Aerobic microbial transformations of pipe and silt trap sediments from combined sewers

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 233-241

  Vollertsen, Jes ^a   Hvitved Jacobsen, Thorkild ^a   McGregor, Iain ^b   Ashley, Richard ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodegradability; Combined sewer; Oxygen utilisation rate; Resuspension; Sediment; Settling velocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345823821     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.1999.0123     Document Type: Article

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