Predicting colloid transport through saturated porous media: A critical review

IL Molnar, WP Johnson, JI Gerhard… - Water Resources …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding and predicting colloid transport and retention in water‐saturated porous
media is important for the protection of human and ecological health. Early applications of …

Microbes in beach sands: integrating environment, ecology and public health

RL Whitman, VJ Harwood, TA Edge, MB Nevers… - … Science and Bio …, 2014 - Springer
Beach sand is a habitat that supports many microbes, including viruses, bacteria, fungi and
protozoa (micropsammon). The apparently inhospitable conditions of beach sand …

Role of air‐water interfaces in colloid transport in porous media: A review

M Flury, S Aramrak - Water resources research, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Air‐water interfaces play an important role in unsaturated porous media, giving rise to
phenomena like capillarity. Less recognized and understood are interactions of colloids with …

Dynamic hydrologic and biogeochemical processes drive microbially enhanced iron and sulfur cycling within the intertidal mixing zone of a beach aquifer

SM McAllister, JM Barnett, JW Heiss… - Limnology and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Intertidal aquifers host a reactive zone comprised of Fe mineral‐coated sands where fresh
and saline groundwaters mix. This zone may significantly influence the export of C, N, P, Fe …

Impacts of a changing earth on microbial dynamics and human health risks in the continuum between beach water and sand

CJ Weiskerger, J Brandão, W Ahmed, A Aslan, L Avolio… - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
Although infectious disease risk from recreational exposure to waterborne pathogens has
been an active area of research for decades, beach sand is a relatively unexplored habitat …

Engineering solutions to improve the removal of fecal indicator bacteria by bioinfiltration systems during intermittent flow of stormwater

SK Mohanty, AA Torkelson, H Dodd… - … science & technology, 2013 - ACS Publications
Bioinfiltration systems facilitate the infiltration of urban stormwater into soil and reduce high
flow events and flooding. Stormwater carries a myriad of pollutants including fecal indicator …

Colloid and colloid-facilitated contaminant transport in subsurface ecosystem—a concise review

D Deb, S Chakma - International Journal of Environmental Science and …, 2023 - Springer
Colloid and colloid-facilitated solute transport have been identified as major environmental
issues in the past few decades. Several field and laboratory-scale experiments have …

Fecal indicator bacteria transport and deposition in saturated and unsaturated porous media

G Chen, SL Walker - Environmental Science & Technology, 2012 - ACS Publications
Beach sediment and sand are recognized as nonpoint fecal indicator bacteria (FIB) sources
capable of causing water quality and health risks for beach-goers. A comprehensive …

Modeling microorganism transport and survival in the subsurface

SA Bradford, Y Wang, H Kim… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
An understanding of microbial transport and survival in the subsurface is needed for public
health, environmental applications, and industrial processes. Much research has therefore …

Comparison of bacterial communities in sands and water at beaches with bacterial water quality violations

E Halliday, SL McLellan, LA Amaral-Zettler, ML Sogin… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Recreational water quality, as measured by culturable fecal indicator bacteria (FIB), may be
influenced by persistent populations of these bacteria in local sands or wrack, in addition to …