In situ batch denitrification of nitrate-rich groundwater using sawdust as a carbon source-marydale, South Africa

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 204, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 177-194

  Israel, S ^a   Engelbrecht, P ^a   Tredoux, G ^a   Fey, M V ^b  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alkalinity nitrate DOC changes during denitrification; In situ denitrification; Laboratory batch experiments; Methaemoglobinaemia; Nitrate removal from groundwater; Sawdust as a carbon source; South Africa

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; BATCH EXPERIMENTS; IN SITU DENITRIFICATION; IN-SITU; METHAEMOGLOBINAEMIA; NITRATE REMOVAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

ALKALINITY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; NITRATES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; ORGANIC CARBON; PH EFFECTS; SOILS;

DENITRIFICATION;

AMMONIA; CARBON; CHLORIDE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; GROUND WATER; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKALINITY; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHLORINATION; DENITRIFICATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER; PH; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION RATE; SOIL DEPTH; WATER TREATMENT; WOOD;

ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; DENITRIFICATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HETEROTROPHIC PLATE COUNT; INCUBATION TIME; PARAMETER; PARTICLE SIZE; SAWDUST; SOIL; SOUTH AFRICA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 70949099646     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-009-0036-6     Document Type: Article

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