In situ septic tank effluent denitrification using a sulfur-limestone process

Water Environment Research

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1283-1291

  Zhang, Tian C ^a   Shan, Jun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Omaha Campus ^*

Author keywords

Denitrification; Groundwater; Nitrate; Septic tank; Sulfur limestone

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTORS; CONTAMINATION; DENITRIFICATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LIMESTONE; NITRATES; SEPTIC TANKS; STOICHIOMETRY; SULFUR; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

COLUMN REACTORS;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT;

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; GROUND WATER; LIMESTONE; NITRITE; SULFATE; SULFUR;

DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; LIMESTONE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; HARDNESS; NITRIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTIC TANK; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0032785906     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143096x122447     Document Type: Article

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