Nitrate removal from drinking water using a membrane-fixed biofilm reactor

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 267-274

  Fuchs, W ^a   Schatzmayr, G ^a   Braun, R ^a  

^a IFA Tulln ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOFILM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DENITRIFICATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

BIOFILMS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NITRATES; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030870331     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002530051049     Document Type: Article

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