Enhanced phosphorus removal in a waste stabilization pond system with blast furnace slag filters

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 4, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 122-127

  Valero, M A Camargo ^a   Johnson, M ^b   Mather, T ^b   Mara, D D ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blast furnace slag filter; Domestic wastewater treatment; Phosphorus removal; Waste stabilization ponds

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954209176     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2009.366     Document Type: Article

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