Ultraviolet disinfection of fecal coliform in municipal wastewater: Effects of particle size

Water Environment Research

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 294-304

  Madge, Bethany A ^a,b   Jensen, James N ^a  

^a the State University of New York   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecal coliform; Particles; Suspended solids; UV; Wastewater disinfection

Indexed keywords

COLIFORM BACTERIA; FRACTIONATION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TURBIDITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

FECAL COLIFORM; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; WASTEWATER DISINFECTION;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

COLIFORM BACTERIA; FRACTIONATION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TURBIDITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

DISINFECTION; FECAL COLIFORM; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PARTICLE SIZE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTEWATER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISINFECTION; FECES; FILTRATION; FRACTIONATION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE SEPARATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TURBIDITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SAMPLING; CHEMISTRY; CITY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEWAGE;

CITIES; DISINFECTION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; KINETICS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEWAGE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 33745896217     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143005X94385     Document Type: Article

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