Autotrophic biological denitrification for complete removal of nitrogen from septic system wastewater

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 6, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 111-126

  Sengupta, Sukalyan ^a   Ergas, Sarina J ^b   Lopez Luna, Erika ^b   Sahu, Asish K ^b   Palaniswamy, Kumaravel ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkalinity; Denitrification; Marble chips; Nitrate; Oyster shell; pH; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; BIOREACTOR; DENITRIFICATION; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OSTREIDAE;

EID: 33744913049     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11267-005-9001-6     Document Type: Article

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