Comparison of stratified sand filters and percolation trenches for on-site wastewater treatment

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-16

  Gill, Laurence W ^a   O'Súlleabháin, Cormac ^b   Misstear, Bruce D R ^b   Johnston, Paul M ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Corós Environmental Engineering ^*

Author keywords

Sand; Septic tanks; Trickling filters; Unsaturated soils; Waste management; Wastewater management

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); HYDRAULICS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); SAND; SEPTIC TANKS; SOILS; SOLVENTS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TURBINES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER AERATION; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

HYDRAULIC LOADING RATES; IRELAND; PEAT FILTERS; SAND FILTERS; SURFACE AREAS; TREATED EFFLUENTS; TRICKLING FILTERS; UNSATURATED SOILS; WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIOLOGY; EFFLUENT; FILTER; PERCOLATION; SAND; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 58149218474     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2009)135:1(8)     Document Type: Article

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