The performance of a pilot-scale series of ten ponds treating municipal sewage in northeast Brazil

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 57-61

  De Oliveira, R ^a   Silva, S A ^a   Araujo, A L C ^a   Soares, J ^a   Mara, D D ^b   Pearson, H W ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BOD; Faecal coliforms; Lagooning; Removal

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COLIFORM BACTERIA; EFFLUENTS; HYDRAULICS; IRRIGATION; PERFORMANCE; SEWAGE LAGOONS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SOLIDS;

FAECAL COLIFORMS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; LAGOONING; MUNICIPAL SEWAGE; PILOT SCALE TEN POND SERIES; SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

STABILIZATION PONDS;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BRAZIL; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; POND; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029941871     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0273-1223(96)00340-X     Document Type: Article

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