Backwashing first-stage sand-BAC filters: Does it increase removal of biodegradable organic matter and ammonia?

Journal / American Water Works Association

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 86-97

  Niquette, Patrick ^a   Prévost, Michèle ^b   Maclean, Robert G ^b   Thibault, Daniel ^c   Coallier, Josée ^b   Desjardins, Raymond ^b   Lafrance, Pierre ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Vallée Lefebvre and Assoc   (Canada)

^d 3 Place Laval ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS);

BACKWASHING; FIRST STAGE BIOLOGICAL ACTIVATED CARBON (BAC) FILTERS;

WATER FILTRATION;

EID: 0031701565     PISSN: 0003150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1998.tb08363.x     Document Type: Article

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