The anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR): An appropriate technology for on-site sanitation

Water SA

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 592-598

  Foxon, K M ^a   Pillay, S ^b   Lalbahadur, T ^c   Rodda, N ^b   Holder, F ^c   Buckley, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENTS; FERMENTATION; MICROORGANISMS; SANITATION; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC BAFFLED REACTORS (ABR); PATHOGEN INDICATOR ORGANISMS; PATHOGEN REMOVAL; SLUDGE PRODUCTION;

SANITARY ENGINEERING;

AEROBIC PROCESS; BIOREACTOR; MICROORGANISM; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 11944273194     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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