ISSN:
1745-6584
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering
,
Geosciences
Notes:
Upon the information provided by the resistivity survey indicating that the most probable direction of flow of the sewage effluent discharged onto the sand beds at the Lake George Village sewage treatment plant is northerly along Gage Road toward West Brook, a survey was made of the West Brook flood plain, both upstream and downstream from Gage Road. Considerable seepage was found emanating from the base of the sand hill which delineates the West Brook valley. The high dissolved solids of this seepage plus other chemical parameters and the configuration of the land suggested that this seepage represented the effluent applied to the sand beds. Wells were placed in the sand beds and between the beds and West Brook. Measurement of the quality of the ground water in these wells indicates that phosphates are effectively removed in passing through approximately 2,000 feet (600 m) of sand, that chlorides are essentially unchanged, and that organic and ammonia nitrogen are effectively converted to nitrate which is not removed. Phage particles were also found. Substances not removed exerted an influence on the quality of water in West Brook. An additional source of chloride appears to be salt stored at the nearby highway department garage. This interferes with the use of chloride as a tracer of the sewage treatment plant effluent.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-6584.1974.tb03036.x
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