Integrated system for the treatment of blackwater and greywater via UASB and constructed wetland in Egypt

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 8, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 272-278

  Abdel Shafy, H I ^a   El Khateeb, M A ^a   Regelsberger, M ^b   El Sheikh, R ^c   Shehata, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^b AEE Arbeitsgemeinschaft ERNEUERBARE ENERGIE   (Austria)

^c ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Blackwater; Constructed wetland; Greywater; UASB; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954208010     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2009.788     Document Type: Article

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