Mulch tower treatment system for greywater reuse Part II: destructive testing and effluent treatment

Desalination

Volumn 242, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 57-69

  Tandlich, Roman ^a   Zuma, Bongumusa M ^a   Whittington Jones, Kevin J ^a   Burgess, Jo E ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Destructive testing; Faecal coliforms; Total coliforms; Trichloroisocyanuric acid

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE BIOMASS; CHEMICAL-OXYGEN DEMANDS; COLIFORM CONCENTRATIONS; DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; DRY WEIGHTS; FAECAL COLIFORMS; GREYWATER REUSE; GREYWATER TREATMENTS; HETEROTROPHIC PLATE COUNTS; OPERATING CONDITIONS; OPTIMUM PERFORMANCE; TOTAL COLIFORMS; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TREATMENT SYSTEMS; TRICHLOROISOCYANURIC ACID;

ACIDS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOMASS; BUILDINGS; CHLORINE; DEWATERING; LEAKAGE (FLUID); NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; SODIUM; TELLURIC PROSPECTING; TOWERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EFFLUENT TREATMENT;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHLORINATION; FECAL COLIFORM; MULCH;

EID: 64649093863     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2008.03.031     Document Type: Article

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