Optimisation of hydraulic performance to maximise faecal coliform removal in maturation ponds

Water Research

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1677-1685

  Bracho, Nibis ^a,b   Lloyd, Barry ^a   Aldana, Gerardo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Dispersion number; Faecal indicator removal; Hydraulic optimisation; Maturation ponds; Reducing short circuiting

Indexed keywords

COLIFORM BACTERIA; COSTS; DISPERSIONS; EFFLUENTS; GEOMETRY; HYDRAULICS; JETS; OPTIMIZATION;

DISPERSION NUMBER; FAECAL INDICATOR REMOVAL; HYDRAULIC OPTIMIZATION; MATURATION PONDS; REDUCING SHORT-CIRCUITING;

SEWAGE TREATMENT;

COLIFORM BACTERIA; COSTS; DISPERSIONS; EFFLUENTS; GEOMETRY; HYDRAULICS; JETS; OPTIMIZATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

BACTERIOLOGY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; POND; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOLOGY; CLIMATE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COST; ENGINEERING; FECES; FLOW MEASUREMENT; GEOMETRY; LAGOON; PERFORMANCE; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SUNLIGHT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 33646119197     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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