authorHiggins, Jennifer


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