The first foul flush in combined sewers: An investigation of the causes

Urban Water

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 317-325

  Skipworth, P J ^a   Tait, S J ^a   Saul, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

First foul flush; In sewer deposits; Sediment erosion; Sediment transport modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001227175     PISSN: 14620758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1462-0758(01)00009-7     Document Type: Article

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