Gaseous emissions from wastewater facilities

Water Environment Research

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 715-720

  D'Amato II, Richard M ^a,b   DeHollander, G Robert ^c  

^a Operations Mgmt International Inc   (United States)

^b Dames and Moore ^*  (United States)

^c Dames and Moore   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GAS EMISSIONS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; ODOR CONTROL; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIOFILTERS; BIOSOLIDS; BIOTRICKLING FILTERS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AIR SAMPLING; BIOFILTER; COMPOSTING; GAS WASTE; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032840024     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143099X133730     Document Type: Review

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