Ammonia, iron and manganese removal from potable water using trickling filters

Desalination

Volumn 210, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 225-235

  Tekerlekopoulou, A G ^a   Vayenas, D V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ammonium removal; Iron removal; Manganese removal; Potable water; Trickling filter

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); IRON; MANGANESE; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; POTABLE WATER; TRICKLING FILTRATION;

BIOLOGICAL OXIDATION; TRICKLING FILTER;

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); IRON; MANGANESE; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; POTABLE WATER; TRICKLING FILTRATION;

AMMONIA; DRINKING WATER; FILTER; FILTRATION; GRAVEL; IRON; MANGANESE; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

EID: 34248158933     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2006.05.047     Document Type: Article

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