Reuse of treated sewage in Delhi city: Microbial evaluation of STPs and reuse options

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 211-221

  Jamwal, Priyanka ^a   Mittal, Atul K ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Activated Sludge Process; Fecal coliforms; Reuse; Sewage Treatment; Treatment efficiency

Indexed keywords

AERATION TREATMENT; ARTIFICIAL GROUNDWATER RECHARGE; BENEFICIAL USE; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; BOILER FEED; CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED SLUDGES; EFFLUENT QUALITY; FECAL COLIFORMS; FECAL STREPTOCOCCI; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; HIGH TURBIDITY; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; INDUSTRIAL USE; MICROBIOLOGICAL QUALITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL REMOVAL; ORDER REDUCTION; OXIDATION PONDS; PHYSIO-CHEMICAL; POTENTIAL USERS; PRIMARY EFFLUENT; SECONDARY EFFLUENT; SOIL AQUIFER TREATMENTS; SOIL TYPES; TERTIARY TREATMENT; TREATED WASTEWATER; TREATMENT EFFICIENCY; TREATMENT PROCESS; TRICKLING FILTER;

AGRICULTURE; AQUACULTURE; AQUIFERS; BIOACTIVITY; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOFILTRATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; LAKES; OXIDATION; QUALITY CONTROL; REMOVAL; SEWAGE; SEWAGE LAGOONS; SOILS; STAGES; TURBIDITY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

GROUND WATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT; FECAL COLIFORM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RECHARGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; FECAL COLIFORM; HORTICULTURE; INDIA; INDUSTRY; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; RECYCLING; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; STREPTOCOCCUS; TRICKLING FILTER; TURBIDITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

DELHI; INDIA;

STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 73249119733     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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