Sludge treatment wetlands: A review on the state of the art

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2905-2912

  Uggetti, Enrica ^a   Ferrer, Ivet ^a   Llorens, Esther ^a   García, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biosolids; Composting; Constructed wetlands; Humidity; Sludge drying reed beds

Indexed keywords

BIOSOLIDS COMPOSTING; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; CONVENTIONAL TECHNOLOGY; CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS; HIGH WATER CONTENT; KEY ISSUES; LOW ENERGIES; MAIN CHARACTERISTICS; MAINTENANCE COST; OPERATIONAL ASPECTS; OPERATIONAL COSTS; REED BED; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SLUDGE DRYING; SLUDGE MANAGEMENT; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE VOLUMES; STATE OF THE ART; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOSOLIDS; COST REDUCTION; DEWATERING; MAINTENANCE; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WETLANDS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOSOLID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPOSTING; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DEWATERING; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; HUMIDITY; LITERATURE REVIEW; REDUCTION; REEDBED; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FILTER DESIGN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ORGANIC MATTER PRODUCTION; PLANT WATER RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; REVIEW; SLUDGE CONDITIONING; SLUDGE DEWATERING; SLUDGE STABILIZATION; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTENT;

METALS, HEAVY; SEWAGE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

EID: 74649085403     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.11.102     Document Type: Review

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