Phragmites australis for sewage sludge stabilization

Desalination

Volumn 246, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 110-119

  Peruzzi, Eleonora ^a   Macci, Cristina ^a   Doni, Serena ^a   Masciandaro, Grazia ^a   Peruzzi, Paolo ^b   Aiello, Massimo ^b   Ceccanti, Brunello ^a  

^a CNR ISE (Pisa   (Italy)

^b Acque SpA (Pisa   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Nutrients; Phragmites australis; Reed beds; Sewage sludge stabilization

Indexed keywords

BIOSTABILIZATION; COMBINED SYSTEM; DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FULVIC ACIDS; HEAVY METAL UPTAKE; HUMIC ACID; HUMIFICATION; IN-PLANTS; ORGANIC MATTER; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; PLANT TISSUES; REDUCING SLUDGE VOLUME; REED BED; REED BEDS; SEWAGE SLUDGE STABILIZATION; SLUDGE TREATMENT; URBAN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER-SOLUBLE CARBONS;

AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOSOLIDS; DETOXIFICATION; DISSOLUTION; HEAVY METALS; METALS; MINERALOGY; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC CARBON; SEWAGE SLUDGE; STABILIZATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

NUTRIENTS;

BIOSOLID; DETOXIFICATION; HEAVY METAL; HUMIFICATION; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ORGANIC MATTER; REEDBED; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER;

PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 68349135166     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2008.02.039     Document Type: Article

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