Performance of a small wastewater stabilisation pond system in tropical climate in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 187-191

  Mbwele, L ^a,b   Rubindamayugi, M ^a   Kivaisi, A ^a   Dalhammar, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Waste stabilisation pond performance; Water quality index

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CHLOROPHYLL; COLIFORM BACTERIA; NITRIFICATION; PHOSPHORUS;

PATHOGENS; WASTE STABILIZATION PONDS (WSP);

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; CHLOROPHYLL; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATE;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; NITRIFICATION; NUTRIENT; PARAMETER; PH; POND; SAMPLING; SOLID; TANZANIA; TROPIC CLIMATE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0346639198     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2004.0836     Document Type: Conference Paper

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