Partial nitrification activated sludge operation as an appropriate nitrogen removal scheme for the Mediterranean region

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 153-160

  Hatziconstantinou, G J ^a,b   Andreadakis, A D ^b  

^a Athens Water and Sewerage Company   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fertilizer; Intermittent aeration; Irrigation; Nitrification rate; Simultaneous nitrification denitrification; Small scale WWTPS; Tourist resort areas

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

PLANT LOADING;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

NITROGEN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; NITRIFICATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EFFLUENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); NITRIFICATION; SLUDGE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 0041881992     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2003.0057     Document Type: Conference Paper

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