Biological filtration for membrane pre-treatment and other applications: Towards the development of a practically-oriented performance parameter

Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 203-224

  Huck, P M ^a   Sozanski M M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biofiltration; Dissolved bacterial product material; Drinking water; Geosmin and MIB; Membrane fouling; Trace contaminants

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; CARBON; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COLOR REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); FILTRATION; FOULING; HYDROGEN SULFIDE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); IRON REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); LEAD REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; MULTITASKING; ODOR REMOVAL; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; ORGANIC CARBON; PAPER; POROUS MATERIALS; POTABLE WATER; RADIOISOTOPE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); REMOVAL; REUSABILITY; SCALE (DEPOSITS); TASTE CONTROL (WATER TREATMENT); TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; WATER FILTRATION; WATER RECYCLING;

(001) PARAMETER; BIODEGRADABLE MATERIALS; BIOFILM DEVELOPMENT; BIOLOGICAL FILTRATION; BIOLOGICAL PROCESSING; BY-PRODUCT FORMATION; CONTACT TIME; DESIGN AND OPERATION; DIFFUSIVITY; DRINKING WATER TREATMENTS; EMPTY BED CONTACT TIME (EBCT); GENERAL (CO); GEOSMIN; HISTORY OF USE; MODELING APPROACHES; ODOROUS COMPOUNDS; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; PRE TREATMENTS; SURFACE AREA (SA); TRACE CONTAMINANTS;

WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; DIFFUSIVITY; DRINKING WATER; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; ORGANIC CARBON; POLLUTANT; WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 45349101141     PISSN: 00037214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/aqua.2008.010     Document Type: Article

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