Steps towards the upgrading of a municipal WWTP affected by nitrification inhibiting compounds - A case study

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 39-46

  Schweighofer, P ^a   Nowak, O ^a   Svardal, K ^a   Kroiss, H ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Activated sludge process; Extension design; Industrial wastewater; Nitrification inhibition; Nitrification inhibition tests; Pilot scale experience; Upgrading to nitrification

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; DECISION MAKING; MODERNIZATION; NITRIFICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; TESTING; WASTEWATER;

EXTENSION DESIGN; NITRIFICATION INHIBITION; NITRIFICATION INHIBITION TEST; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT;

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AUSTRIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DECISION MAKING; DOMESTIC WASTE; GROWTH RATE; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0029837770     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0273-1223(96)00455-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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