Palestinian experience with sewage sludge utilizing reed beds

Water and Environment Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 75-82

  Nassar, Abdel Majid ^a   Smith, Mike ^b   Afifi, Samir ^a  

^a ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF GAZA   (Palestine)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gaza; Heavy metals; Mineralization; Nutrients; Quality; Quantity; Reed bed; Sludge

Indexed keywords

GAZA; MINERALIZATION; QUALITY; QUANTITY; REED BED; SLUDGE;

AGRICULTURE; DEWATERING; HEAVY METALS; MINERALOGY; NUTRIENTS; OXYGEN; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; COMPOSTING; HEAVY METAL; MINERALIZATION; REEDBED; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; GAZA STRIP; MIDDLE EAST; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES;

EID: 61649114267     PISSN: 17476585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2008.00135.x     Document Type: Article

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