Determination of microbial responses to seasonal variations of wastewater composition in the izmir wastewater treatment plant

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2114-2122

  Tunçal, Tolga ^a   Pala, Ayşegül ^a   Uslu, Orhan ^b  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BAHCESEHIR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Enhanced biological phosphorous removal (EBPR); Full scale; GAOs; Large wastewater treatment plant; Mass balance; OHOs; PAOs; Wastewater characterization

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; MASS BALANCE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

IZMIR [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 73649088601     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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