Sludge dewatering using the reed bed system in the Gaza Strip, Palestine

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-34

  Nassar, Abdel Majid ^a   Smith, Michael ^b   Afifi, Samir ^a  

^a ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF GAZA   (Palestine)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dewatering; Gaza; Hydraulic loading; Reed bed; Solid loading

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; INFILTRATION; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTE TREATMENT;

HYDRAULIC LOADING; REED BED SYSTEM; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOLID LOADING;

DEWATERING;

DEWATERING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; INFILTRATION; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTE TREATMENT;

DEWATERING; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; INFILTRATION; REEDBED; SLUDGE; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOSOLID; COST; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; PALESTINE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

ASIA; EURASIA; GAZA STRIP; MIDDLE EAST; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES; PALESTINE;

EID: 34248344130     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2005.00019.x     Document Type: Article

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