The risk of sodium toxicity from bed accumulation to key species in the vermifiltration wastewater treatment process

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 3815-3819

  Hughes, R J ^a   Nair, J ^a   Ho, G ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Risk assessment; Sodium; Toxicity; Vermifiltration; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

EISENIA FETIDA; MODERATE CONCENTRATIONS; PREDICTED ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; SODIUM SALTS; SOLID-WATER PARTITIONING; VERMIFILTRATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SODIUM ALLOYS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETOXIFICATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FILTRATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOXICITY TEST; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETOXIFICATION; FILTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERMIFILTRATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WORM;

ACUTE TOXICITY TESTS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FILTRATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OLIGOCHAETA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EISENIA FETIDA;

EID: 67349098491     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.01.017     Document Type: Article

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