Natural freezing as a wastewater treatment method: E. coli inactivation capacity

Water Research

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2321-2326

  Gao, W ^a   Smith, D W ^b   Li, Y ^b  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

E. coli; Freezing; Injured cells; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COST EFFECTIVENESS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FREEZING; GROWTH KINETICS;

GROWTH MEDIA; INACTIVATION; INJURED CELLS; NATURAL FREEZING;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CELLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COST EFFECTIVENESS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FREEZING; GROWTH KINETICS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BACTERIUM; FECAL COLIFORM; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; FREEZING; LOW TEMPERATURE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEWATERING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FREEZE THAWING; FREEZING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE TREATMENT; STORAGE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THAWING; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33745192637     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.04.021     Document Type: Article

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