Invertebrate colonisation of GAC filters in a potabilisation plant treating groundwater

Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 561-568

  Castaldelli, Giuseppe ^a   Mantovani, Sara ^a   Benvenuti, Maria Rita ^b   Rossi, Remigio ^a   Fano, Elisa Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Backwashing; Biological filters; GAC filters; Groundwater; Invertebrates; Nematodes; Potabilisation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOFILTERS; EFFLUENTS;

BACKWASHING; INVERTEBRATES; NEMATODES; POTABILISATION;

GROUNDWATER;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOFILTERS; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER;

WATER TREATMENT;

GASTROTRICHA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 31144441920     PISSN: 00037214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/aqua.2005.0049     Document Type: Article

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