Biodegradability of organic matter associated with sewer sediments during first flush

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2989-2995

  Sakrabani, Ruben ^a   Vollertsen, Jes ^b   Ashley, Richard M ^c   Hvitved Jacobsen, Thorkild ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodegradability; Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO); First flushes; Organic matter; Oxygen utilisation rate (OUR); Watercourse

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PROCESS; COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOW (CSO); CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING; FIRST FLUSHES; MICROBIAL TRANSFORMATIONS; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN UPTAKE RATES; POLLUTION LOADS; POLLUTOGRAPH; RAIN EVENTS; RECEIVING WATERS; SEWER SEDIMENTS; STORM EVENTS; STORM WEATHERS; WATERCOURSE;

BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WASTEWATER;

COMBINED SEWERS;

BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISCHARGE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FLUSHING; FRACTIONATION; ORGANIC MATTER; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SEWER NETWORK; STORM;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OXYGEN; RAIN; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 61649088371     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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