Retention of Escherichia coli in municipal sewage by means of planted soil filters in two-stage pilot plant systems

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 205-212

  Baeder Bederski, Oliver ^a   Dürr, Matthias ^b   Borneff Lipp, M ^b   Kuschk, Peter ^a   Netter, R ^c   Daeschlein, Georg ^b   Mosig, Peter ^a   Müller, Roland A ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c Water Waste Water Waste   (Germany)

Author keywords

Constructed wetland; Escherichia coli; Filter material; Mean residence time; Pilot plant system; Sanitisation

Indexed keywords

BIOFILTERS; MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING; SEWAGE; SOILS; WASTEWATER;

CLOGGING; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS (CW); SANITIZATION PROCESSES; VERTICAL FLOW FILTERS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; MICROBIAL POLLUTANT; MUNICIPAL WASTE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTER; MATERIALS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NONHUMAN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REDUCTION; RELIABILITY; SANITATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SOIL TREATMENT; WASTE WATER; WATER FLOW;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 21844442830     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2005.0320     Document Type: Article

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