Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems: Viruses

Keeping disease-causing microorganisms out of groundwater used for drinking water supplies is important to protect human health. This 7-page fact sheet characterizes the behavior of viruses in septic systems and the soil drain field and summarizes what we know about the extent and character of groun...

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Main Authors: Mary Lusk, Gurpal S. Toor, Thomas Obreza
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Language:English
Published: The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries 2011-10-01
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Online Access:https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/119395
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description Keeping disease-causing microorganisms out of groundwater used for drinking water supplies is important to protect human health. This 7-page fact sheet characterizes the behavior of viruses in septic systems and the soil drain field and summarizes what we know about the extent and character of groundwater contamination with viruses emanating from septic systems. Written by Mary Lusk, Gurpal S. Toor, and Tom Obreza, and published by the UF Department of Soil and Water Science, October 2011. SL351/SS553: Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems: Viruses (ufl.edu)
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