Treatment of sludges from on-site sanitation - Low-cost options

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 129-136

  Strauss, M ^a   Larmie, S A ^b   Heinss, U ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b CSIR WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Faecal sludges; Latrine sludges; On site sanitation; Ponds; Septage; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC PONDS; FAECAL SLUDGE TREATMENT; FAECAL SLUDGE TREATMENT PLANT; PUBLIC TOILET SLUDGE; SEPTAGE; SETTLING THICKENING PROCESSES;

ALGAE; AMMONIA; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROL; COSTS; DESIGN; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EFFLUENTS; SANITATION; SEPARATION; STABILIZATION PONDS; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

SLUDGE DISPOSAL;

AMMONIA;

ALGA; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GHANA; LAGOON; PLANT GROWTH; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SLUDGE DRYING; SLUDGE SETTLING; SLUDGE STABILIZATION; SLUDGE THICKENING; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0030927765     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(97)00103-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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