Occurrence and fate of heavy metals in the wastewater treatment process

Chemosphere

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1201-1210

  Karvelas, Michalis ^a   Katsoyiannis, Athanasios ^a   Samara, Constantini ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Sewage sludge; Wastewater; Wastewater treatment plants

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; DEWATERING; EFFLUENTS; SEDIMENTATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS (WTP);

HEAVY METALS;

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CONCENTRATION; HEAVY METAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEWATERING; GREECE; SEDIMENTATION; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

THESSALONIKI;

GREECE; METALS, HEAVY; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 0642306898     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(03)00591-5     Document Type: Article

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