Sewer exfiltration and the colmation layer

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2273-2280

  Ellis, J B ^a   Revitt, D M ^a   Vollertsen, J ^b   Blackwood, D J ^c  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colmation; Equilibrium breakthrough; Exfiltration; Sealing; Transition and bridging layers

Indexed keywords

BRIDGING LAYERS; EXFILTRATION; HEAD PRESSURE; LOSS RATES; MATRIX; SEWER EXFILTRATION; STATE-EQUILIBRIUM;

SEWERS;

BIOFILM; EQUILIBRIUM; FILTRATION; FLOW REGULATION; LEAKAGE; SEALING; SEWER NETWORK;

BIOFILM; EXFILTRATION; FILTRATION; FLOTATION BED; REVIEW; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWER; STEADY STATE; TUBE; WATER FLOW; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PRESSURE; SANITATION;

EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FILTRATION; PRESSURE; SANITARY ENGINEERING; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 69249211332     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.271     Document Type: Review

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