Construction of disturbed and intact soil blocks to develop percolating soil based treatment systems for dirty water from dairy farms

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 331-343

  Brookman, S K E ^a   Chadwick, D R ^a   Headon, D M ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chloride tracer; Dirty water; Lysimeters; Purification efficiency; Soil blocks

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EFFICIENCY; HYDRAULIC RAMS; LYSIMETERS; NITRATES; PURIFICATION; TRACERS; WATER TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLORIDE TRACERS; MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS; MOLYBDATE REACTIVE PHOSPHORUS; PURIFICATION EFFICIENCY; SIMILAR PATTERN; SOIL BLOCKS; TREATMENT SYSTEMS;

SOILS;

AMMONIA; CHLORIDE; MOLYBDIC ACID; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS DERIVATIVE; WATER;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; PHOSPHORUS; PURIFICATION; SOIL; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRYING; EXPERIMENT; LEACHING; SANDY LOAM; SOIL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0036240744     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593332508618413     Document Type: Article

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