Selenium and nitrate removal from agricultural drainage using the AIWPS® technology

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 299-305

  Green, F B ^a   Lundquist, T J ^a   Quinn, N W T ^a   Zarate, M A ^a   Zubieta, I X ^a   Oswald, W J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

AIWPS technology; Algal bacterial; Irrigation drainage; Nitrate; Selenium

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; IRRIGATION; RIVERS; SELENIUM;

PONDS;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

CARBON; NITRATE; SELENATE; SELENIUM;

DRAINAGE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; NUTRIENT; REMOVAL; SELENIUM; STABILIZATION POND; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALGA; BIRD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FILTER; FLOTATION; FUTUROLOGY; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LAND DRAINAGE; NONHUMAN; POND; REDUCTION; RESERVOIR; RIVER; TECHNOLOGY; TERATOGENESIS; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALGAE; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0042763954     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2003.0134     Document Type: Conference Paper

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