Engineered ecosystem for sustainable on-site wastewater treatment

Water Research

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1823-1831

  Kavanagh, Lydia J ^a   Keller, Jurg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Engineered ecosystem; Nutrient balance; On site treatment; Pollutant balance; Sustainability; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ECOSYSTEMS; NITROGEN; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

ENGINEERED ECOSYSTEMS; NUTRIENT BALANCE; ON-SITE TREATMENT; POLLUTANT BALANCE;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BACTERIA; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ECOSYSTEMS; NITROGEN; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; INORGANIC NITROGEN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRIFICATION; PHOSPHORUS; SLUDGE; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DOMESTIC WASTE; ECOSYSTEM; EFFLUENT STANDARD; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REDUCTION; SLUDGE TREATMENT; STANDARD; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ALGAE;

EID: 33947312340     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.01.016     Document Type: Article

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