A promising practice to reclaim treated wastewater for reuse: Chemical disinfection followed by natural systems

Desalination

Volumn 247, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 490-508

  Verlicchi, P ^a,b   Galletti, A ^a   Masotti, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b Servizio Igiene e Tutela Ambientale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clogging prevention; Disinfection; Experimental investigation; Polishing chemical and natural treatment; Reuse

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ALTERNATIVE SOURCE; BIOLOGICAL EFFLUENTS; CHEMICAL AGENT; CLOGGING PREVENTION; COMBINED SYSTEM; DESIGN PARAMETERS; DISINFECTION SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTAL CAMPAIGN; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION; FILLING MATERIALS; FINAL EFFLUENTS; HORIZONTAL SUBSURFACE FLOW; KEY COMPONENT; LOW DOSE; MICRO-BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NATURAL SYSTEMS; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; POOR PERFORMANCE; RETENTION TIME; REUSE; SAND FILTER; SECONDARY CLARIFIER; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TOTAL PHOSPHORUS; TREATED WASTEWATER; TWO STAGE; VEGETATION TYPE; WATER AND WASTEWATER; WATER NEEDS; WATER SCARCITY; WORKING LIFE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ASPECT RATIO; BIOCONVERSION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL POLISHING; CHLORINE; CLARIFICATION; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTRATION; PHOSPHORUS; PILOT PLANTS; POLISHING; ROADS AND STREETS; VEGETATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER RECYCLING;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 69449084130     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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