Bell Lab @ Virginia Tech

Iverson, G., Humphrey, C. P., O’Driscoll, M., Bell, N., & Hoben, J. 2024. How do malfunctioning onsite wastewater systems influence water quality? Assessing treatment of nutrient and Escherichia coli in central North Carolina. Journal of Environmental Management, 371, 123324. DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.123324.

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Bell, N. L., Redekar, N. R., Jeffers, S. N., Hitchcock, D. R., Parke, J. L., & White, S. A. 2024. A Model System to Evaluate the Potential of Floating Treatment Wetlands to Manage Phytophthora species in Recycled Irrigation Water. Journal of Natural Resources and Agricultural Ecosystems. 2(3), 103–118. DOI: 10.13031/jnrae.15949. [Awarded 2025 Superior Paper Award by the ASABE]

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Drummond, D.*, Brink, S.*, & Bell, N.L. 2024. Assessment of recycled and manufactured adsorptive materials for phosphate removal from municipal wastewater. Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education. 179(1), 14-23. DOI: 10.1111/j.1936-704x.2024.3399.x. [Awarded 2025 Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education Paper of the Year Award]

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Tapas, M. R.*, Etheridge, R., Tran, T.-N.-D., Finlay, C. G., Peralta, A. L., Bell, N., Xu, Y., & Lakshmi, V. 2024. A methodological framework for assessing sea level rise impacts on nitrate loading in coastal agricultural watersheds using SWAT+: A case study of the Tar-Pamlico River basin, North Carolina, USA. . 951, 175523. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175523.

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Hitchcock, D.R., Bell, N.L., Strosnider, & W.H.J., Smith, M.C. 2022. Spatiotemporal water quality variability in a highly loaded surface flow wastewater treatment wetland. Journal of Environmental Quality. 51(1), 101-111. DOI: 10.1002/jeq2.20309.

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Garcia Chance, L.M., Bell, N.L., Chase, M.E., Spivey, W.W., & White, S.A. 2019. South Carolina Irrigation Water Source Methods for the Specialty Crops Production Industry. Southern Nursery Association Proceedings of Research Conference. 63, 155-161.

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Ridge, G.A., Bell, N.L., Gitto, A.J., Jeffers, S.N, & White, S.A. 2019. Workshop: Phytophthora species associated with plants in constructed wetlands and vegetated channels at a commercial ornamental plant nursery over time. HortTechnology, 29, 736-744. DOI: 10.21273/HORTTECH04300-19.

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Bell, N.L., Garcia, L.M., & White, S.A. 2018. Clean WateR3: Evaluation of three treatment technologies to remove contaminants from recycled production runoff. Acta Horticulturae. 1191, 199-206. DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2018.1191.28.

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Bell, N.L., Cooke, R.A.C., Olsen, T. David, M.B., & Hudson, R. 2015. Characterizing the Performance of Denitrifying Bioreactors during Simulated Subsurface Drainage Events. Journal of Environmental Quality. 44, 1647-1656. DOI: 10.2134/jeq2014.04.0162.

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Cooke, R.A. and Bell, N.L. 2014. Protocol and Interactive Routine for the Design of Subsurface Bioreactors. Applied Engineering in Agriculture. 30, 761-771. DOI: 10.13031/aea.30.9900.

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Jayakaran, A.D., Libes, S.M., Hitchcock, D.R., Bell, N.L., & Fuss, D. 2014. Flow, Organic, and Inorganic Sediment Yields from a Channelized Watershed in the South Carolina Lower Coastal Plain. Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 50, 943-962. DOI: 10.1111/jawr.12148.