Potential effects of desalinated water quality on the operation stability of wastewater treatment plants

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2404-2410

  Lew, Beni ^a   Cochva, Malka ^b   Lahav, Ori ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alkalinity; Ammonia; Desalinated water; Quality regulations; Urea

Indexed keywords

BASIC CHEMICALS; BIOLOGICAL STABILITIES; DESALINATED WATER; DESALINATION PLANTS; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; DOMESTIC SEWAGES; DOMESTIC WASTE WATERS; DRINKING WATERS; FIELD STUDIES; HUMAN URINES; NITRIFICATION DENITRIFICATIONS; OPERATION STABILITIES; OPERATIONAL SCENARIOS; PH DROPS; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; PROCESS STABILITIES; QUALITY REGULATIONS; RAW WASTEWATERS; TAP WATERS; TOTAL AMMONIA NITROGENS; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS; WATER SOURCES;

ALKALINITY; AMMONIA; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL PLANTS; CHEMICAL STABILITY; DENITRIFICATION; DESALINATION; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); METABOLISM; NITRIFICATION; OXIDATION; PH; PH EFFECTS; POTABLE WATER; RECLAMATION; SEWAGE; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SYSTEM STABILITY; TANNING; TOXICITY; UREA; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WATER RECYCLING;

ALKALINITY; AMMONIA; DENITRIFICATION; DESALINATION; DRINKING WATER; NITRIFICATION; UREA; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; HYDROLYSIS; NITROGEN; SEAWATER; UREA; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 60349104144     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.12.023     Document Type: Article

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