Aerated treatment pond technology with biofilm promoting mats for the bioremediation of benzene, MTBE and ammonium contaminated groundwater

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1785-1796

  Jechalke, Sven ^a   Vogt, Carsten ^a   Reiche, Nils ^a   Franchini, Alessandro G ^a   Borsdorf, Helko ^a   Neu, Thomas R ^a   Richnow, Hans H ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compartment transfer; Geotextiles; Groundwater remediation; MTBE and benzene degradation

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILMS; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTAMINATION; EFFLUENTS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FIBERS; GEOTEXTILES; GROUNDWATER; LAKES; MICROORGANISMS; POLYPROPYLENES; TEXTILES; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

BENZENE DEGRADATION; COMPARTMENT TRANSFER; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; CONTAMINANT REMOVAL RATES; CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESES (DGGE); GROUND WATER REMEDIATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; BENZENE; GROUND WATER; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYPROPYLENE; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; CARBON; ETHER DERIVATIVE; OXYGEN; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; SOIL; WATER POLLUTANT;

AMMONIUM; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; ELECTROKINESIS; GEOTEXTILE; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MTBE; POND; REMEDIATION;

AERATION; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOFILM; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COCONUT; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT; AEROBIC METABOLISM; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANALYSIS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL COUNT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; SOIL; TEXTILE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

AEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BENZENE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; CARBON; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; METHYL ETHERS; OXYGEN; PHYLOGENY; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SOIL; TEXTILES; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77049086992     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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