Critical evaluation of wastewater treatment and disposal strategies for Istanbul with regards to water quality monitoring study results

Desalination

Volumn 226, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 231-248

  Okus, Erdogan ^a   Ozturk, Izzet ^b   Sur, Halil Ibrahim ^a   Yuksek, Ahsen ^a   Tas, Seyfettin ^a   Aslan Yilmaz, Asli ^a   Altiok, Husne ^a   Balkis, Nuray ^a   Dogan, Ertugrul ^a   Ovez, Suleyman ^b   Aydin, Ali Fuat ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Eutrophication; Monitoring; Transboundary effects; Two layer flows; Water quality

Indexed keywords

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EUTROPHICATION; MARINE POLLUTION; MONITORING; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER QUALITY MONITORING;

WATER QUALITY;

DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EUTROPHICATION; MARINE POLLUTION; MONITORING; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CHLOROPHYLL A; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUTROPHICATION; ORGANIC CARBON; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TURBIDITY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

EURASIA; ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 40949141421     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2007.02.109     Document Type: Article

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