dc.contributor.author | Gardner, E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Vieritz, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Beal, C. | |
dc.contributor.editor | Bob Swinton | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-03T13:02:52Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-03T13:02:52Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
dc.date.modified | 2011-08-16T07:30:12Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 03100367 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/39808 | |
dc.description.abstract | Septic systems have a mixed reputation both with the Australian public and regulatory authorities. There is a general belief that they are an outdated and substandard means of on-site wastewater treatment. In this paper we explore the evidence for the sustainability of on-site systems using contamination of surface and groundwaters as primary criteria. Overall we show that despite consistent reports of a high (e.g. =20%) incidence of failing septic trenches, evidence for off-site impacts ranges from sparse to ambiguous at best. To help fill in experimental data gaps we discuss modelling results reported by both ourselves and others, that place contaminant exports (in particular N, P and faecal coliforms) in the context of likely export loads from existing land uses and increasing urbanisation. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.description.publicationstatus | Yes | |
dc.format.extent | 296535 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Australian Water Association | |
dc.publisher.place | St Leonard's NSW | |
dc.publisher.uri | https://issuu.com/australianwater/docs/2006_-_1_feb | |
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublication | N | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 28 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 33 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 1 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Water | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 33 | |
dc.rights.retention | Y | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Natural Resource Management | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 050209 | |
dc.title | Are on-site systems environmentally sustainable? | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
dcterms.license | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.1/au/ | |
gro.rights.copyright | © The Author(s) 2006. The attached file is posted here with permission of the copyright owners for your personal use only. No further distribution permitted.For information about this journal please refer to the journal's website. The online version of this work is licensed under a Creative Commons License, available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.1/au/ | |
gro.date.issued | 2006 | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Beal, Cara D. | |