Virus removal by unsaturated wastewater filtration: Effects of biofilm accumulation and hydrophobicity

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 399-407

  Heistad, A ^a   Scott, T ^b   Skaarer, A M ^c   Seidu, R ^a   Hanssen, J F ^a   Stenstrom T A ^a,d,e  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c Norconsult AS ^*  (Norway)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^e STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Biofiltration; Hydrophobicity; Onsite wastewater treatment; Virus removal

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM ACCUMULATION; COARSE-GRAINED; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; CONTROL EXPERIMENTS; FILTER MATERIALS; FILTER MEDIA; GLASS SURFACES; HYDRAULIC FUNCTIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC; HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTIONS; INTERMITTENT SPRAY; ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT; PARTICLE REMOVAL; PATHOGEN REMOVAL; POLYSTYRENE BEADS; RETENTION TIME; SEPTIC TANK EFFLUENT; UNSATURATED FLOWS; VIRUS REMOVAL; VOLUMETRIC FLOW; WASTEWATER FILTRATION;

BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; POLYSTYRENES; POROUS MATERIALS; SEPTIC TANKS; SORPTION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WETLANDS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

POLYSTYRENE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOFILM; FILTRATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; RETENTION; UNSATURATED FLOW; VIRUS; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFILTER; BIOFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; SURFACE PROPERTY; VIRUS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; COLLOIDS; FILTRATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; POLYSTYRENES; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALTS; SEWAGE; TIME FACTORS; VIRUSES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 69749116562     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.343     Document Type: Article

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