Solid-liquid separation of faecal sludge using drying beds in Ghana: Implications for nutrient recycling in urban agriculture

Water Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-82

  Cofie, O O ^a   Agbottah, S ^a,b   Strauss, M ^c   Esseku, H ^b   Montangero, A ^c   Awuah, E ^b   Kone, D ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biosolids; Co composting; Dewatering; Drying bed; Faecal sludge; Ghana; Helminths; Urban agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DEWATERING; DRYING; RECYCLING; SEPARATION; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BIOSOLIDS; CO-COMPOSTING; DRYING BED; FAECAL SLUDGE; GHANA; HELMINTHS; URBAN AGRICULTURE;

SOLID WASTES;

ORGANIC MATTER;

DEWATERING; WASTE TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOSOLID; COMPOSTING; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FECES; GHANA; HELMINTH; HYGIENE; LIQUID; MONITORING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RECYCLING; RELIABILITY; SAND; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SLUDGE; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SOLID; SOLID WASTE; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURE; DRYING; RECYCLING; SEPARATION; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SOLID WASTES;

VERMES;

EID: 29644443086     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2005.10.023     Document Type: Article

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