11 References
Aravena, R., M.L. Evans, and J.A. Cherry, 1993, Stable isotopes of oxygen and nitrogen in source identification of nitrate from septic systems. Groundwater, volume 31, number 2, pages 180-186.
Aravena, R., and W.D. Robertson, 1998, Use of multiple isotope tracers to evaluate denitrification in ground water: study of nitrate from a large-flux septic system plume. Groundwater, volume 36, pages 975-982.
Arnscheidt, H., P. Jordan, S. Li, S. McCormick, R. McFaul, H.J. McGrogan, M. Neal, and J.T. Simms, 2007, Defining the sources of low-flow phosphorus transfers in complex catchments. The Science of Total Environment, volume 382, pages 1-13.
Aukes, P.J.K., S.L. Schiff, and W.D. Robertson, 2019, Evaluation of dissolved organic matter along a septic system plume: evidence of sustained biochemical activity in the groundwater zone. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, volume 124, pages 1389-1400.
Baer, S., W.D. Robertson, J. Spoelstra, and S.L. Schiff, 2019, Nutrient loading to Lake Huron from septic systems at Grand Bend, Ontario. Journal of Great Lakes Research, volume 45, pages 642-650.
Bales, R.C., S. Li, K.M. Maguire, M.T. Yahya, C.P. Gerba, and R.W. Harvey, 1995, Virus and bacteria transport in a sandy aquifer, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Groundwater, volume 33, number 4, pages 653-661.
Barbaro, J.R., D.A. Walter, and D.R. LeBlanc, 2013, Transport of nitrogen in a treated-wastewater plume to coastal discharge areas, Ashumet Valley, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. United States Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2013-5061, 37 pages, http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2013/5061/.
Bassett, R. L., P.M. Buszka, G.R. Davidson, and D. Chong-Diaz, 1995, Identification of groundwater solute sources using boron isotopic composition. Environmental Science and Technology, volume 29, pages 2915-2922.
Betancourt, W.Q., J. Schijven, J. Regenery, A. Wing, C.M. Morrison, J.E. Drewes, and C.P. Gerba, 2019, Variable non-linear removal of viruses during transport through a saturated soil column. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, volume 223, doi:10.1016/j.jconhyd.2019.04.002.
Böhlke, J.K., R. Wanty, M. Tuttle, G. Delin, and M. Landon, 2002, Denitrification in the recharge area and discharge area of a transient agricultural nitrate plume in a glacial outwash sand aquifer, Minnesota. Water Resources Research, volume 38, number 7, pages 10-1 to 10-26, https://doi.org/10.1029/2001WR000663.
Buerge, I.J., H.R. Buser, M. Kahle, M.D. Müller, and T. Poiger, 2009, Ubiquitous occurrence of the artificial sweetener acesulfame in the aquatic environment: an ideal chemical marker of domestic wastewater in groundwater. Environmental Science and Technology, volume 43, pages 4381-4385.
Bussey, K.W., and D.A. Walter, 1996, Spatial and temporal distribution of specific conductance, boron, and phosphorus in a sewage-contaminated aquifer, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. United States Geological Survey, Open-File Report, series 96-472, 44 pages.
Cape Cod Commission, 2015, Cape Cod area wide water quality management plan update. Barnstable, Massachusetts, Section 208, www.capecodcommission.org/our–work/208.
Carrara, C., C.J. Ptacek, W.D. Robertson, D.W. Blowes, M.C. Moncur, E. Sverko, and S. Backus, 2007, Fate of acid pharmaceutical compounds in three septic system plumes, Ontario, Canada. Environmental Science and Technology, volume 42, number 8, pages 2805-2811.
Caschetto, M., W.D. Robertson, M. Petitta, R. Arevena, 2017, Partial nitrification enhances natural attenuation of nitrogen in a septic system plume. Science of the Total Environment, volume 625, pages 801-808.
Castronovo, S., A. Wick, M. Scheurer, K. Nödler, M. Schulz, and T.A. Ternes, 2017, Biodegradation of the artificial sweetener acesulfame in biological wastewater treatment and sand filters. Water Research, volume 110, pages 342–353.
Chen, M., 1988, Pollution of ground water by nutrients and fecal coliforms from lakeshore septic tank systems. Water Air and Soil Pollution, volume 37, pages 407-417.
