Relative performance of duckweed ponds and rock filtration as advanced in-pond wastewater treatment processes for upgrading waste stabilisation pond effluent: A pilot study

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 111-119

  Short, Michael D ^a   Cromar, N J ^a   Nixon, J B ^b   Fallowfield, H J ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b United Water International   (Australia)

Author keywords

Algae removal; Duckweed; Effluent upgrade; Rock filter; Waste stabilisation pond

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; FILTRATION; REMOVAL; STABILIZATION PONDS; TURBIDITY;

ALGAE REMOVAL; DUCKWEED PONDS; EFFLUENT UPGRADE; IN-POND WASTEWATER TREATMENT; LIGHT PENETRATION PROFILING; ROCK FILTRATION; WASTE STABILISATION POND;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; CHLOROPHYLL; PHOSPHORUS;

ALGAE; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; FILTRATION; REMOVAL; STABILIZATION PONDS; TURBIDITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EFFLUENT; FILTRATION; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ALGA; ATTENUATION; AUSTRALIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT STANDARD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL COLIFORM; FILTRATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEMNA DISPERMA; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PLANT; RELIABILITY; ROCK; TURBIDITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ARACEAE; BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; CHLOROPHYLL; FILTRATION; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PILOT PROJECTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

ALGAE; LEMNA;

EID: 34250790796     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.339     Document Type: Conference Paper

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