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Citation: Letts, E.A., Blake, R.F., Caldwell, W. & Hawthorne, J. 1900 On the nature and speed of the chemical changes which occur in mixtures of sewage and sea-water. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society 9: 333-345


Number of Pages: 13

Volume Part: 3

Keywords: Chemistry, Marine, Monitoring, Sewage, Water quality

Abstract: This paper investigates the fate of sewage pumped directly into the sea. 1% sewage in sea-water mixtures were monitored for BOD and for concentrations of ammonium, nitrate and nitrite.