Clara, M., B. Strenn, and N. Kreuzinger, 2004, Carbamazepine as a possible anthropogenic marker in the aquatic environment: investigations on the behaviour of Carbamazepine in wastewater treatment and during groundwater infiltration. Water Research, volume 38, pages 947-954.
Clark, I.D., R. Timlin, A. Bourbonnais, K. Jones, D. Lafleur, and K. Wickens, 2008, Origin and fate of industrial ammonium in anoxic ground water – 15N evidence for anaerobic oxidation (anammox). Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, volume 28, number 3, pages 73-82.
Colman, J.A., D.R. LeBlanc, J.K. Böhlke, T.D. McCobb, K.D. Kroeger, M. Belaval, T.C. Cambareri, G.F. Pirolli, T.W. Brooks, M.E. Garren, T.B. Stover, and A. Keeley, 2018, Geochemical conditions and nitrogen transport in nearshore groundwater and the subterranean estuary at a Cape Cod embayment, East Falmouth, Massachusetts, 2013–14. United States Geological Survey, Scientific Investigations Report 2018–5095, 69 pages, https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20185095.
Conn, K.E., L.B. Barber, G.K. Brown, and R.L. Seigrist, 2006, Occurrence and fate of organic contaminants during on-site wastewater treatment. Environmental Science and Technology, volume 40, pages 7358-7366.
Deborde, D.C., W.W. Woessner, B. Lauerman, and P. Ball, 1998a, Coliphage prevalence in high school septic effluent and associated ground water. Water Research, volume 32, number 12, pages 3781-3785.
Deborde, D.C., W.W. Woessner, B. Lauerman, and P. Ball, 1998b, Virus occurrence and transport in a school septic system and unconfined aquifer. Groundwater, volume 36, number 5, pages 825-834.
Deborde, D.C., W.W. Woessner, Q.T. Kiley, and P. Ball, 1999, Rapid transport of viruses in a floodplain aquifer. Water Research, volume 33, number 10, pages 2229-2238.
Dillon, P.J., and F.H. Rigler, 1974, The phosphorus – chlorophyll relationship in lakes. Limnology and Oceanography, volume 19, number 5, pages 767-773.
Einarson, M., and D. Mackay, 2001, Predicting impacts of groundwater contamination. Environmental Science and Technology, volume 44, number 3, pages 66A-73A.
Eveborn, D., J.P. Gustafsson, E. Elmefors, L. Yu, A.K. Eriksson, E. Ljung, G. Renman, 2014, Phosphorus in soil treatment systems: accumulation and mobility. Water Research, volume 64, pages 42-52.
Freeze, R.A., and J.A. Cherry, 1979, Groundwater. Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Garabedian, S.P., D.R. LeBlanc, L.W. Gelhar, and M.A. Celia, 1991, Large-scale natural-gradient tracer test in sand and gravel, Cape Cod, Massachusetts: Section 2. Analysis of spatial moments for a nonreactive tracer. Water Resources Research, volume 27, number 5, pages 911-924, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/91WR00242.
Garda, D., 2018, Persistence of artificial sweeteners, phosphorus, and nitrogen in three septic system plumes with differing redox conditions. Master of Science Thesis, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Geary, P., and S. Lucas, 2019, Contamination of estuaries from failing septic tank systems: Difficulties in scaling up from monitored individual systems to cumulative impact. Environmental Science and Pollution Research International, volume 26, pages 2132-2144.
Goss, M.J., D.A.J. Barry, and D.L. Rudolph, 1998, Contamination of Ontario farmstead domestic wells and its association with agriculture: Section 1. Results from drinking water wells. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, volume 32, pages 267-293.
Harman, J., W.D. Robertson, and J.A. Cherry, 1996, Impacts on a sand aquifer from an old septic system: Nitrate and phosphate. Groundwater, volume 34, pages 1103-1114.
Harris, P.J., 1995, Water quality impacts from on-site waste disposal systems to coastal areas through groundwater discharge. Environmental Geology, volume 26, pages 262-268.
Heaton, T.H.E., 1986, Isotopic studies of nitrogen pollution in the hydrosphere and atmosphere: A review. Chemical Geology, Isotope Section, volume 59, pages 87-102.
Heberer, T., A. Mechlinski, B. Fanck, A. Knappe, G. Massmann, A. Pekdeger, and B. Fritz, 2004, Field studies on the fate and transport of pharmaceutical residues in bank filtration. Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, volume 24, number 2, pages 70-77.
