Foaming in activated sludge plants: A survey in Queensland, Australia and an evaluation of some control strategies

Water Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 313-317

  Blackall, Linda L ^a   Harbers, Anne E ^a   Greenfield, P F ^a   Hayward, A C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

activated sludge; foam control; Nocardia amarae; scum control; scum survey

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; FOAM; NOCARDIA; NONHUMAN; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); GORDONIA AMARAE; NOCARDIA; SKERMANIA PINIFORMIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0026065945     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0043-1354(91)90011-E     Document Type: Article

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