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Effect of a Secondary Treated Effluent on the Movement of Viruses through a Cypress Dome Soil¹

ABSTRACT

A study was undertaken on the movement of viruses through a sandy soil sampled in a cypress dome, north of Gainesville, Florida. It was found that the adsorption of bacterial phage T₂ and poliovirus type 1 onto soil columns treated with a secondary effluent was substantially lower than in columns treated with tap water. The secondary effluent had also the ability to desorb viruses from soil particles. The interference of organic materials present in waste water effluents with the interaction between viruses and soil particles was suggested. The movement of the viruses through the cypress dome is discussed.

Key Words: waste disposal • soil pollution

¹ Research supported by the Center for Wetlands, Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 under the Rockefeller Found. Grant No. RF73029.

² Assistant Professor and Associate in Engineering, Dep. of Environ. Eng., and Professor, Dep. of Immunology and Medical Microbiol., Univ. of Florida, respectively.

Received for publication November 13, 1975.