Hinkle, S.R., J.K. Böhlke, and L.H. Fisher, 2008. Mass balance and isotope effects during nitrogen transport through septic tank systems with packed-bed (sand) filters. Science of the Total Environment, volume 407, pages 324-332.
Iverson, G., C.P. Humphrey Jr., M.A. O’Driscoll, C. Sanderford, and J. Jernigan, 2018, Nutrient exports from watersheds with varying septic system densities in the North Carolina Piedmont. Journal of Environmental Management, volume 211, pages 206-217.
Kahl, S., S. Kleinsteuber, J. Nivala, M. van Afferden, and T. Reemtsma, 2018, Emerging biodegradation of the previously persistent artificial sweetener acesulfame in biological wastewater treatment. Environmental Science and Technology, volume 52, pages 2717-2725.
Kölle, W., O. Strebel, and J. Böettcher, 1985, Formation of sulfate by microbial denitrification in a reducing aquifer. Water Supply, volume 3, pages 35-40.
Komor, S.C., and H.W. Anderson, 1993, Nitrogen isotopes as indicators of nitrate sources in Minnesota sand plain aquifers. Groundwater, volume 31, pages 260-270.
Korom, S.F., 1992, Natural denitrification in the saturated zone: A review. Water Resources Research, volume 28, pages 1657-1668.
Kreitler, C.W., S.E. Rogone, and B.G. Katz, 1979, 15N/14N ratios of ground-water nitrate, Long Island, New York. Groundwater, volume 16, pages 404-409.
LeBlanc, D.R., 1984, Sewage plume in a sand and gravel aquifer, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. United States Geological Survey, Water-Supply paper 2218.
McCobb, T.D., D.R. LeBlanc, D.A. Walter, K.M. Hess, D.B. Kent, and R.L. Smith, 2003, Phosphorus in a ground-water contaminant plume discharging to Ashumet Pond, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 1999. United States Geological Survey, Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4306, 69 pages, http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/wri024306/pdfs/wrir024306.pdf.
McCray, J.E., S.L Kirkland, R.L. Siegrist, and G.D. Thyne, 2005, Model parameters for simulating fate and transport of on-site wastewater nutrients. Groundwater, volume 43, number 4, pages 628-639.
Moltyaner, G.L., and R.W.D. Killey, 1988, Twin Lakes tracer tests: Transverse dispersion. Water Resources Research, volume 24, pages 1628-1637.
Moore, T. A., P. Xing, B. Lazenby, S.L. Schiff, W.D. Robertson, R. Timlin, S. Lanza, M.C. Ryan, R. Aravena, D. Fortin, I.D. Clark, and J.D. Neufeld, 2011, Predominance of anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria in contaminated groundwater. Environmental Science and Technology, volume 45, number 17, pages 7217-7225.
Nakada, N., K. Kiri, H. Shinohara, A. Harada, K. Kuroda, S. Takizawa, and H. Takada, H., 2008, Evaluation of pharmaceuticals and personal care products as water-soluble markers of sewage. Environmental Science and Technology, volume 42, number 17, pages 6347-6353.
OMAFRA (Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs), 2019, Septic Smart! Understanding your home’s septic system. Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Oppenheimer, J., A. Eaton, M. Badruzzaman, A.W. Haghani, and J.G. Jacangelo, 2011, Occurrence and suitability of sucralose as an indicator compound of wastewater loading to surface waters in urbanized regions. Water Research, volume 45, number 13, pages 4019-4027.
Parkhurst, D.L., 1995, User’s guide to PHREEQC; A computer program for speciation, reaction-path advective transport and inverse geochemical calculations. United States Geological Survey, Water Resources Investigation 95 (4227), pages 1-143.
Parkhurst, D.L., K.G. Stollenwerk, and J. Colman, 2003, Reactive-transport simulation of phosphorus in the sewage plume at the Massachusetts military reservation, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. United States Geological Survey, Water Resources Investigations report 03-4017, 32 pages.
Persky, J.H., 1986, The relation of ground-water quality to housing density, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. United States Geological Survey, Water Resources Investigations Report 86-4093, 28 pages, pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1986/4093/report.pdf.
Postma, D., C. Boesen, H. Kristianson, F. Larsen, 1991, Nitrate reduction in an unconfined sandy aquifer: Water chemistry, reduction processes and geochemical modeling. Water Resources Research, volume 27, pages 2027-2045.
Ptacek, C.J., 1998, Geochemistry of a septic-system plume in a coastal barrier bar, Point Pelee, Ontario, Canada. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, volume 33, pages 293-312.
