Coagulation of alkalinized municipal wastewater using seawater bittern

Water Environment Research

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 443-453

  Ayoub, George M ^b   Merehbi, F ^a   Abdallah, R ^c   Acra, A ^c   El Fadel, M ^c  

^a LACECO   (Lebanon)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bittern; Carbonation; Caustic soda; Coagulation; Fecal bacteria; Flocculation; Magnesium; Municipal wastewater; Slaked lime

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BACTERIA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATION; CAUSTIC SODA; COAGULATION; FLOCCULATION; LIME; MAGNESIUM; PH; SEAWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

FECAL BACTERIA; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER; SLAKED LIME;

WASTEWATER;

CALCIUM OXIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE; MAGNESIUM ION; SEA WATER; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

COAGULATION; MAGNESIUM; MUNICIPAL WASTE; REMOVAL; SEA WATER; WASTEWATER;

ALKALINIZATION; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERNATANT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TURBIDITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032802521     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143097X122031     Document Type: Article

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