Removal of indigenous coliphages and fecal coliforms by a novel sewage treatment system consisting of UASB and DHS units

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 11-12, 2002, Pages 303-309

  Uemura, S ^a   Takahashi, K ^a   Takaishi, A ^a   Machdar, A ^b   Ohashi, A ^b   Harada, H ^b  

^a KISARAZU NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coliphages; Developing countries; DHS; Fecal coliforms; Sewage treatment; UASB

Indexed keywords

COLIFORM BACTERIA; COST EFFECTIVENESS; MAINTENANCE; MICROORGANISMS; RNA; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

UPFLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET (UASB) PRE-TREATMENT UNITS;

SEWAGE TREATMENT;

FLUORINE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RNA;

ANAEROBIC PROCESS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE BLANKET CLARIFIER;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; EFFLUENT; FECAL COLIFORM; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLIPHAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DENITRIFICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; EXPERIMENT; FECES; INDICATOR ORGANISM; NONHUMAN; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SLUDGE BLANKET REACTOR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 0036952068     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2002.0754     Document Type: Conference Paper

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