Reneau, R.B., D.E. Pettry, 1975, Movement of coliform bacteria from septic tank effluent through selected coastal plains soils of Virginia. Journal of Environmental Quality, volume 4, issue 1, 41-44.
Rivett, M.O., S.R. Buss, P. Morgan, J.W.N. Smith, C.D. Bemment, 2008, Nitrate attenuation in groundwater: A review of biochemical controlling processes. Water Research, volume 42, pages 4215-4232.
Robertson, W.D., 1994, Chemical fate and transport in a domestic septic system: Site description and attenuation of dichlororobenzene. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, volume 14, number 2, pages 183-191.
Robertson, W.D., 1995, Development of steady state phosphate in septic system plumes. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, volume 19, number 4, pages 289-315.
Robertson, W.D., 2003, Enhanced attenuation of septic system phosphate in non-calcareous sediments. Groundwater, volume 41, number 1, pages 48-56.
Robertson, W.D. 2008, Irreversible phosphorous sorption in septic system plumes? Groundwater, volume 46, pages 51-60.
Robertson, W.D., and J.A. Cherry, 1992, Hydrogeology of an unconfined sand aquifer and its effect on the behavior of nitrogen from a large-flux septic system. Applied Hydrogeology, volume 1, pages 32-44.
Robertson, W.D., J.A. Cherry, and E.A. Sudicky, 1991, Ground-water contamination from two small septic systems on sand aquifers. Groundwater, volume 29, number 1, pages 82-92.
Robertson, W.D., B.M. Russell, and J.A. Cherry, 1996, Attenuation of nitrate in aquitard sediments of southern Ontario. Journal of Hydrology, volume 180, pages 267-281.
Robertson, W.D., S.L. Schiff, and C.J. Ptacek, 1998, Review of phosphate mobility and persistence in 10 septic system plumes. Groundwater, volume 36, number 6, pages 1000-1010.
Robertson, W.D., T. Moore, J. Spoelstra, R.J. Elgood, I.D. Clark, S.L. Schiff, R. Aravena, and J.D. Neufeld, 2012, Natural attenuation of septic system nitrogen by anammox. Groundwater, volume 50, pages 541-553.
Robertson, W. D., D.R. Van Stempvoort, D.K. Solomon, J. Homewood, S.J. Brown, J. Spoelstra, and S.L. Schiff, 2013, Persistence of artificial sweeteners in a 15-year-old septic system plume. Journal of Hydrology, volume 477, pages 43-54.
Robertson, W.D., D.R. Van Stempvoort, and S.L. Schiff, 2019, Review of phosphorus attenuation in groundwater plumes from 24 septic systems. Science of the Total Environment, volume 692, pages 640-652.
Robertson, W.D., D.R. Van Stempvoort, and S.L. Schiff, 2020, Nitrogen attenuation in septic system plumes. Groundwater, early view December 2020, doi.org/10.1111/gwat.13065.
Roy, J.W., D.R. Van Stempvoort, and G. Bickerton, 2014, Artificial sweeteners as potential tracers of municipal landfill leachate. Environmental Pollution, volume 184, pages 89-93.
Shadford, C.B., D.M. Joy, H. Lee, H.R. Whiteley, and S. Zelin, 1997, Evaluation and use of a biotracer to study ground water contamination from leaching bed systems. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, volume 28, pages 227-246.
Smith, R.L., J.K. Böhlke, Bongkeun Song, and C.R. Tobias, 2015, Role of anaerobic ammonium oxidation (Anammox) in nitrogen removal from a freshwater aquifer. Environmental Science and Technology, volume 49, number 20, pages 12169-12177.
Smith, R.L., B.L. Howes, and J.H. Duff, 1991, Denitrification in nitrate-contaminated ground water: Occurrence in steep vertical geochemical gradients. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, volume 55, number 7, pages 1815-1825.
Snider, D.M., J.W. Roy, W.D. Robertson, D.I. Garda, and J. Spoelstra, 2017, Concentrations of artificial sweeteners and their ratios with nutrients in septic system wastewater. Groundwater Monitoring and Remediation, volume 37, number 3, pages 94-102.
Spalding, R.F., and M.E. Exner, 1993, Occurrence of nitrate in groundwater: A review. Journal of Environmental Quality, volume 22, number 3, pages 392-402.
