Effect of duckweed cover on greenhouse gas emissions and odour release from waste stabilisation ponds

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 341-348

  Van Der Steen, N P ^a   Nakiboneka, P ^b   Mangalika, L ^c   Ferrer, A V M ^d   Gijzen, H J ^a  

^a UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^c Sir Marcus Fernando Mawatha   (Sri Lanka)

^d University of Baguio   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Duckweed; Greenhouse gases; Methane; Sulphide; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; OXIDATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WEED CONTROL;

PONDS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

HYDROGEN SULFIDE; METHANE; OXYGEN; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SULFIDE;

EMISSION; GREENHOUSE GAS; ODOR; STABILIZATION POND; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ABSORPTION; ALGA; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; BEGGIATOA; BIOREACTOR; CHROMATIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GAS; LABORATORY; ODOR CONTROL; POND; SULFUR BACTERIUM; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEGGIATOA; BEGGIATOA GIGANTAE; CHROMATIUM; LEMNA;

EID: 0041762109     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2003.0139     Document Type: Conference Paper

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