Reducing sludge production in aerobic wastewater treatment through manipulation of the ecosystem

Water Research

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1781-1790

  Lee, Natuscka M ^a   Welander, Thomas ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Ideon Science Park   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Aerobic treatment; Biofilm process; Grazing; Metazoa; Predator; Protozoa; Pulp and paper industry effluents; Sludge yield

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; METAZOON; PAPER INDUSTRY; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; PULP MILL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METAZOA; PROTOZOA;

SLUDGE; WASTE WATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; EFFLUENTS; GROWTH KINETICS; PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRY; PROTOZOA; SLUDGE DIGESTION;

AEROBIC TREATMENT; GRAZING; METAZOA; PREDATOR; SLUDGE YIELD;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0030201438     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0043-1354(96)00059-0     Document Type: Article

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