{"id":94,"date":"2021-06-22T02:41:55","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T02:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/septic-system-impacts-on-groundwater-quality\/?post_type=part&#038;p=94"},"modified":"2021-06-22T21:55:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T21:55:49","slug":"fate-of-pathogens-during-on-site-wastewater-disposal","status":"publish","type":"part","link":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/septic-system-impacts-on-groundwater-quality\/part\/fate-of-pathogens-during-on-site-wastewater-disposal\/","title":{"raw":"3  Fate of Pathogens During On-site Wastewater Disposal","rendered":"3  Fate of Pathogens During On-site Wastewater Disposal"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"fate-of-pathogens-during-on-site-wastewater-disposal\">\r\n<p class=\"import-Normal\">Bacteria and viruses are present in septic tank effluent at concentrations typically in the range of 10<sup>5<\/sup> to 10<sup>8<\/sup> colony forming units (CFU)\/100 mL (<a href=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/septic-system-impacts-on-groundwater-quality\/part\/potential-for-contamination-from-septic-tank-effluent\/#table1\">Table 1<\/a>). These are colloid-sized particles that can be immobilized by both filtration and attachment (adsorption) during subsurface flow. The smaller size of viruses (~ 0.1 \u00b5m), compared to bacteria (~1 \u00b5m) make them less vulnerable to physical filtration, but increases their susceptibility to adsorption (Bales et al., 1995).<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div class=\"fate-of-pathogens-during-on-site-wastewater-disposal\">\n<p class=\"import-Normal\">Bacteria and viruses are present in septic tank effluent at concentrations typically in the range of 10<sup>5<\/sup> to 10<sup>8<\/sup> colony forming units (CFU)\/100 mL (<a href=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/septic-system-impacts-on-groundwater-quality\/part\/potential-for-contamination-from-septic-tank-effluent\/#table1\">Table 1<\/a>). These are colloid-sized particles that can be immobilized by both filtration and attachment (adsorption) during subsurface flow. The smaller size of viruses (~ 0.1 \u00b5m), compared to bacteria (~1 \u00b5m) make them less vulnerable to physical filtration, but increases their susceptibility to adsorption (Bales et al., 1995).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"template":"","meta":{"pb_part_invisible":false,"pb_part_invisible_string":""},"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-94","part","type-part","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/septic-system-impacts-on-groundwater-quality\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/94","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/septic-system-impacts-on-groundwater-quality\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/septic-system-impacts-on-groundwater-quality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/part"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/septic-system-impacts-on-groundwater-quality\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/94\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":228,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/septic-system-impacts-on-groundwater-quality\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/94\/revisions\/228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/septic-system-impacts-on-groundwater-quality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/septic-system-impacts-on-groundwater-quality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=94"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/septic-system-impacts-on-groundwater-quality\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}