Characterisation and treatment of leachates from the municipal sanitary landfill of Thessaloniki, Greece

International Journal of Environment and Waste Management

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 385-398

  Zouboulis, A I ^a   Ntampou, X ^a   Samaras, P ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biological treatment; Coagulation flocculation; Landfill leachates; Leachate quality; Leachate treatment; Ozonation

Indexed keywords

COAGULATION; EFFLUENTS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OZONE; OZONIZATION;

BIODEGRADABLE COMPOUNDS; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; COAGULATION/FLOCCULATION; EFFICIENT TREATMENT; LANDFILL LEACHATES; LEACHATE QUALITY; THESSALONIKI , GREECE; TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

LEACHATE TREATMENT;

EID: 68249158141     PISSN: 14789876     EISSN: 14789868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEWM.2009.027403     Document Type: Article

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