Helminth eggs inactivation efficiency by faecal sludge dewatering and co-composting in tropical climates

Water Research

Volumn 41, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 4397-4402

  Koné, Doulaye ^a   Cofie, Olufunke ^b   Zurbrügg, Christian ^a   Gallizzi, Katharina ^a   Moser, Daya ^a   Drescher, Silke ^a   Strauss, Martin ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Ascaris; Co composting; Drying beds; Faecal sludge; Helminth eggs; Trichuris

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPOSTING; DEWATERING; SOLID WASTES;

BULKING MATERIAL; DRYING BEDS; FAECAL SLUDGE; HELMINTH EGGS; INACTIVATION EFFICIENCY; TRICHURIS;

SEWAGE TREATMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPOSTING; DEWATERING; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SOLID WASTES;

BIOSOLID; CLIMATE; COMPOSTING; DEWATERING; EGG; FECAL COLIFORM; PARASITE; SLUDGE; SOLID WASTE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE DEWATERING; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION; TRICHURIS; TROPIC CLIMATE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ASCARIS; TRICHURIS; VERMES;

EID: 35348944788     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.06.024     Document Type: Article

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