Alternative filter media for roughing filters

Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 81-85

  Nkwonta, O I ^a   Ochieng, G M ^a  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Broken burnt bricks; Charcoal; Gravel; Roughing filter; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; FILTER; FILTRATION; GRAVEL; LIMESTONE; PLASTIC; POROSITY; SEDIMENTATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 77954140856     PISSN: 09720626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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