The relationship between composition and toxicity of tannery wastewater

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-46

  Cotman, Magda ^a   Zagorc Koncan J ^b   Zgajnar Gotvajn A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Air stripping; Filtration; Powdered activated carbon treatment; Tannery wastewater; Toxicity reduction evaluation; Zeolite treatment

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AMMONIA; BACTERIA; FILTRATION; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION; ZEOLITES;

BACTERIAL LUMINESCENCE;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; AMMONIA; ZEOLITE; CARBON;

AERATION; FILTRATION; TANNERY; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; ZEOLITE;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONFERENCE PAPER; DAPHNIA; DATA ANALYSIS; FRACTIONATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; INVERTEBRATE; LUMINESCENCE; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PH; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; TOXIC WASTE; TOXICITY TESTING; VIBRIO; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ADSORPTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LD 50; METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE; SKIN; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; INVERTEBRATA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

ADSORPTION; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; CARBON; CATTLE; DAPHNIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LETHAL DOSE 50; SKIN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; ZEOLITES;

EID: 1142303678     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2004.0012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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