Spiteri, C., C.P. Slomp, P. Regnier, C. Meile, and P. Van Cappellen, 2007, Modeling the geochemical fate and transport of wastewater-derived phosphorus in contrasting groundwater systems. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, volume 92, issue 1-2, pages 87-108.
Spoelstra, J., S.L. Schiff, and S.J Brown, 2013, Artificial sweeteners in a large Canadian river reflect human consumption in the watershed. PLoS ONE, volume 8, number 12, e82706, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0082706.
Spoelstra, J., N.D. Senger, and S.L. Schiff, 2017, Artificial sweeteners reveal septic system effluent in rural groundwater. Journal of Environmental Quality, volume 46, pages 1434-1443.
Sudicky, E.A., 1986, A natural-gradient tracer experiment on solute transport in a sand aquifer: Spatial variability of hydraulic conductivity and its role in the dispersion process. Water Resources Research, volume 22, pages 2069-2082.
Swartz, C.H., S. Reddy, M.I. Benotti, H. Yin, L.B. Barber, B.J. Brownawell, and R.A. Rudel, 2006, Steroid estrogens, nonylphenol ethoxylate metabolites and other wastewater contaminants in groundwater effected by a residential septic system on Cape Cod, MA. Environmental Science and Technology, volume 40, number 16, pages 4894-4902.
USEPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency), 2000, Nutrient Criteria Technical Guidance Manual Lakes and Reservoirs. United States Environmental Protection Agency, EPA-822-B00-001.
USEPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency), 2002, Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems Manual. United States Environmental Protection Agency, EPA-625-R00-008.
Van Delden, 2015, A short history of the septic system. Van Delden on-site Wastewater Systems, https://www.vdwws.com/2015/01/a–short–history–of–the–septic–system/.
Van Stempvoort, D.R., W.D. Robertson, and S.J. Brown, 2011a, Artificial sweeteners in a large septic plume. Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, volume 31, number 4, pages 95-102.
Vengosh, A., K.G. Heumann, S. Juraske, R. Kasher, 1994, Boron isotope application for tracing sources of contamination in groundwater. Environmental Science and Technology, volume 28, number 11, pages 1968-1974.
Viraraghavan, T., 1978, Travel of microorganisms from a septic tile. Water, Air and Soil Pollution, volume 9, pages 355-362.
Walter, D.A., B.A Rea, K.G. Stollenwerk, and J. Savoie, 1996, Geochemical and hydrologic controls on phosphorus transport in a sewage-contaminated sand and gravel aquifer near Ashumet Pond, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. United States Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado, Water-Supply Paper 2463.
Wassenaar, L.I., 1995, Evaluation of the origin and fate of nitrate in the Abbotsford Aquifer using the isotopes of 15N and 18O in NO3–. Applied Geochemistry, volume 10, pages 391-405.
Weiskel. P.K., and B.L. Howes, 1991, Quantifying dissolved nitrogen flux through a coastal watershed. Water Resources Research, volume 27, pages 2929-2939.
Wilhelm, S.R., S.L. Schiff, and J.A. Cherry, 1994, Biochemical evolution of domestic waste water in domestic septic systems, section 1- Conceptual model. Groundwater, volume 32, pages 905-916.
Wilhelm, S.R., S.L. Schiff, and W.D. Robertson, 1996, Biochemical evolution of domestic waste water in domestic septic systems, section 2 – Application of a conceptual model in sandy aquifers. Groundwater, volume 34, number 5, pages 853-864.
Withers, P.J.A., H.P. Jarvie, and C. Stoate, 2011, Quantifying the impact of septic tank systems eutrophication risk in rural headwaters. Environment International, volume 37, pages 644-653.
Woessner, W.W., P.N. Ball, D.C. DeBorde, and T.L. Troy, 2001, Viral transport in a sand and gravel aquifer under field pumping conditions. Groundwater, volume 39, number 6, pages 886-894.
Xue, D., J. Botte, B. De Baets, F. Accoe, A. Nestler, P. Taylor, O. Van Cleemput, M. Berglund, and P. Boeckx, 2009, Present limitations and future prospects of stable isotope methods for nitrate source identification in surface- and groundwater. Water Research, volume 43, pages 1159-1170.
Zanini, L., W.D. Robertson, C.J. Ptacek, S.L. Schiff, and T. Mayer, 1998, Phosphorous characterization in sediments impacted by septic effluent at four sites in central Canada. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, volume 33, pages 405-429.