The spatial significance of water quality indicators in waste stabilization ponds - Limitations of residence time distribution analysis in predicting treatment efficiency

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 211-218

  Sweeney, David G ^a   Cromar, Nancy J ^a   Nixon, John B ^b   Ta, C Tuan ^c   Fallowfield, Howard J ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b United Water International   (Australia)

^c THAMES WATER UTILITIES LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Integrated biology and hydraulics; Modelling; Waste stabilization ponds

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRAULICS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

BIOLOGICAL DIFFERENCE;

STABILIZATION PONDS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EFFICIENCY; FLOW MODELING; HYDRAULICS; STABILIZATION POND; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DYNAMICS; EFFLUENT; FLUID FLOW; MODEL; POND; PREDICTION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0043265223     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2003.0123     Document Type: Conference Paper

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