Waste stabilization ponds: Effluent quality requirements and implications for process design

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 23-31

  Mara, D Duncan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLIFORM BACTERIA; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EFFLUENTS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RIVERS; SOLIDS; STANDARDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EFFLUENT QUALITY REQUIREMENTS; EFFLUENT STORAGE RESERVOIRS; FAECAL COLIFORM; HELMINTH EGGS; NUTRIENTS; PROCESS DESIGN; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; WASTE STABILIZATION PONDS;

STABILIZATION PONDS;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; EFFLUENT STANDARD; HELMINTH; LETTUCE; NUTRIENT; POND; RIVER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTUCA; VERMES;

EID: 0029896633     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0273-1223(96)00336-8     Document Type: Article

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