Treatment of municipal wastewater using laterite-based constructed soil filter

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1051-1061

  Kadam, Avinash M ^a   Nemade, Pravin D ^a   Oza, G H ^a   Shankar, H S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Constructed soil filter (CSF); Filtration; Laterite; Oxidation; Pathogen removal; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED SOIL FILTER (CSF); DISSOLVED OXYGEN LEVELS; FECAL COLIFORM; FIRST-ORDER RATE CONSTANTS; HETEROTROPHIC PLATE COUNTS; HYDRAULIC LOADING; LATERITE; LOW ENERGIES; MUMBAI , INDIA; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; PATHOGEN REMOVAL; PRE-TREATMENT; SEASONAL DATUM; SOIL FILTERS; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TURBIDITY REDUCTION; UNIQUE FEATURES;

AIR FILTERS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; OXIDATION; POROUS MATERIALS; RATE CONSTANTS; SOILS; TURBIDITY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AERATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; FILTRATION; LATERITE; OXIDATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REDUCTION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 67349133893     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.03.008     Document Type: Article

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