Spent filter backwash water: Contaminants and treatment strategies

Journal / American Water Works Association

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 100-112

  Arora, Harish ^a   Di Giovanni, George ^b   LeChevallier, Mark ^c  

^a American Water Voorhees   (United States)

^b AWWSCo   (United States)

^c AWWSCo ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPURITIES; POTABLE WATER; SEDIMENTATION; WATER FILTRATION; WATER RECYCLING;

PILOT TESTING; SPENT FILTER BACKWASH WATER (SFBW);

WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EID: 0035336469     PISSN: 0003150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1551-8833.2001.tb09211.x     Document Type: Article

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