Use of agro-food wastewaters for the optimisation of the denitrification process

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 63-70

  Rodríguez, Lourdes ^a   Villaseñor, Jose ^a   Fernández, FcoJesus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agro food wastewaters; C N ratio; Denitrification; NUR test; Urban sewage; WWTP

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; OPTIMIZATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

AGRO-FOOD WASTEWATERS; EFFLUENT CONCENTRATIONS; URBAN SEWAGE TREATMENT;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACETIC ACID; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN OXIDE;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENTS; OPTIMIZATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DENITRIFICATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

AGRICULTURE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SPAIN; TOMATO; URBAN AREA; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE; SPAIN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CASTILLA-LA MANCHA; CIUDAD REAL [CASTILLA-LA MANCHA]; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 34250009734     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.307     Document Type: Conference Paper

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