The performance of an innovative tropical experimental waste stabilisation pond system operating at high organic loadings

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 63-73

  Pearson, H W ^a   Mara, D D ^b   Cawley, L R ^a   Arridge, H M ^a   Silva, S A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Baffled ponds; Faecal coliform removal; Pond geometry; Waste stabilisation ponds

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COLIFORM BACTERIA; EFFICIENCY; GEOMETRY; ODORS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PERFORMANCE; REMOVAL;

BAFFLED PONDS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND REMOVAL; FAECAL COLIFORM REMOVAL; MATURATION PONDS; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; ORGANIC LOADINGS; POND GEOMETRY; WASTE STABILISATION POND SYSTEM;

STABILIZATION PONDS;

ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BRAZIL; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; GEOMETRY; MATURATION; NUTRIENT; ODOR; PERFORMANCE; POND; TROPICS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029999774     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0273-1223(96)00343-5     Document Type: Article

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