Performance of intermittently operated sand filters: A comparable study, treating wastewaters of different origins

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 147, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 367-388

  Prochaska, C A ^a   Zouboulis, A I ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Microorganisms; Nitrification; Nutrient removal; Organic removal; Sand filtration; Synthetic wastewater; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

DISTILLATION COLUMNS; RIVERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTEWATER;

SAND FILTERS;

SAND;

AMMONIA; NITRITE; NITROGEN OXIDE; PHOSPHATE;

FILTER; PERFORMANCE; SAND; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AMMONIFICATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FILTER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROORGANISM; NITRIFICATION; NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONAS; PH; SAND; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONAS;

EID: 0043170866     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024550000904     Document Type: Article

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