Waste stabilization ponds and rock filters: Solutions for small communities

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 103-107

  Mara, D D ^a   Johnson, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Pathogen reduction; Rock filters; Waste stabilization ponds; Wastewater reuse

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); IRRIGATION; PATHOGENS; SURFACE WATERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; PATHOGEN REDUCTION; WASTE STABILIZATION PONDS; WASTEWATER REUSE;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT;

AMMONIA;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EFFLUENT TREATMENT; IRRIGATION; PATHOGENS; SURFACE WATERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EFFLUENT; FILTER; IRRIGATION; PATHOGEN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLLUTION CONTROL; POND; RECYCLING; RURAL AREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

BIOFILTER; CLIMATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EFFLUENT STANDARD; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); POND; PUBLIC HEALTH; ROCK; RURAL POPULATION; SLUDGE STABILIZATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FILTRATION; HEALTH; OXYGEN; PILOT PROJECTS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEASONS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

EID: 34248588062     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.133     Document Type: Conference Paper

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