The inactivation of microbes by sunlight: Solar disinfection as a water treatment process

Advances in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue , 2004, Pages 333-365

  Reed, Robert H ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; DRINKING WATER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BATCH PROCESS; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; DISINFECTION; HUMAN; LIGHT QUALITY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; REVIEW; SEWAGE; SOLAR RADIATION; TURBIDITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 3142583716     PISSN: 00652164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2164(04)54012-1     Document Type: Article

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