Removal of E. coli during intermittent filtration of wastewater effluent as affected by dosing rate and media type

Water Research

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2088-2098

  Stevik, Tor Kristian ^a   Ausland, Geir ^a   Jenssen, Petter Deinboll ^a   Siegrist, Robert L ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosing rate; E. coli; Porous media; Purification of bacteria; Unsaturated flow; Wastewater filtration

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BACTERIA; EFFLUENTS; FILTRATION; POROUS MATERIALS;

DOSING RATE; LIGHT WEIGHT AGGREGATES; UNSATURATED FLOW;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; MICROORGANISM; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; EFFLUENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033049774     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00413-8     Document Type: Article

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