Key features of successful BNR operation

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Barnard, J L ^a   Abraham, K ^a  

^a BLACK AND VEATCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Failures; Phosphorus removal; Successes; Volatile fatty acids

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; FATTY ACIDS; NITRATES; PHOSPHORUS; REMOVAL; TOXICITY;

BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; PHOSPHORUS REMOVAL; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

NITRATE; PHOSPHORUS; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; FATTY ACIDS; NITRATES; PHOSPHORUS; REMOVAL; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; PREDICTION; PROCESS DESIGN; RELIABILITY; SLUDGE SETTLING; SOUTH AFRICA; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; NITRATES; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 33746573879     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2006.400     Document Type: Conference Paper

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