Application of food waste disposers and alternate cycles process in small-decentralized towns: A case study

Water Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 893-903

  Battistoni, Paolo ^a   Fatone, Francesco ^b   Passacantando, Daniele ^a   Bolzonella, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alternate cycles process; Decentralized treatment; Food waste disposer (FWD); Foodwaste wastewater treatment; Small WWTPs

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTEWATER;

ALTERNATE CYCLES PROCESS; DECENTRALIZED TREATMENT; FOOD WASTE DISPOSER (FWD); FOODWASTE;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DOMESTIC WASTE; EMISSION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; ORGANIC MATTER; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TECHNOLOGY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DECENTRALIZATION; DENITRIFICATION; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; NITROGEN WASHOUT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33846366613     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.11.023     Document Type: Article

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